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[StevieB]

3 jewellery boxes made as teacher gifts for my son's, last day at school today. Made from recycled iroko and maple veneered mdf, ran out of time to make a tray insert so he filled them with sweets instead. No fancy joints, he requested 1 on Friday, which morphed into 3 over the weekend as he added more teachers he wanted to thank, so a bit of a rush job!

 

[Mike G]

The corners pieces were to wrap around the external corners so we’re mitred & glued up in the workshop then cut to size

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I've just designed some splayed paneled window reveals for a new-build Georgian house I'm doing, and it involves this very junction detail. I'm curious as to how well it works. Is it strong enough?

 

[AndyP]

Very nice, my teachers were lucky to get an apple.

 

[StevieB]

Very nice, my teachers were lucky to get an apple.

Thanks - he has special needs and does not go to mainstream education, his teachers have been fantastic in supporting him but the 'team teaching' approach rather than a single class teacher does mean there are quite a number to thank!

 

[Woodbloke]

The second one of these I've made as SWIMBO 'acquired' :eusa-whistle: the first. JK made the original around 1960 in pearwood and it now belongs to his daughter Tina. This interpretation is slightly longer and made in Paduk, solid ends, veneered shelves:





...with a burr oak drawer front, and rear panel. Turned ebony pull, oil polished with wax to finish - Rob

 

[AndyP]

Very nice, my teachers were lucky to get an apple.

Thanks - he has special needs and does not go to mainstream education, his teachers have been fantastic in supporting him but the 'team teaching' approach rather than a single class teacher does mean there are quite a number to thank!

I bet those teachers were bowled over. For similar reasons I made the teaching assistant who saw my daughter through her baccalaureate a pen and pencil set and a pot to put them in. Not quite so grand as those boxes.

 

[Doug]

The corners pieces were to wrap around the external corners so we’re mitred & glued up in the workshop then cut to size

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I've just designed some splayed paneled window reveals for a new-build Georgian house I'm doing, and it involves this very junction detail. I'm curious as to how well it works. Is it strong enough?

Sorry only just seen this Mike, the joint in MDF is very strong as the PVA really soaks into the fibres so really gets hold & is easy to cut the mitres on the table saw.

I’ve just lined a mantle shelf this time in oak veneered MDF I asked a friend to CNC a V groove that just left the veneer untouched, this is the box glued up



& this is the corner it left



I’m very impressed with the outcome & more importantly so is the customer

 

[Doug]

This is the finished the mantle mentioned in the post above



The skirting & mantle all in Oak veneered MDF given two coats of hard wax oil





The size of the mantle boxing meant it had to be mitred with hand tools :?



Plenty of fettling on site but I was happy with the result especially when it had its final coat of oil




In other bits I’ve recently given a mate a hand to start extending his mezzanine floor, first up was some prep on a rather large 12”x 6” x 20’ beam, I was well impressed with the Makita beam planer



& was very happy to find he had a lifting pallet truck



Plenty of joist hanger nailing to start with then the joists were installed



Lots more to do but a pretty good start

 

[AndyT]

I bet you have some very happy customers Doug. That CNC routed groove looks like a game changer on a job like that. I don't want to pry into your pricing, but could you say what percentage the cost came down by, compared to using a solid lump of oak?

 

[HOJ]

Crikey Doug. I thought I was busy but you make me it look as if I'm standing still, :eusa-clap: I am curious, the mitre joints on the Oak mdf seem to have a rolled edge or is it me, howsit done?

 

[AJB Temple]

Superb quality work Doug.

Trying to do a similar thing on our ex-fireplace to make hi fi shelves that wrap round fully. In my case on a worn out shoestring :lol:

 

[Doug]

Andy solid was never an option as I was in part covering the the existing mantle shelf, the underside of the front section was 7” wide the finished mantle was 4 &1/2” thick & the whole thing is approximately 11’ long so I dread to think what a piece of oak that size would cost, plus there’s very little concern with regard movement with MDF

Paul the joint was cut on a CNC, a V groove was cut that was just shy of the veneer face then just glue applied to the groove & folded together, this was done by a good mate as sadly I don’t have a CNC….. yet :eusa-pray:

 

[AndyP]

Never seen a hand planer that big before. It is a handful to use?

