Hi Robert (@Blackswanwood ) , they are superb. A few questions...
Did you ever do a WIP on these on the forum?
Where do you source your veneers and stringing from?
thanks
Ian
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Post a photo of the last thing you made...
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Did you ever do a WIP on these on the forum?
Where do you source your veneers and stringing from?
thanks
Ian
Blackswanwood
Old Oak
Thanks Ian.
Here’s a WIP I did of the jewellery boxes that I make:
Thread 'Jewellery Box Veneer & Inlay WIP (Final Chapter now added)'
https://www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk/threads/jewellery-box-veneer-inlay-wip-final-chapter-now-added.8444/
It’s worth watching this seller for bargains on interesting veneers:
4 MATCHING CANADIAN BURR MAPLE | eBay UK
4 MATCHING CANADIAN BURR MAPLE VENEER OFF CUTS - SIZE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PEICE - 157mm x 90mm x 0.6mm.
ebay.us
alternatively this is a good source:
Craftveneers
Craftveneers are based in Hampshire in the UK, with over 30 years experience and passion of working with natural wood veneers.
craftveneers.co.uk
I buy lines and stringing from here:
Home - Original Marquetry Ltd
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www.originalmarquetry.co.uk
Cheers
Robert
Dr.Al
Old Oak
Today I made...
Not very impressive, but taking very light cuts on my little mill that took a very long time (black mild steel 50×25×73ish reduced to 49×20×70).
Not very impressive, but taking very light cuts on my little mill that took a very long time (black mild steel 50×25×73ish reduced to 49×20×70).
Me thinks that there must be more going on than just making a square chunk of metal.
Dr.Al
Old Oak
It's for the lathe (part of the new tool post clamp). It'll get a whole load of holes drilled in it in due course. However, having taken a few hours just to get to what you might call "square one" (cuboid one?), I felt like I ought to take a photo.
I’ve no doubt there is some skill involved in producing a perfect cuboid in metal as I can imagine how long it would take me to make one in wood.
Woodbloke
Sequoia
When I looked at the image first time round I thought you'd machined (ground?) a semi-circular trough all the way along and left paper thin walls at either end and along the sides. I thought that's bloody clever, how did he do that?
- Rob
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Woodbloke
Sequoia
Reputed, so I've heard Andy, to be a Rolls Royce apprentice hand tool test, the brief being to make a lump of sawn off mild steel into a perfect cube - Rob
Dr.Al
Old Oak
It's one of those jobs that's quite straightforward when you know how to do it. It involves milling seven faces (i.e. one gets milled twice). The first four are straightforward, referencing off the base of the vice & the jaw of the vice. You then mill one of the remaining faces with a thin strip (I use a bit of welding wire) under the back edge. That gets a face square in one direction but not the other. Turn it over & through 90° & you get the opposite face square in both directions. Turn it over again & re-mill face #5 to get a fully square block.
Sounds simple, but when your milling machine can only take a fraction of a millimetre off a block of steel in one cut then it takes a long time.
Yes, but there's no way I'd ever be persuaded to try doing it with hand tools. I like hand tool woodwork, but I detest filing.
SamQ aka Ah! Q!
Old Oak
Not just R.R.; this practice was widespread, known as "boiling them down" in many places. The apprentice, not the work!
A particularly evil derivation (for particularly feisty/cocky young men?) was to have a 1" copper cube produced by hand filing only, that woukd then be checked by "the Head Hand" for flatness using a collimator...
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Blackswanwood
Old Oak
I posted some pictures of the carving for this previously … a shelf for my granddaughter’s nursery made to the exacting requirements of my daughter in law!
It’s London Plane (as I used when making the cot) finished with Osmo.
Here is the recipient supervising …
It’s London Plane (as I used when making the cot) finished with Osmo.
Here is the recipient supervising …
Satisfied customers, I bet.
Cabinetman
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I blew that end up and it’s pretty damn near perfect, great stuff.
Sad, but lovely story Rob. Jerry obviously thought a lot of Emma's company to leave those to her. Good job on the presentation too.
FYI, a spirit measure is called a 'jigger' to those in the business.
Looks like a huge old smoking pipe!
Really sad that the letter came one day late, that would have really made his last day special, but great that it was received and acknowledged and will go where he wished.
Beautiful. Is that all inlaid in the middle, or relief cut? I assume inlaid given the contrasting shadow lines...?Music stand for SWMBO for xmas - finished 10pm xmas eve. Made in oak, but the central stem is a stair spindle - I don't have a lathe and couldn't turn this if I did, but the rest is my own so I am calling it hand made
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woodstalker
Nordic Pine
Made this for my wife, a tote to carry her gardening hand implements around. We agreed we would make each other gifts for Christmas this year. She made me some duck themed paintings based on famous masterpieces.
