se7enthdevil
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i went for a job there about two years ago and actualy got and interview (apparantly they only select good ones for interviews!) but in the end they wanted a furniture maker and not a bench joiner and it was they who suggested i do the course in oxford. linfords is such a small company its hard to get a place there even when jobs do get offered as the only pick the best.
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for what??? .
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just for a bit of research, what would you pay for the table and benches??? keep in mind that this is not green oak. .
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cheers ian, i liked your sign too by the way, very impressed as i dont think i could do that without a cnc... you should use this cedar to do your next one and use it as an outdor sign it will last for decades... theres a couple more item to be added in the next few days. .
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once the top was on then i made sure the drawers opened and closed easily using that pull chamfer i put on the underside to avoid adding handles. the whole unit was sanded and then finished using three coats of danish oil... .
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once they were done i was on the final stretch and it just needed tidying up and oiling.
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the curved drawer fronts are the trickiest bit but my compass plane made short work of them. i also hade to make my own plane to cut the stopped groove in the front of the drawer box to acomodate the drawer bottom.
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one other project i've been working on is my college furniture course unit which is made from cedar i purchased from big j in october. cedar is a wonderful timber and greatly under used in my opinion. here are a few diferent stages of its development.
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and finally the finished product... .
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here is some of the construction work in progress. .
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here is a table and benches that was commissioned by john k requesting oak garden furniture including some of the production stages. here are the pictures for the design, ,
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hi all, recently i've been doing more in the way of joinery rather than woodturning and thought that i'd plaster my work on here just to get a few opinions as to what people think of it... plenty of pics will be added in the next few days as i come accros them on my computer. .
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the course was a city and guilds furniture making and design level three, part time at the oxford and cherwell vally college using the NSF (national school of furniture) fascilities. i hope for a distinction. .
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not got my grade just yet, got to wait a couple of weeks. .
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sounds like that may be the case here as what i used was quite dry and not oily at all. big j suppied me with "cedrus deodara" thanks for all the compliments guys, its nice to know im not crap. its actualy a piece for my mum so i utilised the course requirements to construct this. im going to put up a thread soon show casing some of my work and hope to hear some good comments. .
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acording to my mum thats exactly what i was on when we got cooked in the med... where were you? the doc dint tell my mum that we could get burned like that hence why no extra precautions took place just the usual ones, thanks doc... 3rd degree burns hurt... .
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can i see some pics of the grain... are you sure its yellow heart, Euxylophora paraensis... i didnt think we imported those sort of logs??? .
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never heard of cedar being oily.... i got some deodar from big j in october for my college furniture project and this was the result. .
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hey big j, i think you are just lucky and come from the right stock even if your dads a ginga ninja like me... didnt you say you had some german in you some where? i know a couple of germans and each summer they tan rather than burn so i conclude they are used to it rather than our 5 min summers catching us out each year... as a ginger myself i dont tend to burn but i will go bright red for a day then the next day im bright white again... in saying that i did get blistering burns whilst on holiday when i was 13 when me and my brother were scorched after only 1/2 hour as we were both on epilepsy tablets and this made us cook quickly. both our arms and shoulders were buggered and niether of us slept for three days cause of the pain... .
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if i had a bigger set up i'd love to take them as im in taplow... if you cant find a carver then try delabodge as i think he uses them for outdoor furniture... asuming its not too big for planking... .
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surely the flags were put in the way of the tree.... it is a shame to fell a tree purely be cause its causing a few slabs to lift up especially when its such a magnificent specimin. i'm with big j on this one save the tree!. .
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auger a 2" hole about 6-8" deep in the center at one end and use explosives to cleave it appart..... .
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walnut and hickory friut does look sliyghtly similar at the erarly stage of development so it should be didregarded as a sole method of identification this is a similar affair with the leaves but the bark is a surefire way to tell them apart. walnut is usualy quite pale and very distinct from other barks around it, basicaly what you photographed... hickory should be slightly coarser (some species are very flakey) and darker in colour too. .
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pretty sure that is a common walnut. hickory has a slightly diferent shaped friut and the bark is brown and coarse unlike the young walnut bark picture you posted. .
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i just found this whilst looking for a band resaw. might help? The physics of bandsaw resawing oak is fab by the way, thanks... .
