Pics of your milled products

[MattyF]

Very nice design I thought ! That beds given me some ideas though!

[Dorset Treeman]

So hey nobody liked my bench then

 

 

I liked it Mark :-)

[Rob D]

So hey nobody liked my bench then

 

 

Bench was cool Mark - like the engraving - it got lost in amoungst the other things!

[adamelder]

So hey nobody liked my bench then

 

I very much like the "honesty" of your bench. I like that the joints are obvious and strong. Can't see that falling to bits anytime soon. It's nice to see something that's clearly made with a fair bit of love for the material.

 

The scripting is a great addition and I'm sure is what people who know little about woodwork will appreciate along with the celebration of the wood itself.

[adamelder]

This is my latest project pretty much finished last night. The base was made by a blacksmith chum who speaks little English. I can't draw, don't measure with tapes or rules so explaining what I wanted was a laugh and a half. I ended up showing my friend my hen's feet to get the idea across.

 

The top is a piece of spalted beech that I milled about 6-7 months ago. The tree had been lying for many years and when I milled the first slab it read about 20% moisture.

 

I took a couple of the slabs into my spare room, stickered and weighted down. The moisture went down to about 10% very quickly. A few small cracks appeared but only surface ones. One shake opened up in the middle but it didn't travel too far up the board and got tied with butterflies

 

I used bronze filings and West Systems resin for gap filling and the finish is Blanchon hard wax oil.

[agg221]

This is my latest project pretty much finished last night. The base was made by a blacksmith chum who speaks little English. I can't draw, don't measure with tapes or rules so explaining what I wanted was a laugh and a half. I ended up showing my friend my hen's feet to get the idea across.

 

The top is a piece of spalted beech that I milled about 6-7 months ago. The tree had been lying for many years and when I milled the first slab it read about 20% moisture.

 

I took a couple of the slabs into my spare room, stickered and weighted down. The moisture went down to about 10% very quickly. A few small cracks appeared but only surface ones. One shake opened up in the middle but it didn't travel too far up the board and got tied with butterflies

 

I used bronze filings and West Systems resin for gap filling and the finish is Blanchon hard wax oil.

 

That is a very interesting piece. I like the contrast between the raw slab and the metal feet.

 

Alec

[Rob D]

Yep -very cool - the metal work almost looks like a branch

[adamelder]

Yep -very cool - the metal work almost looks like a branch

 

That was the first tree I milled with the 42 inch GB bar and chain set up I bought from you a while back Rob. I was using the full (about 38 inches) length of the bar. The low pro chain made a huge difference to the milling speed. Thanks for that!

[adamelder]

Table finished today, before and after.

 

Here's a spalted beech and elm table with a slab of steel thrown in. Table is 7 foot long. The pedestal is elm, single chunk 58 inches at widest, 5 inch thick. Base is 8mm steel plate.

 

I thought I was taking the easy route by having a one legged table. In reality it took just as long as a 4 legged version!

 

The top sits on two cross pieces (hidden) and is just attached with 4 toggles into routed slots to allow for movement in the slab.

 

I used West Systems resin with bronze powder for filling cracks and butterflys to help with stability.

[muttley9050]

Nice table Adam.

 

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