Masthash

#woodworking

Spark
7 hours ago

I really like my new (first) shop apron. 😄 It is nice with a lot of pockets so I can have all my often used tools on me. It is waxed canvas so it feels really sturdy and it protects my cloth from a lot of dust and dirt while working. Originally I wanted to order the Adam Savage one, but to get it shipped to Germany was way too expensive. So I found this one on Amazon. It also has a magnetic patch which is really great during de-/assembling stuff. #woodworking

Dave Polaschek
14 hours ago

Took a couple pictures of the box with some of the finish applied. This is about six coats of French polish applied to the top and bottom, vs. one coat of tung oil on the inside of the box. #woodworking

Outside of the box, showing mostly the top and bottom.
Inside of the box, which is much less shiny than the outside.
Dave Polaschek
19 hours ago

Been making a little box in the shop today. 5mm thick salt cedar sides, dovetailed (because I can) with some 1/16” exotic hardwood for a top and bottom (I think that came from an Ocooch Hardwoods exotics sampler pack). No photos yet, but the box is together, the hinges are on, and the first coat of tung oil went on before I broke for dinner. When completed, it’ll hold a pen that will be a retirement gift for my primary care doc. Tomorrow, latch & more finishing. And photos. #woodworking

Scrap pencil holder for the garage workbench, 10 minute project.

All from one piece of wood, cut to six equal length sides plus a shorter bottom. Put together with some old nails and a scrap wire to hold it in compression when it inevitably gets overfilled.

#Scrap #Woodworking #Garage #DIY #Recycling

A biro on top of a couple short lengths of scrap wood.
The same pieces are assembled with some small nails and a copper wire is wrapped around and loosely twisted together.
Finished pen holder, full with various marker pens and pencils. The copper wire is now tight around the wood, ends twisted together and cut off.
François Best
21 hours ago

My first #handtools #woodworking video is out!

On the todo list for the next one:

- Ditch the 15 years old camera, and use my phone that shoots 4K instead.
- Lights are good, use more of those.
- Get better at editing.

Restoring a rawhide mallet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQomLjyQes

Jonathan Lyons
23 hours ago

I finally have a camera angle where I can’t put my tripod. #contentcreator #woodworking

A wall of French cleats with a light box and GoPro camera connected to cleats.
Bill Rhodes
1 day ago

#wood #woodworking #shavings #handtools #handmade #plane #shop
Good morning from the workbench

nice wispy maple shavings off a sharp plane
Jonathan Lyons
1 day ago

I’m trying to upgrade my options for camera angles, like using the French cleat wall above the #workbench with a camera and light mount. #contentcreator #woodworker #woodworking #onmyworkbench #heartwoodandsteel

A GoPro camera, quarter inch bolts and knobs arranged on an iron tablesaw top.
Spark
1 day ago

I had to get squirrely with the drawer rails, since I was sloppy with the cabinet and there is a difference of .5cm in wideness from the front to the back part. The first drawer I had to trim a little bit until it fit. All there is to do now, are making drawer fronts and close up the back and sides of the cabinet, so the saw dust doesn’t get inside. But so far I like it and get to store stuff I usually have lying around on the workbench. #woodworking

The saw cabinet with the first drawer installed.
The upper drawer is open in the cabinet with various tools inside.
The cabinet with both drawers installed.
Spark
1 day ago

I am on parental leave, but I barely get into my workshop. Don‘t get me wrong, I love the time with my daughter, but a simple project can take forever. Anyhow I finally made two drawers for my table saw stand and now have a little more storage in the shop. 😄 I went for a simple drawer design, because it should be fast and functional rather than pretty. So butt joints and screws and dados for the bottom. #woodworking

A simple drawer made of wood. The corners a simple butt joints with screws.
Close up of the 2 screws in the corner holding the joints together.
The rail of the drawer mounted to the side of the box. The wood has already some drill holes, since it is reclaimed from old shelves.
One of two drawers installed in the table saw cabinet.
François Best
1 day ago

Restored/cleaned up rawhide mallet.

