Makes a change from cutting up logs.

[Stephen Blair]

I made an involuntary whistle when I saw that!! Stunning!!!!

[scraggs]

Some very good skills and a really nice looking piece.

[se7enthdevil]

hi beau, firstly i'll congratulate you on the workmanship. top of the class stuff there mate.

 

secondly i would like to say well done in using wood that is too quickly chucked on the fire pile. tulip tree is a lovely timber and is vastly underrated in my opinion and as you've shown can have beautiful grain when used properly.

 

nepia's tree is two nests of three bowls that need finished turning and will hopefully look as good as that unit. good job.

[se7enthdevil]

The wood dry isn't as soft as you think. It's Magnolia family btw but referred to in the States as Rainbow Poplar.

 

Not being flash; I know a bit about it as I lost a 45' specimen - the best tree in the garden - last winter. It didn't go to waste; Steve the 7th Devil has it!

 

hi jon, it's only referred to as rainbow poplar when it looks like this.

 

Rainbow Poplar | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

 

look at the bottom of this page,

poplar

[Woodworks]

Wow.

 

Quite taken aback by how much you chaps seem to like this. Lets hope the client likes it as much as they have not seen it yet.

 

Thanks all

Beau

[Ian Leach]

Beautiful craftsmanship there, well done.

[devon TWiG]

Re ; rainbow poplar .... about 10 years ago I took down a large ( 5-6 foot dia ) poplar that was beautifully coloured and figured and after many enquiries to potential buyers there was no interest at all and it was taken to a yard to be logged in to firewood eventually, but just got left to rot .. shame really but so often the way !

[devon TWiG]

Oops ! forgot to say ... great piece of furniture there Woodworks .. not your first or last I suspect ... It must perplex many people , my self included as to why some one with such skills and tools to make such fine things also spends his time smashing trees in to bits for firewood !! ( no disrespect to those that do ) .. Is it not possible to work full time making furniture ? or just not yet ?..

[Woodworks]

Oops ! forgot to say ... great piece of furniture there Woodworks .. not your first or last I suspect ... It must perplex many people , my self included as to why some one with such skills and tools to make such fine things also spends his time smashing trees in to bits for firewood !! ( no disrespect to those that do ) .. Is it not possible to work full time making furniture ? or just not yet ?..

 

Fair question that I will try and answer.

 

I have struggled with furniture making for 20+ years. I have only made a subsistence living from it for various reasons.

 

1. It takes so many hours to build pieces like this.

2. I am appalling at pricing so have time and time again under estimated how long a job will take

3. I have never been brave enough to charge more than £10 per hour for the risk of ending up with no work.

4. It's hard working on your own in a dingy workshop so never have really put enough hours into it.

 

No one to blame but myself for many of these things

 

I have discovered that I love chopping down trees and smashing them into firewood. I wrestle with it myself but just doing what makes me happy for a change. Not giving up the woodwork as I am sure the poor old body is going to start protesting about the current line of work so expect to find myself back at the bench more and more in a few years.

[Matthew Storrs]

Fair question that I will try and answer.

 

I have struggled with furniture making for 20+ years. I have only made a subsistence living from it for various reasons.

 

1. It takes so many hours to build pieces like this.

2. I am appalling at pricing so have time and time again under estimated how long a job will take

3. I have never been brave enough to charge more than £10 per hour for the risk of ending up with no work.

4. It's hard working on your own in a dingy workshop so never have really put enough hours into it.

 

No one to blame but myself for many of these things

 

I have discovered that I love chopping down trees and smashing them into firewood. I wrestle with it myself but just doing what makes me happy for a change. Not giving up the woodwork as I am sure the poor old body is going to start protesting about the current line of work so expect to find myself back at the bench more and more in a few years.

 

 

That's sounds crazy, I bet people who can do work to such a high standard with skills which must have taken years to acquire are probably far and few between. I'd have thought you'd be worth 3x that, its sad really if that isn't the case. Still if your enjoying the firewood and you get your main/regular income with that you could try being a bit bolder with your pricing on the furniture making side?