Very smary mantle BTW.

 

[Mike G]

Never seen a hand planer that big before. It is a handful to use?....

I didn't know such a thing existed until I saw Leo using one on Tally Ho. He waved it around as though it were a toy.

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Nice work Doug. If you were closer to me I'd certainly be putting plenty of work your way. Your part of that room is beautifully done, but honestly, what drives some people? Why would anyone ask for so much work to be done in that room but still leave that ghastly fireplace in place?

 

[Doug]

Never seen a hand planer that big before. It is a handful to use?

It’s reassuringly weighty Andy when you consider those blades spinning below your hands, a quick google suggests it’s 18kg but it wasn’t difficult to handle

Why would anyone ask for so much work to be done in that room but still leave that ghastly fireplace in place?

Yep wouldn’t be my first choice of fireplace but then again I wouldn’t have spent all the money they have to put a television in an alcove on the wall, I’d have saved the money & put the tv in the skip :lol:

 

[HOJ]

a V groove was cut that was just shy of the veneer face then just glue applied to the groove & folded together

Got it, very neat, wonder if it could be done with a router and V bit running on a track, I have done it to MDF to create the look of TGV in the past, just not cut as deep, this is a solution saved for the future, thank you.

 

[HOJ]

Best I can offer today, partial delivery of 80,65 & 52mm thick Oak boards for a set of windows to be made:

 

[Dr.Al]

Nothing even remotely wood related, but today I made a little organiser tray (out of 0.8 mm steel sheet) for the top of the lathe headstock so that I can dump stuff there without any risk of it falling, either onto the spinning chuck or down the back.



Considering that it has been a very long time since I last did any thin tiggery, I was quite pleased with how it went:



Raising the height of the headstock rim also meant that I needed to extend my chuck key and cam-lock key, which had the added advantage of it making me pull my finger out and adding a grub screw to lock the cross-bar in place (the old chuck key used to lose it's cross bar for a hobby). Extending them was a case of trimming them down to get rid of the area around the old cross bars, then turning a bit of EN8 to act as an extension and then welding the bits together.



(Photo for the purposes of showing both keys at the same time: I obviously wouldn't use them both at the same time like that!)

 

[woodstalker]

Not really posted for ages because we have been doing house diy which is nowhere near the standard seen above but I have a few wood projects coming up so needed to clear the workshop and make something to ensure I could still remember how it all worked. We had a fair bit of random lengths of timber from the build and I have a huge stack of hardwood decking that we removed. The frame was totally rotten but the boards clean up nicely. Sadly the relief grooves on the back preclude lamination to make more useable pieces of timber. Any way I found a simple design online to copy and made this:







I tried to link all the different woods together with some black stain which hasn’t really worked but it’s quite comfy and seems a bit stronger than previous bought garden furniture.

It is now at the bottom of the garden so we can sit and enjoy the view more easily.

 

[Woodbloke]

Reproduction Japanese woodblock prints, framed in Bubinga, oil polished and wax finished - Rob

 

[DaveL]

Well it's not woodworking but I am going to enjoy this, Blackberry and Apple jam.

 

[9fingers]

Is that from frozen last years surplusses?

Seems too early for for both fruits this season

Bob

 

[DaveL]

I picked the blackberrys, but had to buy the Bramley's.
It has passed the taste test, the sandwich is gone.

I have already made a small batch of apple and Tay berry jam.
The gooseberrys will be next.

 

[AndyP]

First of this season's jam, made a couple of weeks ago, was a new combination for me, cherry and strawberry. Did not have enough of either to make them separately.



Next up will be redcurrant and blackcurrant both from frozen but not combined. No blackberries around here yet. Rhubarb and ginger will also be made soon and marmalade.