The boiled linseed oil and paste wax finish made the outer rawhide layer look translucent, it should cure slowly and harden with time and use.

Happy with the result, looking forward to "persuading" holdfasts with it.

#handtools #woodworking

A mallet on a coffee table
Close-up of the head of the mallet, there are two metal pins keeping the rolled rawhide head together.
Close-up of one of the mallet faces: the core of the head is made of stacked scrap pieces of leather, and three outer layers of rawhide are rolled around it in a cylinder shape.
The handle is inserted through a hole in the diameter.
Darren Chittick
1 day ago

Just migrated over from a tech-oriented instance that I chose because it was explicitly LGBTQIA, I am just not that much of a tech person. I am, though, a creative person, so I decided to jump over here.

A hashtag of interests in hopes of connection. I'll do a second intro post that is more narrative.

Creative things I do:

#pottery #weaving #printmaking #knitting #garden

Curious about/exploring:

#woodworking #WoodCarving

Other stuff about me:

#dogs #walking #EBike #GayAF #introduction

2 days ago

My next plane to tackle has obvious German trimmings… and it is German; an ECE. One like it is listed in their current catalogue’s ‘Primus’ line. I paid 2€ for it. But it’s been abused and neglected. Lots of dings and scratches, and the long adjuster screw is bent. A curious feature is the adjustable mouth opening via sliding piece on sole. Seems gimmicky. I figure I can always remove that and put in a patch, but more likely I will resell or trade this one after fix up.

#HandTools
#Woodworking

Left side view of a German ECE woodworking plane.
Right side view of a German ECE woodworking plane.
Bottom/sole view of an ECE woodworking plane. It shoes the sliding piece for adjusting the mouth opening.
Clip of the latest ECE tool catalogue showing the same type of plane.
2 days ago

Ex. of my cleaning phase. More or less the same for every tool, pending needs.

Disassemble where feasible. Use WD40 if frozen. (It was.)

Metal: wire brush, vinegar bath; scrub coarsely, wipe, another bath if necessary, file bad spots, finish with fine abrasive, wipe with mineral oil.

Wood: remove paint drips, clean with gentle cleaner and 00 steel wool (leave patina). A good coat of BLO after.

Next phase: Level sole and sharpen irons. But I need some things first.

#Woodworking
#HandTools

Smoothing plane cleaned, oiled, and reassembled. The maker’s mark now visible where it should be in the mouth.
Old rusted and dirty smoothing plane taken apart and pieces spread out: the body, the wedge, and the two irons.
Closeup of the smoothing plane irons. Really rusty and brown.
Smoothing plane ready for sharpening.
Brian Schwarz
2 days ago

Stumbled into some free material from a neighbor moving away, time to make some bowls.

(ash tree a neighbor cut down about 5 years ago)

#woodturning #woodworking

2 days ago

Monday means work. Not much time for wood, but spent about half an hour planing a tenon. I will do this now, but I’m the future I’m undercutting tenons my friends.

During downtime I started reading By Hand & Eye and I am delighted and inspired. #woodworking

Jami Gibbs :heart_cyber:
3 days ago

One week check-in. They've been sitting stickered in our very dry and hot garage. The moisture meter already has most of it around 7% 😱 with a couple of spots at 11%. Is that possible after only one week?

Most of the rounds look good. Two cracked dramatically though (bowties and epoxy might look cool?)

Slab cuts are ok. No dramatic cracks but not as clean as I was hoping they'd be. Next batch I'll bring into the basement where it's cooler and they can dry slower.

cc @_Vince_

#woodworking

Six round cuts of wood on the floor. They are a little bit yellow from glue being put on them.
A single round cut of wood with a large crack
Two short slab cuts of wood positioned vertically. They are propped up against a window.
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
3 days ago

Obvious 3D printer job! Only, I don't have a 3D printer. But I do have some wood chisels and carving knives and a big pile of scrap wood.

So I made this car part for the trunk (boot) cover from scrap wood. It works for now, maybe I won't spend €15 to buy a replacement plastic piece.

