Stompy
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Awesome work, love the table buddy Cracking jointing, pretty difficult to get a decent joint of something like that without implementing some steel jointing..... which you did very well. It's got to be strong with the abuse tables get. Nice work, hope you got what it and you were worth to build it, I always undercharge.....
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Although not very environmentally friendly at all everyone over here uses old engine oil from their tractors to preserve the timbers of their barns. Gives it a lovley deep grey colouring that looks quite natural and of course preserves the timber....... Not sure mother nature is to keen on it though
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She's a beauty mate, lovely work Got any pics of her drawn? Bet you feel it after a few hours using it, 80# is quite a draw, I'm happy around 55#. If you could sort a couple out when you get time that would be great, let me know. Cheers
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That would great, Thanks. My e mail is [email protected] is that is easier than posting them on here. Ta
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Cheers for all the comments guys nice to get feedback now and then.....
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Yep and it used to be riven to follow the grain thus not having any short grain that may shear off when tillering....... The front of the bow, facing away from you, is actually called the back and the back, facing towards you, is called the belly. You want heartwood belly and sapwood back.
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Not any more, they keep getting in the way of blades and cutters
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Thanks very much. It took around weeks in total although I took the end of my thumb off half way through so was a bit of a disjointed project. I didn't buy the timber in or the wax and did the work in return for a load of Pippy Elm so didn't price it. If I were to do it again a imagine the cost would come in at around £1500 -1800. I am in Croatia now though so transport would be an added extra.......
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Hi Mark Half and half sap to heart would be good but just sections with straight grain are good to as I also make up laminate bows. I'll PM you some details of what I need.....
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Great stuff, do you have any pics? And what is your price? Getting it out here is no problem, I have pallet loads of bits and bobs sent out every few months. Cheers
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Now I may be asking a bit much and a bit of a long shot but worth a go as I know a lot of you guys get hold of some stunning timber. I'm after some very straight grained Yew planks, 2" or more thick. They need to be 6 foot long or longer....... A few defects are fine and some wave in the grain is OK. I'm after making a longbow for my good lady and can't find Yew out here anywhere. I'd also like some to make a few different bows for friends here. I made a self longbow a few years ago from English Yew but stupidly gave it away before I left the uk. A few pics of the bow to show what I mean grain waveyness wise....... So what you got?
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Cracking work there The chair is awesome and a big fan of the stained glass.... top notch
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Cheers Only a few of the work in progress, I'm pretty slack when it comes to taking photo's.......
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Yep, big, heavy, lockable, bolted to the wall and ugly.......... they are hidden inside, one either end. The middle section is for coats, deerstalker hats and other shooting guff
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A gun cabinet I was commissioned to make a while back for the owner of my local sawmill. He supplied the timber and so, as you would expect, it was made from stunning stock. The door panels and detailing were made from English grown tigered brown Oak and the rest from French quarter sawn Oak. Hand finished with a lightly tinted natural wax. It was designed and built to match the interior of the 17th century farmhouse that was to become it's home. A real pleasure to design and make this piece, one of those projects that I'll always remember............
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I spend half my time taking blades to be resharpened...... It doesn't take long to dull them. Fantastic stuff though, beautiful, dry and stable. You simply don't get that dark golden colouring or streaky patina in new Oak.
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If you really want dry timber then reclaimed is the way to go. We were resawing 125 year old beams for Oak flooring last week and the average moisture content of the boards coming off the saw was around 15% Mc. This old Oak is like concrete, rock hard. I have just sourced a huge amount of decent beams but they are in Croatia. They would work out around £105 each. Can ship but due to length could push the price up too much to make it viable for you on such a small load.
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That router table looks like a good option for the money......
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Agree with the above, Elu routers are bulletproof and will last forever if you can find one secondhand. They were taken over by Dewalt and while keeping most of the main design feature the quality of parts dropped off. Still the Dewalt is worth having if you can get one cheap.
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1/2 inch or 1/4 inch? If you want to do windows and joinery you need a big 1/2 inch router My favourite out of the 5 we have in the workshops is the big Makita 3612c. It is hugely powerful, solidly built easy to handle. The trigger on the grips make it easy to control and it feels balanced in use. You should be able to pick up a secondhand unit off of the,bay for around £75. Other than that our Festool is superb, well balanced a very refine tool but bloody expensive. The Dewalt mentioned above is a good tool and very reliable with plenty of power just lacks the refinement of others. Trend and Freud used to be good machines but quality of parts has dropped off hugely in the last couple of years. Don't bother wit Bosch or Hitachi. You might want to think about buying or making up a table to mount the router in. Makes for much more accurate and safe working. Routers are fairly safe but they do occasionally bite. My choice would be a second hand Makita........ Best for the cash.
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Those Selectsaw mills look fantastic but they are even more pricey than the Wimmers.......
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Perfect sense....... still pretty fine work, nicely done
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Looks pretty ropey compared to this beauty Pilana Wravor 1150 80,000 quid is a little out of my budget though............. Though this aint bad for 35,000 notes....maybe http://www.njuskalo.hr/strojevi-obrada-drveta/pilana-oglas-12869337
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Top quality work there........ How you turn them without them exploding is beyond me