 

[Pete Maddex]

Well it's not woodworking but I am going to enjoy this, Blackberry and Apple jam.

Nice, I have just made 6 jars of redcurrant jam.

If you have blackberries then you can make blackberry gin use about 30 blackberries a couple of strips of orange skin and 3 table spoons of sugar in 500mL of gin, we use the cheap stuff from Aldi.

Shake it well and put it somewhere dark for 3 months.

Pete

 

[Phil Pascoe]

First of this season's jam, made a couple of weeks ago, was a new combination for me, cherry and strawberry. Did not have enough of either to make them separately.



Next up will be redcurrant and blackcurrant both from frozen but not combined. No blackberries around here yet. Rhubarb and ginger will also be made soon and marmalade.

Cherry and blackberry according to the label.

 

[AndyP]

First of this season's jam, made a couple of weeks ago, was a new combination for me, cherry and strawberry. Did not have enough of either to make them separately.



Next up will be redcurrant and blackcurrant both from frozen but not combined. No blackberries around here yet. Rhubarb and ginger will also be made soon and marmalade.

Cherry and blackberry according to the label.

Oh that’s embarrassing Problem now, is it the label that’s wrong or the contents? I made the jam, daughter did the labels and I am buggered if I can remember.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Well, if you haven't yet any blackberries it's probably strawberry.

 

[AndyP]

After close inspection and a taste test the label is correct. Cherry and Blackberry (frozen). My memory taking a real bashing these past few days.

 

[kirkpoore1]

Stuff to sell next week. (Just a sample--actually two chairs, nine folding stools, and five music stands.)



Kirk

 

[Malc2098]

I made a bridge on the CNC machine this afternoon for one of the forthcoming dreadnoughts.



I made the lighter one. The darker one comes from a supplier in Spain.

 

[AndyP]

Nesting trivets. Oak and walnut. Melamine laquer.
Start to finish about 6 weeks





As I have done previously the splines are on the face father than the edge, easier to make and I think more aesthetically pleasing. There are also not perfectly straight across the angle, by design :eusa-whistle: wabi sabi perhaps

Gluing a triangle is fun. Is there a better way?

 

[AndyP]

Stuff to sell next week. (Just a sample--actually two chairs, nine folding stools, and five music stands.)

Kirk

I reckon they will sell well. Do you offer each seat with a choice of fabric? Neat.

 

[kirkpoore1]

Stuff to sell next week. (Just a sample--actually two chairs, nine folding stools, and five music stands.)

Kirk

I reckon they will sell well. Do you offer each seat with a choice of fabric? Neat.

Yes, I have 2-3 seats of each color. The stools and chairs take the same size seat, which helps. A friend who knows what she's doing sews them for me sews them for $10 each. She does a great job.

Kirk

 

[Doug]

Finally got these gates out of the workshop & fitted, they’ve been hanging around for ages initially I had to wait for builders to finish their work then the weather has been against me but today I got them hung



The match boarding & its mating surfaces were all stained with Sikkens prior to final assembly

 

[AndyP]

Very smart Doug, I like those hinges.

 

[HOJ]

Looking good Doug, plus anti nicking security measures in place!, I wonder though sometime's what is the point of low gates, I have a 4' high 12' wide 5 bar gate across my drive which I lock up every night, and still my mate's climb over it to get in!! postie gave up years ago so the letter box is on the outside.

 

[HOJ]

Waste not: this was outside a house in the village FOC, and we needed an additional wood store:


Quick cut and shut to make it go where I needed it and a slope for the Onduline on top, result:



It was used to deliver logs!.

 

[Cabinetman]

Nicely reused, apt as well! They are pretty much identical to ones I got my firewood and reconstituted logs in from Calido.
Ian

 

[Mike G]

Finally got these gates out of the workshop & fitted....

Very nice Doug. Not the easiest thing in the world to fit a pair of gates (or doors). Did you temporarily clamp them together on a batten? Were the post plumb?