#DIY #Carving #Woodworking #Car

Close-up of the left side of a sliding trunk cover. A plastic nose is riding in a slot. Some wear is visible.
Opposite side of the sliding cover. Here the same fitting is made of hand carved wood instead and engages equally well in the retaining slot.
T.Rob
3 days ago

That pool cue pen is devilishly hard to manage. At 8.5 inches, no pen box or display fits. Normal pen pots tend to tip over. Something had to be done so I figured why not manage it like any other pool cue and make a cue stand for it?

Voila! #HotOffTheLathe today are the two cue sticks used as the uprights for the stand divider. The rack is 3D printed. The base is #shapermade and the divider is laser cut. Used all the toys on this one!

#woodworking #woodturning #penturning

Billiards-themed pen display stand. The base is an equilateral triangle of 3/4 inch maple wood. At front is a black rack containing a full set of 1-inch pool balls. At the back is a cue stand. The uprights on either end are mini pool cues complete with metal bands at center and white ferrules and black rubber tips. These hold a wood rack with holes for 3 pool cue pens, the center of which has a pen in it.
Archus Byte
3 days ago

It's been a long process, but I think I have my wood carving project in the "good enough" stage. Now I need to find some (very) orange stain.

#woodworking #diy #seattle

A carving of a sloped roof using layered plywood
a large layered plywood block that has a small square sectioned out of it.
A rough initial carving of the layered plywood. Covered in sawdust.
3 days ago

Salon Habitat et Bois, 21 - 25 septembre, Épinal, France.

https://www.salon-habitatetbois.fr

Le premier salon de la région Grand Est consacré à la construction en bois et à l'habitat !

Il y aura des outils !

https://www.salon-habitatetbois.fr/touchons-du-bois/

Il faut que j'essaie d'y aller.

#bois
#travaildubois
#outilsbois
#woodworking

Jonathan Lyons
3 days ago

When you start a business and you focus on branding. #woodworking

A triangular pusher on a small cherry board. The pusher has been branded with the Heartwood and Steel logo.
Jonathan Lyons
3 days ago

Getting ready to put my brand on my new tablesaw push stick. #woodworking #branding

A triangular push stick lies above a branding iron on a tablesaw top.
Niall O'Callaghan
3 days ago

I'm about to GM my first RPG today. Feeling a little overwhelmed, but I think it should be okay. I whipped up an impromptu GM screen out of some scrap plywood and mahogany this morning to make it look like I know what I'm doing.

#GM #RPG #spireRPG #woodworking #Boardgames

A wooden three part hinged screen on a dining table. There are bowls of dice and some pieces of paper and pencils nearby.
Vincent In Japan
3 days ago

Detail of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura. I love that red color and the way it has been built. #japan #woodworking

4 days ago

Today I stained the bedroom door I made a few weeks ago. Used Dark Walnut Danish oil I picked off Amazon based on how the sample picture looked on my phone screen. I guessed pretty well lol, it's just slightly darker than the color of the stuff inside the RV. I may clear coat it if I have enough left over after I finish painting my bike, but with this type of stain I don't *have* to. #DIY #WoodWorking

A hollow wood door, hanging from the center beam in a metal shed. I hooked the rollers on the beam which worked pretty well. The door is stained a brown similar to just past medium toast.
Same door, now sitting horizontally on my weight bench, leaning against the weights on my weight bar, catching some afternoon sunshine.
The door is now hanging back where it belongs. The door (on the right hand side of the pic) is slightly darker than the "wood" (basically a giant sticker) in the RV.
Jami Gibbs :heart_cyber:
4 days ago

Had a guy say to me today that he sees me as a #woodworker that takes wood pallets and makes things out of them and I kind of wanted to punch him in the face.

Only thing stopping me is I think he meant it as a compliment.

#woodworking

4 days ago

Working on fitting mortises and tenons for the long stretchers. It is a big hassle since the stretchers are so long, I have to take everything to a different room rather than test fit on the bench. One day fitting mortises and tenons won’t be so much work, but today is not that day #woodworking

John Appel
4 days ago

Here’s the top of the #4thStreetMysteryProject dry-fit together. Still to come: two drawers and the drop front.

