7ft long & floating balls

[TrollSpiel]

:thumbup1::thumbup1:wicked bench mate,,hours of well spent time

 

(roars) Bench?!!! ;-)

 

Dining table!

[Nick Watkins]

That is very, very nice. Out of interest, what would something like that sell for?

 

Do you put a cost on your hours/materials or find a price that is acceptable regardless of time spent? (within reason)

[TrollSpiel]

That is very, very nice. Out of interest, what would something like that sell for?

 

Do you put a cost on your hours/materials or find a price that is acceptable regardless of time spent? (within reason)

 

Thank you Nick!

 

Well, I've seen some right old toot for sale " aged repro ", few boards bashed together, hit a bit, given an old name, 3500£

 

I milled this timber 3 year ago. Dried it, kilned it and so on. Just yesterday I set those 25mm spheres in the resin, gotta wait a week till I can sand it out. Then more resin. Another week. The carving took a week, and so on. The lacquering will take AGES, cos between sprays it will need to be hard enough to work with, and then a few weeks on the last coats before the final rubbing out - to a 1500 grit gloss. I want this top flawless like glass.

 

As a tradesman, my daily rate is huge, and I've spent lots of days on this.

 

Today I went to select milling timber from my old boss (top bloke) and he said, that table has gotta be worth 5k finished.

 

We shall see

[bobh]

Stunning craftsmanship there mate.

Came across some of your old posts the other day when doing a search and was wondering where you'd gone.

Keep posting now you've back, you've got to let us know how this piece turns out.

[TrollSpiel]

Thank you Bob, kind words ;-)

[Taupotreeman]

That's a very nice piece or work. Wish there was a local craftsman here who could turn out stuff like that.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

wow. really nice,

 

Wish i could do something like that / had the time to learn.

 

Enjoy seeing all timber that has been crafted into tables, benches or tunred on lathes on here.

[TrollSpiel]

That's a very nice piece or work. Wish there was a local craftsman here who could turn out stuff like that.

 

Thanks bud. I know NZ is a big place, but it's the home to weta studios and the carpenters that built lord of the rings, and in my books, the finest craftsmen that exist. So there might be one more local than you think ;-) my own work is in no small part thanks to them

[TrollSpiel]

wow. really nice,

 

Wish i could do something like that / had the time to learn.

 

Enjoy seeing all timber that has been crafted into tables, benches or tunred on lathes on here.

 

Thanks bud. In truth, most of the time I just winging it. That and owning probably more tools than Axminster. Give it a go ;-)

[Mesterh]

Looks fantastic!!

 

What timber is it? I guess beech?

 

10X lacquer sounds like A lot of work!!