Cabinetman
Old Oak
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2020
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- Location
- Lincolnshire Wolds + Pennsylvania
- Name
- Ian
That's at least 10 years worth for me.Nae, this is a log pile.
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Lasted about one winter. But it is our main source of heat.
Were you asking me Andy?Are you splitting all those yourself too?
I was. Most of mine comes ready split but a few are still too big so I do those by hand. Great way to relieve all manor of frustrations my whacking a log with a splitting maul.Were you asking me Andy?
If so, well the answer is no. I’m eccentric but not insane. I helped, mind you, but employed a chap from the village. And a mechanical splitter. Worth every penny.
As Belloc said:
‘It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan’
Unfortunately, in my case that quote is not wholly reflective of my circumstances.
A necessary evil when you have as little space as I doFar too organised!!
Yebbut, the planning and 3D printing to augment are pure lateral thinking! Respect.Nothing fancy, just
I also need one but it won't be as fancy as yours. My wish list is getting larger.Nothing fancy, just a rather rough-and-ready rack for storing sanding stuff. I used to keep sanding belts and sanding (mostly wet & dry) sheets in a drawer, but I'm pretty sure I've lost quite a few of the sheets down the back of the drawer unit and it was always a pain to rummage through to find the one I wanted. Sanding stuff for attachment to the angle grinder and/or Fein oscillating multi-tool lived in another drawer so this frees up quite a bit of drawer space:
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Belts hang on the end:
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There's a French cleat on the back and the whole thing hangs one of the last remaining free spots on the joists:
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I think I'll re-print the label that goes down the left-hand side to shuffle the sheets around a bit (to move the more often used ones nearer the bottom for easier access while it's on the cleat). I rarely use the multi-tool sanding stuff, so it's no big deal to lift the unit down off the cleat when I want to get something out of that section.
I didn't realise quite how thin it was getting until the whole thing exploded on the lathe. Fortunately I wasn't in the 'line of fire' when it went 'boom' and I was wearing a face visor, so no damage done. I still have the remaining stub to attempt another one later on - RobThat’s so disappointing, I think I would have said a naughty word or two!
I would have said something like dash, blow or even, blast.
Chuffed to bits that you are finding such good uses for it! And glad that it is nice to use.A cornucopia of odds n'ends recently finished, all of which will be very carefully packed at the end of the month and given to their recipients in Victoria, BC. First and foremost is a bowl thingie, in mostly English Walnut (Fast Show? ):
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The tree belonged to one of SWIMBO's friends and was growing directly against her rear garage wall, so she wanted it down. I helped my pal Paul Goulden fell it in 2018 and convert it on site; I then had a couple of planks out of the butt and a few choice bits for turning. I used my coring tool to remove the centre of the blank, but went too deep, leaving the bottom scarcely 6mm thick, so I had to 'adapt and overcome'. Andy Pickard suggested inserting a core plug and gluing it to a new 'foot'. I used Satinwood for the 50mm dia plug and some of Ian's Honduras Mahogany for the foot, both of which were superb to turn.
Second and foremost is a key ring holder, with a magnetic back for affixing to a fridge door (or similar):
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Again, I used some of Ian's wonderful Mahogany! The finish on this piece is a single coat of Rubio Pure left for 48hrs to cure with wax over the top to impart a subtle sheen. The particular lump I had to re-saw had so many nail and screws holes it looked like it had been attacked by Death Watch Beetle, but with judicious work on the bandsaw, some lovely bits came out of it...and I'm still using the same board for the current large project in the 'shop.
The final and last item is a Rob Cosman box, again out of that same bit of Ian's mahogany:
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Over the last week or so I'd made two previous attempts, one in Paduk and the second in Walnut and on each occasion the hinge disintegrated when I opened the lid...they went straight through the bandsaw! Clearly I was doing somat stupid (not uncommon) so I went back to basics and followed the original RC video on UToob (about 44 mins long so quite easy to digest). The third iteration turned out quite well, even better as it's got a beautiful 'flame' pattern in the lid which I happened to spot and thought it might look quite effective:
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Some time ago, Andy Pickard let me have a few:
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....small bits of Victorian (circa 1840) heritage oak, salvaged from the twin bell towers of St. Paul's Cathedral when they were refurbished in 2017-18 and a little bit has been inserted into the Bog Oak base. RC doesn't polish the inside of his boxes and I've done likewise, but he now uses Renaissance Wax (nothing else) on the lid and exterior. On Ian's mahogany, it's very, very effective - Rob
I'm still using bits of the same 'Death Watch Beetle' board for the drawers in the current project:Chuffed to bits that you are finding such good uses for it! And glad that it is nice to use.
You can blame all the holes on the Victorian Cabinetmaker that built the Bank counter back in 1860. I feel sure he would approve of what you’ve done with it Rob.
There are glimpses of it in my last few YTs. I have more space than before, but it is fragmented and not such good quality space. The roof leask in multiple places. I was paddling, quite literally, a couple of weeks ago. I have to be careful about whre I put stuff lest it gets wet. Several of my jigs, which used to slide sweetly, now stick and are a pain to use, because they have got damp. Some are going mouldy. We have had a few glorious days recently, but more generally it's been raining, pretty much non-stop, since the end of September. So everything is on the damp side.Very nice Steve. Have we had a look at your new workshop yet?
very nice, I like the old wood block printing a lot, it's a very interesting craft.I used the border I made for letterpress class to frame a short Henry V quote. I inked the red initial separately and dropped it in place after inking the rest of the woodcuts and type.
Not exactly a professional job, but I think it came out pretty well. The wood was poplar.
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