Peterson and Alaskan Combo!

[Rob D]

Some pics of me milling some oak (job passed on curtesy of Mark Meritt - many thanks).

[Rob D]

And a few more!

[josharb87]

awesome rob, but why alaskan aswell as the peterson?

[slack ma girdle]

awesome rob, but why alaskan aswell as the peterson?

 

:dito:

Because you can?

[David Humphries]

Great set of shots Rob, loving the his & hers thrones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Rob D]

Cheers. The thrones I think were carved by one of Mark's lads.

 

The Peterson works well with the Alaskan as you can take off slabs or posts depending on how the wood looks. If you have a lovely burry piece it's nice to be able to whip a slab off with the Alaskan (the top being flattened by the Peterson).

 

Also you can use the Peterson to edge into the wood 8" on each side. The kerf is 2/3 of the Alaskan but it still means the Alaskan has much less wood to cut through and it flys down the log!! Although this is a bit of a pain to line the cut up so the Peterson cuts the exact same line as the Alaskan.

 

But in this instance I was doing contract milling and I made a load of furniture for the owner in his garden including one of the biggest tables I've ever made. I'll get some pics of this later in the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rob D]

Here's some follow up pics of the furniture I made.

 

It's all green and wet right now but come the end of Summer these can all be sanded and treated to bring out the grain.

[Ian Flatters]

Here's some follow up pics of the furniture I made.

 

It's all green and wet right now but come the end of Summer these can all be sanded and treated to bring out the grain.

 

Hi Rob,

 

Did you use dowls to fill the screw holes? if so do you make your own and how do you do it?

[Rob D]

You want to get some plug cutters... I predrill a 13mm hole, put a large screw in then plug the hole with the same wood plug.

 

You need to buy a set of plug cutters (if you can get the ones that cut tapered plugs). Just use with a drill and you can cut your own plugs.

 

Glue them in and then sand em flat - really is a fast easy process and looks really good.

 

But word of warning - drill the plugs out of wet freshly cut wood - dry wood will dull them very very quickly!

[Ian Flatters]

You want to get some plug cutters... I predrill a 13mm hole, put a large screw in then plug the hole with the same wood plug.

 

You need to buy a set of plug cutters (if you can get the ones that cut tapered plugs). Just use with a drill and you can cut your own plugs.

 

Glue them in and then sand em flat - really is a fast easy process and looks really good.

 

But word of warning - drill the plugs out of wet freshly cut wood - dry wood will dull them very very quickly!

 

Cheers Rob,

 

Looks like im heading to the local tool station tomorrow.