The tote is a bit crude and made from scrap but my first attempt at a few things like the bent laminated handle, wedged tenons, and the trefoils in each end piece.
The tote is a bit crude and made from scrap but my first attempt at a few things like the bent laminated handle, wedged tenons, and the trefoils in each end piece.
It's a good looking thing mate, well done.
Alasdair
Sapling
It was a bitter sweet letter to receive but as you say great that it was acknowledged and we will get it back to where it belongs.
NickM
Old Oak
Doesn't look at all crude. It looks great.
Blackswanwood
Old Oak
In readiness for my granddaughter taking her first steps I made her this ...
Woodbloke
Sequoia
Excellent; love the jumbos. My grandson mastered the art of walking over Christmas and is causing even more havoc now than usual - Rob
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Mine's now 4 yrs 3 months and havoc caused hasn't diminished in any way... pre warned, if not already awareExcellent; love the jumbos. My grandson mastered the art of walking over Christmas and is causing even more havoc now than usual
NickM
Old Oak
Love it! Wooden blocks to follow??
Blackswanwood
Old Oak
Thanks and yes - they’re on the list for next week.
Dr.Al
Old Oak
Passed a quite surprising landmark today. I just uploaded the latest post in my wood lathe build series and noticed in the website build log that my website has just hit 1000 pages!
I've been gradually adding to it for about 12 years now, but I still find it astonishing that I've written that much.
I've been gradually adding to it for about 12 years now, but I still find it astonishing that I've written that much.
Well done Al for keeping a corner of the web as a helpful place where knowledge and experience are freely shared.
I do love those are you making a set of coloured blocks to go in it?
Blackswanwood
Old Oak
Thanks - yes, that’s on the list for next week!
Excellent and those trefoils are so effective and easy to make
With a different wild animal carved in each one I hope.
Lons
Old Oak
Excellent, you have to make things like that when you can, and enjoy the process as they very soon grow out of it. Ours will be 13 next month and only really interested in money, clothes and tech these days.
Dr.Al
Old Oak
A bit of a labour of love this one, but today I made this:
More information in today's post in the wood lathe WIP.
More information in today's post in the wood lathe WIP.
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Lons
Old Oak
A bit of faffing about at the weekend.
First a mitre shooting board based on Rob Crosman design and it works very well. Self explanatory used two 18mm MDF bits for the base, scrap play and oak for the rest. I didn't fuss about cosmetics just made certain it's accurate.
Second a handplane aid as was discussed on the forum recently. I was surprised to find it does work pretty well though whether I'll use it is another matter. I can visualise the confusion after I depart this world with the kids saying "what the hell are these".
First a mitre shooting board based on Rob Crosman design and it works very well. Self explanatory used two 18mm MDF bits for the base, scrap play and oak for the rest. I didn't fuss about cosmetics just made certain it's accurate.
Second a handplane aid as was discussed on the forum recently. I was surprised to find it does work pretty well though whether I'll use it is another matter. I can visualise the confusion after I depart this world with the kids saying "what the hell are these".
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Those are tricky little blighters to get spot on accurate, but not if you build in a bit of adjustment like wot I did on mine. I extended the plane runway so that larger mitres can be shot in, but the really cunning part....
...is that the top runner floats on three 6mm dominos:
...and can be set to an exact 45deg by a pair of shims. A little bit of aero ply here does the job! Lastly, I had to add an additional walnut piece to the runway:
....as being a numpty, I sanded off the sharp arris which caused breakout on shot mitred surfaces - Rob
...is that the top runner floats on three 6mm dominos:
...and can be set to an exact 45deg by a pair of shims. A little bit of aero ply here does the job! Lastly, I had to add an additional walnut piece to the runway:
....as being a numpty, I sanded off the sharp arris which caused breakout on shot mitred surfaces - Rob
Peri
Sapling
Haven't posted for a while - so a couple of boards done for Xmas presents.
Horse themed one for a friend who's big into horses. I know oak isn't ideal, but it'll get minimal use and probably be much more of an ornament. Not sure what wood the horse/surround is, I'm still working my way through a stack of 1950's firedoor timber I salvaged.
Second one is a bass guitar for a friend. This one does get used, maple and wenge.
Both inlays about 6mm thick, done on the works CNC machine during quiet time.
Horse themed one for a friend who's big into horses. I know oak isn't ideal, but it'll get minimal use and probably be much more of an ornament. Not sure what wood the horse/surround is, I'm still working my way through a stack of 1950's firedoor timber I salvaged.
Second one is a bass guitar for a friend. This one does get used, maple and wenge.
Both inlays about 6mm thick, done on the works CNC machine during quiet time.
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Hi - I am considering making one of these but wondered how to do it in a way that could be fine tuned. Your idea looks to have value. How much have you used your jig, and has it been robust and durable? Thanks for sharing.
Ornament? More like work of art. The possibilities for complicated marquetry type designs using CNC are endless.