So if you had “drop front desk to be auctioned off to raise funds for 4th Street” as your guess, collect your token.

#Woodworking

Thomas
4 days ago

Installed at the client and really happy. #woodworking

Oak record playing cabinet
4 days ago

Photographing these mortises is tricky, but not as tricky as chopping them! They are at a 15 degree angle and are about 1 1/4” wide. You can see that the one on the left isn’t quite done. I’ll wrap it up tomorrow and then either get the tenons to fit or start the other two mortises. #woodworking

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
5 days ago

After some plumbing chores this morning, I had time to play #Woodworking. Decided to make the other vise on the old woodworking bench functional.

There's a few pieces missing and it's bit bodgy to use, but functional for now. Much better than not having it!

#DIY

One end of an old abused woodworking bench. The vise is missing its cheek, only a threaded rod with sliding handle is present, which has been derusted and greased.
An old piece of wood clamped into the working tailvise on the other end of the same bench. With some freshly made bench dogs!
The old wood piece, now planed and with a fin cut out. It's only held temporarily by the threaded rod pressing against it.
The same piece, now with a hole drilled for the rod and clamping piece of scrap that has a plane and some shavings on top.
Hart of the Wud
5 days ago

Sawing is not allowed indoors in my new household so I made a little mini-workbench that I can clamp to the table on the balcony. I must admit, in nice weather, it's quite a pleasant spot to work.

#woodworking

A mini-workbench about 60cm². There's a cheap vise on the front and a few holes for bench dogs. A hand-brace with a big tenon cutter bit is sitting on the top.
A view from the side. Table clamps hold the base tight to the table.
Andreas Gohr
5 days ago

"I'm nearly 45 and I have come to enjoy the existence of a well placed bench."

New blog post... https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2023-06/03-guerrilla_banking

#woodworking #diy

John Appel
6 days ago

In-progress pics of the top of the #4thStreetMysteryProject which should start to make what it is more apparent. #Woodworking

Per Helge Berrefjord
6 days ago

Spirit stains and metals in open grain wood. Experiment. Lesson: The stain is quick to find its way to the opposite side, in this case from the outside to the inside of the bowl. #Woodturning #woodworking #stains

Sunshine close-up of a turned wooden bowl, dark blue with silver stripes in the grains on the outside, bright red with traces of gold in the grains on the rim and the visible inside the bowl.
Inside of the bowl. Red with golden grains.
Closeup of golden grains on red spirit stain bowl.
Colossal
6 days ago

Hewn from solid hunks of found timber, Oliver Chalk’s vessels embrace the natural grain and gradients of different types of wood to reveal voluminous functional sculptures. #woodworking #sculpture #carving

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/05/oliver-chalk-vessels/

A spherical wooden vessel is carved from wood. At the top is a small hole for an opening, and its sides feature a ribbed pattern to emphasize natural wooden ridge patterns.
François Best
6 days ago

My garage flooded with last night's storm (evidence on the wall in the background).

Fortunately, I was in the garage when it started, and managed to vacuum away most of the water (about 100L) before it made serious damage.

Time to move all the tools away from the moisture and quickly learn masonry to attempt a fix, sigh.

#handtools #woodworking

Tools are stacked on a workbench, the wall on the background shows traces of water infiltration.
6 days ago

Anyone know if the Stanley 55 combination plane is compatible for lefties?

Metal combination planes in general, for that matter.

#handtools
#woodworking

Dave Marshall
1 week ago

All done. #WoodWorking

A wall-to-wall bank of elevated cabinets with bookcases above and grilled panels below.
1 week ago

Really weird day today. I did some woodworking to relax but couldn’t focus and was doing something pretty tricky on top of that. Anyway, half of one (of four) angled mortises close to done! #woodworking

Andrew Theken
1 week ago

I was able to deliver my latest piece of furniture to its new home today. Very pleased with the details on this one.

