early start

[delabodge]

decided after a lovely day yesterday at clivedon house (national trust) to finnish off a couple of half started projects,,heres the results.

First a log of yew,showing the unfinnished half also,

then a yew plank with 4 hand forged hooks,

 

 

 

 

[delabodge]

 

heres the hooks,,,

[nepia]

Why can't I think of these things?! Simple and elegant Clive; I like that (the bottle rack).

[Stompy]

Cracking stuff, love the wine rack.

 

One suggestion though, use a bigger lump of Yew..... 4 bottles is simply not enough to have on stand by, especially in this house

[wisecobandit]

Silly question but how do you bore out the holes so neatly?

Great work, I don't have the patience for that sort of thing normally but the other half does enjoy her wine...

[Stubby]

Just a guess but trepanning cutter or hole saw ....?

[delabodge]

stubby,lol I made it to go on the counter top, defo just for looks,,,,it should say tuesday/wednesday etc,,,,

I use a monster forstner bit,and its hard work to be honest, just wanted to point out what you can make with just a simple log that otherwise wouls have been firewood.

[gobbypunk]

I bet that frostner bit takes some holding on to if you are using a hand drill nice work

[flames]

stubby,lol I made it to go on the counter top, defo just for looks,,,,it should say tuesday/wednesday etc,,,,

I use a monster forstner bit,and its hard work to be honest, just wanted to point out what you can make with just a simple log that otherwise wouls have been firewood.

 

Hi Delabogde, interesting that you just made a wine rack like that, Nicely done btw. As I've just been asked to make something similar, but bigger, from a 10" square beam.

 

I've bought a 92mm diameter Dewalt self feed cutter to bore the holes, which have to be 8" deep. I know from using a 65mm one that with a hand drill it's enough to twist your damn arms off. So quite how I'm going drill these? -did you do it on a pillar drill, or have you just got guns bigger than mine?

 

I'm thinking of rigging something up on the lathe, which should have the torque to drive one of these monster cutters - push with the tail stock...

 

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated, Any one got a big radial arm drill near Worcester?