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Re: Stool

PostPosted: 08 Oct 2019, 16:12
by Malc2098
Loving how the grain shows on that ash.

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 08 Oct 2019, 17:56
by Woodbloke
Malc2098 wrote:Loving how the grain shows on that ash.

Thanks Malc, but you wouldn't Adam n'Eve how tough that ash is to carve. Brilliant for all sorts of stuff but carving and sculpting ain't one (or two) of them - Rob

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 08 Oct 2019, 19:02
by Malc2098
Woodbloke wrote:
Malc2098 wrote:Loving how the grain shows on that ash.

Thanks Malc, but you wouldn't Adam n'Eve how tough that ash is to carve. Brilliant for all sorts of stuff but carving and sculpting ain't one (or two) of them - Rob



I'd up your shredded wheat intake, if I were you! :D

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 20 Oct 2019, 21:35
by Woodbloke
I've got to a bit of a hiatus with this project(s) as the rear seat back rests have been epoxied in place...

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...with a goodly gloop of your very finest Poundland epoxy but the Ash is proving incredibly difficult to carve;

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...even using razor sharp 'Rider' gouges from the old firm. The plan is to purchase a few coarse or extra coarse Saburr Tooth rotary burrs from CHT at the International Woodworking Festival this coming weekend where I hope there will be the usual show discount.

I've also fitted, but not epoxied...

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...the front legs into position to ensure that the distance they splay at ground level is 460mm, which requires a few delicate shavings on...

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...the shooting board - Rob

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 21 Oct 2019, 11:35
by Malc2098
I'd swap that tube light for a couple of LED panels. Give you more headroom. :D

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 21 Oct 2019, 13:13
by Woodbloke
Malc2098 wrote:I'd swap that tube light for a couple of LED panels. Give you more headroom. :D

I've thought about that but those tubes are pretty robust and I've never broken one when it's been clonked with a big lump of wood as the whole assembly just moves out the way - Rob

Re: Stool

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2020, 15:38
by Woodbloke
Now finished and I never want to see another bit of sandpaper :D :eusa-whistle:

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Finished with a couple of coats of Osmo Raw with wax over the top - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2020, 16:44
by Malc2098
Tasty! Very, very tasty!

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2020, 17:05
by DaveL
Very curvy!

I guess it was all hand sanded, makes for strong arms and thin fingerprints.

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2020, 18:08
by Woodbloke
DaveL wrote:Very curvy!

I guess it was all hand sanded, makes for strong arms and thin fingerprints.


I spent a bloody fortune on sanding stuff Dave :cry: Initial sanding was done with a 40g(!) flap wheel on the angle grinder, then 80g Abranet on the ROS. The interior curves on the legs were sanded with belts on a pump -up Kirjes sanding system from CHT and then it was progressively sanding down through the grits to 320.

In hindsight (a wondrous thing :D ) ash being a ring-porous timber was entirely the wrong choice! There are bands of alternate hard and softer grain where the paper tended to 'dig in' so forming a 'wavy' profile in places. It was extremely difficult to carve and even more difficult to sand. The original was made in tighter grained beech (diffuse porous) so it would have been much easier to produce and sand. Were I in the very unlikely event to make another, I'd probably go for a soft maple or sycamore. It's too wasteful to use something like Walnut as an awful lot ends up on the floor as chippings and the rest coats every conceivable 'crook and nanny' in the 'shop with dust when it's sanded.

Did I mention that I never want to see another bit of sandpaper? - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2020, 23:58
by Coley
Woodwork is spot on, the metal as much as its trying to look part of the project looks an after thought tbh. Difficult job to fulfill and I think you're done the best you could.

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Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 10:06
by Woodbloke
Coley wrote:Woodwork is spot on, the metal as much as its trying to look part of the project looks an after thought tbh. Difficult job to fulfill and I think you're done the best you could.

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Not much choice really in the way to do the footrest. If you look at plenty of commercial barstools (eg; the 'Branca' from where I pinched the backrest), more often than not the footrest is a chunk of thin metal tube just screwed in place; mine happens to be a bit more substantial :D

I put a few pics on Instagram last night and almost instantly somebody wanted to buy them, which left me feeling chuffed :D - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 10:22
by 9fingers
Woodbloke wrote:
I put a few pics on Instagram last night and almost instantly somebody wanted to buy them, which left me feeling chuffed :D - Rob


You could start up a small production run and design in a wooden foot rest? :lol:

Bob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 12:18
by Andyp
if I had a bar to sit at Id be happy to sit on one of those Rob. Excellent as always.

What's with those little holes?

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Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 13:22
by Woodbloke
Them little 'oles, as I was explaining to Mark on FB, are to let out the excess epoxy. If they weren't there, it would be impossible to pull up the joint (I know 'cos I've tried it) as it would then suffer from 'hydraulic lock' as you're trying to compress epoxy and it's got nowhere to go - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 13:27
by Andyp
Ah, I see and FB?

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 13:28
by Woodbloke
9fingers wrote:
You could start up a small production run and design in a wooden foot rest? :lol:

Bob

You can do the production run Bob as I've had enough of bloody sanding :lol: I suppose, yes, a wooden footrest could be designed in but it would still wear rapidly so it would need to capped on the bearing surface with something like a strip of stainless. At the time No.1 son requested footie rests the front legs had already been epoxied in place, so it was a bit late - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 13:28
by Woodbloke
Andyp wrote:Ah, I see and FB?


Facebook or Fazboz as my son calls it :lol: - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 13:34
by Andyp
I’ve tried FB a couple of times but soon got fed up with the unsolicited stuff thats seems to get through.

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 14:44
by RogerS
Andyp wrote:Ah, I see and FB?


I thought the little holes were woodworm but didn't like to ask !

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 18:18
by Phil
That is extremely very smart! :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:


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Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2020, 19:04
by Woodbloke
RogerS wrote:
Andyp wrote:Ah, I see and FB?


If you look carefully Rog, you'll observe that they're more or less equidistant from the joint line which is roughly the bottom of the dowel hole - Rob

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2020, 09:18
by Mike G
Lovely, lovely stools.............except for that footrest, I'm afraid.

Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2020, 10:53
by Coley
Regarding the holes, I thought epoxy maintained its strength even if gappy? Would a slot in the joining dowel allowed the epoxy to escape? I wonder if the footrest may have looked better on the back of the legs or better still morticed inbetween?

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Re: Stool DUN

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2020, 11:03
by RogerS
Surely easier just to reduce the length of the legs ? :eusa-whistle: