I bought four oak planks from Hexhamshire Hardwoods last year with the intention of cutting them into new slats for a garden bench where the wood had rotted but the metal ends were good.
So far I've cut 3 at 35mm wide and 3 at 55mm wide and they're pretty straight if I say so myself. I'm not used to working with wood and it's a different challenge to get them right. It's quality wood but a bit thicker so I'll also have to rebate the ends of the slats. #garden#WoodWorking
This morning in the shop, I made more progress on the box to hold my calendar and to-do display. Tomorrow the display gets put into the box, the front of the box gets glued on, and the back will get hinges. #WoodWorking
Helped my daughter and SIL with a wainscoting project in their new place.
Bullnose corners with beaded panels were no walk in the park. Wasn’t sure about the bullnose closet corners, esp. since the wall wasn’t quite true, but I’m inordinately happy with how it turned out.
Best part was getting to play with - I mean use - all his new equipment. Freehand cutting curves into a couple thin panel pieces on the table saw - 48” long by less than an inch wide - to match the not-quite-true corners was fun. Took me back to cutting skateboard blanks the same way in Dad’s garage all those years ago. Miraculously I still have all my digits intact.
Another half forgotten thing done: Crosscut sled for the table saw.
Some floorboard offcuts, two carefully whittled strips for the tracks, a bit of glue to keep them in place before also screwing them on. And two bridges, of course.
Need to find an old candle to rub on the bottom, but test cuts work well enough already.
Not wiggling, but we'll see how the wooden strips do over time - the workshop is a bit drafty and they might shrink/expand.
I own a Bosch tracksaw, which I am very happy with. The guide rails work very well and hardly tend to slip. To fix them even more securely to the workpiece to be cut, suitable clamps are available, but they cost at least €55 a pair. Using a piece of aluminum T-profile and a rivet each, I converted two cheap, existing clamps to fit. They also perform their function very well.
Today I built a longer, more aggressive turning saw. I didn’t use any hardware, it’s just wood and nails. The blade is a 6TPI bandsaw blade. Tomorrow I’ll see how it works #woodworking
News from the #woodworking workshop front: I have a new woodworking space that i share with @ChrisNap
It will still require quite some work but its awesome and nice and out in the green.
It is also what the dutchies call "Antikraak" - rent out cheap with little rights to prevent it from being squatted. That means that the contract might end on rather short notice.
My workshop on the balcony - woodworkshop with a view - will stay for now. Maybe not for ever.
Finished another addition to our backyard ninja course: the vertical peg board! Started this last year but finding the right size for the holes was tricky.
Definitely VERY hard. How's your 1-arm pullup strength? 😆
#HandCrafted#Whistle n°27.
Maybe it's getting a bit crazy 🤔
The pipe inside makes a V-shaped round trip. You modulate the note by moving your thumb in front of the pipe outlet.
Bird cherry #wood (Prunus padus), stained with walnut stain then polished with a bone. Shellac varnish. #woodWorking#craft
Garden table restoration. This old folding table got smashed by a flying chair last autumn. I didn't have anything matching the original resin plate, but I did have a lot of wood packing spacers.
But they're all angled and vary in thickness. So I nailed them together, punched the nails down and then planed the planks.
Yes, a thickness planer would be lovely to have, but this worked. Some leftover wood stain and it looks nice.
One of the tools I use for #woodworking is #freecad, but there is still a lot I have to learn. There are a lot of YT-Channels offering tutorials for FreeCad, but one of the most valuable, if not the best, for woodworkers is Geoff Glasson's channel and I highly recommend it.
Organic certified wood glue! (In all seriousness, condiment containers are superior to what wood glue is sold in normally. This is bulk refilled) #woodworking
Hearing protection when working with loud tools - what do you use?
Are these auto-muting ones good? They seem like a good idea, but how is it in practice?
My problem with hearing protection is that tool use is intermittent but I don't want to be deaf and oblivious the whole time. Nor constantly pull them on and off (or worse, in and out).
Returned to my workbench recently, and tonight I finished sanding on the largest staff I've made yet-- it's an inch or two taller than I am (5 foot 11) and is as wide as a soda can at the head end.
I've decided I'm going to inscribe references to as much of the knowledge I've gained in my Druidic pursuits on its surface as possible. I'm hopeful I can do enough to submit images of it, with explanations, as my Druidic review to formally finish the grade with OBOD.