muttley9050
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The gruffalo . Brick and log foundation, fire bricks in base if oven. Everything else is cob. Except for tyres etc.
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Use cob, clay, sand straw mixed . Create shape of oven with sand build cob around it, wait couple of days and remove sand through door. Sorted. This method gives u great artistic licence, as you can make ant shape u like. Pics to follow.
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Good work matey. Why oak legs, not enough wrc?
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Been looking at the woodrat on line, and it looks like a top jig, not paticularly easy to buy though. Only 3 UK stockists, none ofvwhich have a website worth seeing. Can't even get a hint at a price anywhere.
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Made a few boxes/chests in the same way. Get a good dry log, really dry. Use best lookin bark face as top to create treasure chest type round top. Use bandsaw to cut shape of chest around the top. Then use bandsaw to cut off lid. Use mortiser or chisel/drill to hollow out base and lid.attatch lid with hinges and attatch clasp etc. Looks awesome when finished. Got one roughed out in workshop.will add picture soon to make clearer James
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Turning into a top box, and thread. How does the woodrat cope with inconsistent dovetails?
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I agree with Alec to an extent, however when milling the boards for the top,make sure there at least afoot too long,preferably two,to allow for end cracking. Are you hiring in the lucas? maybe find out if he has the slabbing atatchment for it,then you could couldtake dimensional lumber off the top for legs, rails,braces etc, then when nearing the middle take one 8" pass down the middle, change to the slabber and take three or so 2" boards off with it that are already cut in half, this should give you enough top for two or three tables. then back to the circular blade and crack on with dimensional or 8" boards to finish off. Theres a good few projects in that stick!
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Your maths was right,except you were working out for a 4.5ft square cant, not round. should be pi x r2 x h so 3.14 x (27x27) x 96=219749 cu inches. divide by 1728 = 127 cu ft. so hoppus foot around 100 as bigj said. Still a ridulous price at 35 a cube.
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No worries ed. Give me a shout when you wanna get started. Whats your best milling saw?
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Nice, madness are a great live band:)
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Looks a nice setup. Are you cutting through or half blind joints?
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Welcome to come up to my workshop whenever you like mate. Lots of wood to play with. It's not massive but reasonably well tooled. I could teach you the basics over a couple of evenings or something. Practice is the key. I used to run a beginners carpentry course, but not anymore. What sort of things u interested in? Project in mind?
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Thanks guys, some useful options. Pm sent Steve.
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Nasty, I feel for you, but on the plus side, it makes me feel better about my mess ups. If its good enough from the pros, its good enough for me:) Most of my problems stem from the fact that I can't get wood below 15%mc in my workshop/store. Trying to think of cheap simple ways of addressing this at the mo, but not having a lot of luck. James
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Hi all, Its my partners birthday next month and she says she wants a wood turning lesson to help build her confidence. Any one know of anyone good doing one on one tuition. The closer to m.k. the better. Thanks James
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My favourite woods to burn are, in no paticular order: Free Dry Free. Hope this helps. James
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Tree felling gone wrong !! Tree hits feller. Uh-oh
muttley9050 replied to hazzygawa's topic in General chat
That video really surprised me, never saw that coming, the video angle made the rope look really short, and a glitch in the video made it look like the truck was blocked by a fence. I guess some people do things 100% right and just get unlucky. -
With linseed oil I can never get a satisfactory long lasting finish in less than 6 or 7 coats. With poly x or uv protection oil, the same is achieved in 3 coats. Saving you time and oil.
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Where can you get a grant to lay a hedge, and whos eligible? Also on a newly planted hedge, how many years would you wait to lay it, got a fair bit if 8 year planted mixed hedge dog rose etc. That I figured was too young but getting quite tall, what should I do with it? Cut, lay or leave. Thanks James Sorry to continue hijack
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I'm not a carver but in my experience, ash with the pith left in will always split.
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When I was in Cambodia years ago. We went to a scary firing range ran by pissed up military. You could shoot pretty much any weapon u liked, including bazookas. They told me someone bought a cow along once and blew it up, maybe true, maybe not, but reckon it should keep your crowd interested.
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It will be fine mate, better than the landfill,but have a look through em as decent ones will make £1 each easy.
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Works out cheaper in the long run!
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Well said pat, its surprising what you need and what's just getting sucked in by consumerism!
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+2 for osmo poly x, uv protection oil is good too, but I prefer poly x
