Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Saved this locust slab from the firewood pile. Not sure what to with it, but it caught my eye. I see a lot of interesting pieces of wood as I'm tossing them in the wood boiler.
Woodworking
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My best friend has been adding onto how house for about three years now. His son is the one whose knives I’ve posted pics of. They sawed out (chain saw mill) a timber from which he plans to build a mantle, out of a big pecan tree they took down in front of their house. His son handmade his own tool to work the timber down with.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
We have some really big pecans at our farm. I will eventually have some big spars to work with...I'd be curious to see what that fellow does with his.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Pecan is one of the hardest woods to mill in the US. Probably softer than the softest Australian hardwoods, however.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Ed L
Treehouser
More construction than woodworkin...but the new back porch got finished today. Not being able to move the posts, l went over the old cement steps.
Yea, the first step was a real pita.
Ed
Yea, the first step was a real pita.
Ed
Ed L
Treehouser
Ed L
Treehouser
Sooooo now its time to make new laminate kitchen countertops....not "true" woodwork, but here we are.
Spend 1day prepping the lumber for the edges and backsplash only to be informed she changed her mind, wants laminate (is there much of a job market for an axe murderer?)
Then she wants large rounded corners on the ends...
So first l make a template, 6" cookie so l can make a template to rout a smooth corner on the countertemplate...and buy a new (longer) router bit.
Now we need to pre-form the laminate with a heat gun to get close to the radius....
This is my test piece, l'll glue the strip on and see how it holds.
Ed
Spend 1day prepping the lumber for the edges and backsplash only to be informed she changed her mind, wants laminate (is there much of a job market for an axe murderer?)
Then she wants large rounded corners on the ends...
So first l make a template, 6" cookie so l can make a template to rout a smooth corner on the countertemplate...and buy a new (longer) router bit.
Now we need to pre-form the laminate with a heat gun to get close to the radius....
This is my test piece, l'll glue the strip on and see how it holds.
Ed
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
A few things from over the holiday break:
Three of five cutting boards,
A yarn bowl for the second youngest,
Two votive candle holders for Karen, also photo of spalted holly.
The two matching charcuterie/cutting boards were for my adopted son and his girlfriend. (They live in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Boston, so I kept them on the small side. Mottled appearance as that was just after the first oiling):
And I finally got started making the fireplace surround and mantle. Made a mock-up in plywood, with a slab of walnut tossed on top for the full effect.
The finished mantle will be Ash, and the 'ebony' squares in the pattern (as done in the mock-up using a black Sharpie marker!), will be done with thinned, matte-black Rust-O-Leum paint, to allow the grain to show. The baseboard will end around the base of the uprights, and I'll carry just the shoe mould around the hearth. A lot of the Ash for this, the window trim, and the baseboards came from trees I have removed and milled:
Three of five cutting boards,
A yarn bowl for the second youngest,
Two votive candle holders for Karen, also photo of spalted holly.
The two matching charcuterie/cutting boards were for my adopted son and his girlfriend. (They live in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Boston, so I kept them on the small side. Mottled appearance as that was just after the first oiling):
And I finally got started making the fireplace surround and mantle. Made a mock-up in plywood, with a slab of walnut tossed on top for the full effect.
The finished mantle will be Ash, and the 'ebony' squares in the pattern (as done in the mock-up using a black Sharpie marker!), will be done with thinned, matte-black Rust-O-Leum paint, to allow the grain to show. The baseboard will end around the base of the uprights, and I'll carry just the shoe mould around the hearth. A lot of the Ash for this, the window trim, and the baseboards came from trees I have removed and milled:
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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Top of mantle milled. Now to pull it down, sand, and apply the finish, and while it’s drying finish the drywall repairs and paint the wall.
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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Just some trim around the bottom and the hearth and it’ll be done.
Burnham
Woods walker
Very fine job, Pat.
ruel
TreeHouser
Sexy. what are the dark pieces? Separate wood or stain?
Ed L
Treehouser
Got my offset router base done today, it'll make profiling the rounded corners on these damned countertops much easier...
Ed
Ed
Raj
TreeHouser
I have the same router, I wish I got the variable speed option.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
An old-timer told me to, "Use the 'poor-man's' ebony", better known as satin-finish black Rust-O-Leum.
Thinly applied you still see the grain pattern, and it lasts quite well. The window trim squares are three years old now, and no issues.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Spalted American beech. The thing that got me into saws and tree work!!
