Woodworking

[ruel]

How is that split stabilized?

 

[Treeaddict]

Just beeswax and mineral oil

 

[Treeaddict]

Split is “as is” Been in same conditions for past 3 months. It’s done what it’s going to do.

 

[Burnham]

How'd it go today? | Page 2706 | The Tree House (masterblasterhome.com)

 

[lxskllr]

That's not incorrect, but spalted wood looks cool, at least imo. I like "Defective" wood. Each piece is unique.

 

[Burnham]

Eye of the beholder, for sure...just looks like rotten wood to mine . Everyone gets to choose for themselves, thankfully.

 

[Fiddler]

 

[stig]

Wow, that is unbelievably good.

 

[lxskllr]

I wish I was artistic. It would be cool leaving carvings in random snags for people to WTF over.

 

[Burnham]

Amazing.

 

[Raj]

That is great! All I can carve are boobs and dicks.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Pics ?

 

[Ed L]

Needed an offset base for 1 of my routers...then got carried away. Lol.

Ed

 

[Raj]

Nice bench!

 

[Bermy]

I was just thinking, if he did those lines in 3's it would be art deco...and bang, you lot jumped in!!

 

[Ed L]

Nice bench!

Thanks. Its Honey Locust, the non-thorny variety.
3 of us bought 80 logs from MSU. Trees had to go for a new housing project. I milled and dried it myself.

Ed

 

[lxskllr]

Bet that thing weighs a ton.

 

[Treeaddict]

I don’t think Fiddler carved that. I think it’s a real dog sitting very still😁

 

[Ed L]

Bet that thing weighs a ton.

Ya, its heavy. No worries about it moving. Lol
Ed

 

[Ed L]

Sent loml away for 4 days so l could do the counter install....no way in hell was l going to put up with her not having a functional kitchen.
Will wrap up my part tomorrow, she's undecided on the backsplash...

Ed

 

[Treeaddict]

May actually do slab width legs in lieu of iron on this one. The legs are still “straight off the mill” in finish. Just trying to get ideas. Keep the live edge on the legs or cut it off? Is it too much of a good thing to have the entire table live edge?

 

[lxskllr]

Dunno. My first inclination is no live edge legs cause it's hard to maintain symmetry, and I think that's a little more important in the base. I'm specifically looking at the sweep that's on each 'leg', but on opposite sides. Hard to say though, and I'm not the best judge of art.

 

[Tree09]

I would have done them further in so you can sit at the ends , but yeah why not?

 

[stikine]

Live edge works for me but Kyle has a good point about moving them in a bit. That might not work for the live edge if the slab is too narrow however?

 

[Marc-Antoine]

You can do the intermediate for the feet : keep the general shape of the live edges for the natural look, but round and smooth them severely. This way, the eyes keep the focus on the main part of the table, fully live edge, but without being hurt by a foreign element like straight feet. An advantage to smooth the feet's edges is a more user friendly contact with the people's knees.