I designed the majority of this piece in Fusion 360 ahead of time, but made some adjustments (including rotating the legs 45° to increase strength and stability). I did hand-cut dovetails on the casework and a gentle curve on the top portion of the lid. The hinge mechanism was a fun exercise to find a form that would work without ugly hardware.

#woodworking

An electric keyboard stand in the mod-century modern style, primarily ash with walnut and paduk accents.
Closet detail of the lid hinge mechanism. Including ash accent plugs.
Close up detail of legs, showing the haunched angles at the top.
Archus Byte
1 week ago

Apparently you are not supposed to throw band saw blades. Who knew? 🤷‍♂️

#woodworking

A warning label for a band saw blade. One of the warnings is "Do not throw blade."
1 week ago

Used my weeknight shop time to lay out some angled mortises. As I said before: chopping the ones on the already glued assembly are gonna be a whole thing, and in fact for this simple layout they are already a whole thing. #woodworking

B's Creative Life 🌈 🌱🌻
1 week ago

Sore and tired, but much progress was made.
Have decided these benches are salvageable with some new hardware, bracing, and paint. All the benches are in various stages of work
#maker #reuse #WoodWorking #Artist

A bench is being sanded
A brown bench is wet with weatherizing treatment
A brown bench is upside down on a table and part of it has been spray painted red
Bobginpgh
1 week ago

I built these Adirondack chairs from plans in Norm Abram’s Classics from The New Yankee Workshop book about 25 years ago. They’ve been out in the #pittsburgh weather all those years and needed a tuneup. A little sanding and screw tightening and they’re good as new plus a little patina. The redwood from Brookside lumber has held up pretty well all these years.
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#maker #pghmaker #helloimakeis #wood #woodworking #normabram #newyankeeworkshop #chair #adirondack #empireofdust

2 redwood Adirondack chairs
Norm Abram’s Classics from the New Yankee Workshop book
Leah (GPN: 9653)
1 week ago

Ihr erinnert euch noch an die Latten? Heute ist das Projekt fertig geworden. #wasMitHolz #woodworking

Blick über einen Balkon Tisch und Stuhl auf eine mit den Latten verkleidete Glaswand. Davor eine schwarze Kiste mit Blumen darauf.
Balkonwand in gelb, vor den Glaselementen steht die fertige Latten Wand. Davor ein paar Pflanzen in Kübeln
Ich, unbewusst fotografiert als ich auf dem Boden Sitze und die latten montiere.
Sam Grover
1 week ago

How to Change a Quick Fix Into a Large Project 😬 #Woodworking #HomeImprovement https://samgrover.com/2023/05/30/how-to-change.html

Jeremy Knope
1 week ago

Grizzly tools apparently has a sale and I really would like a jointer… way too many options to decide on though and should wait before spending so much lol. #WoodWorking

Josh B
1 week ago

Finished the new desk and moved it into its final location. The top is one beefy boy. Now comes the fun part of setting everything back up and cable management. #WoodWorking

Farmhouse desk with a dark top.
Jami Gibbs :heart_cyber:
1 week ago

Got some of the apple tree wood yesterday and stickered them to sit overnight in the garage to seal this morning. They looked perfect when I got them.

But wow... this wood had other ideas. Just overnight in the garage and one of the rounds literally exploded.

Anchorseal hasn't arrived yet and I only had yellow glue so giving that a try on this batch. Finger's crossed.

#woodworking

A round piece of wood that shows a very deep crack from the edge that extends around a ring in the middle.
Some stacks of wood that are round and planked. It appears dark because there is yellow glue on all of the end-grain.
B's Creative Life 🌈 🌱🌻
1 week ago

#Found on the street, attempting to resurrect for use at one of the #schools. They need outdoor sitting areas near their #gardens. Might paint with designs if I can get everything solid. Was told these benches are 50 years old 🤷🏼, there are 3 that I brought to repair.
#Upcycle #reuse #volunteer #artist #WoodWorking

An old wooden sitting bench is hanging off the side of a deck getting repaired.
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
1 week ago

Bed table for lazying with a laptop in bed - ready for user acceptance testing.

If it's performing well, I'll go spiffy it up with some varnish, but first it goes to QA.

#Woodworking #Furniture #Table

Small bed table made from scraps, fully assembled, standing on a workbench.
Same table, flipped upside down showing the metal brackets holding the legs. A welded reinforcement of the angle has appeared on each bracket since last time.
Leah (GPN: 9653)
2 weeks ago

Heute etwas für mehr Ordnung beim Werkzeug gebaut :) #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Das fertige Rollregal befüllt mit Werkzeugen, Bauteilen und Eurokisten
Regal auf dem Kopf um die 4 Rollen zu montieren
Anstoßleiste am Ende des jeweiligen Fachs
Eckeversteifung des Regals
mc.fly
2 weeks ago

nearly complete - paint is still missing. It will get painted in RAL 5005 - the blue from #Bosch blue

#woodworking #frenchcleat

tool holder for power drill and co.

I forgot to give credit to Mike Henderson's tutorial for his shop made cauls circa 2009. Timeless guidance. The only place I'm diverging a bit is rubbing wax on the contact ends instead of using packing tape.

https://mikes-woodwork.com/Cauls.htm

#woodworking

Learning how to use cauls tonight. This table top will be the largest panel glue-up I've ever done and just the dry fit with half the boards is killing my nerves.

The cauls rock though. They're making me feel better.

#woodworking

Three boards laying next to each other with several cauls, or, a series of two pieces of wood sandwiched between the boards that are applying pressure across the entire length of the panels with clamps affixed to the ends.

My dad has started to hand mill his apple tree for me and I'm so excited! I need drying recommendations, stat.

Is Anchorseal the way to go for sealing end-grain?

#woodworking

Pieces of an apple tree that have been cut. There are several cookie style cuts as well has thick planks stacked. A chain saw sits in the middle.
John Appel
2 weeks ago
A dovetailed board which has split.

We made it to base dry fit, fam! About 6 weeks into this build and no looking back now.

#woodworking

The base of a table made from cherry wood.

Why didn’t you all tell me bar clamps (edit: pipe clamps. duh.) are so awesome! I have been wasting my money on chunky Bessey bullshit but I needed a suuuper long clamp on a budget and got a metal pipe from the plumbing section with a pipe clamp fixture and omg! This is all I want/need.

#woodworking

A very long stretcher to a table being held together by a long bar clamp. The ends of the clamp are orange.
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
3 weeks ago

What a beautifully simple yet completely functional wood lathe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4roT7ohT7I

#Woodworking #Lathe

Delay after delay but finally putting my head down and making more progress on the table. I think it’s starting to become clear what style it will be.

#woodworking

Two identical support sections to a table on top of a work bench. There is no table top yet. It is made of cherry.
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Und die passenden Bilder dazu. Allerdings wird das Projekt jetzt ein paar Tage ruhen. Es gibt aber nochmal Bilder wenn es fertig ist. #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Ganz viele gestrichene Latten lehnen am Gartenhaus
Ein hauffen geschliffener Leisten auf einer roten Liege im Gras
Einige gestrichene leisten liegen auf einem mit Folie abgedeckten Tisch auf einer Terrasse. Im Hintergrund Pflanzen in Töpfen, eine blaue Regentonne und mein Gartenhaus
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Und nun auch noch alle 60 Leisten geölt. #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Zeitraffer wie ich das Holz mit einem dunklen Ölgel einpinsel
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Weiter geht's mit Schleifen #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Leah schleift Leisten mit einem Exzenterschleifer im Garten
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Noch ein paar mehr Impressionen :) #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Arbeitstisch mit Tischkreissäge, daneben ein Anschlag, ein Brett liegt links eine Leiste rechts, weiter rechts liegt ein Schiebestock und ein Gliedermaßstab. Dahinter ein Sauger und mein Gartentisch. Das alles steht auf meiner Terrasse
Da gleiche wie im vorherigen Bild nur voller Sägespäne
Drei unterschiedlich große Stapel Leisten auf einer Grünen Wiese.
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Hat richtig viel Spaß gemacht und ging echt flott. #woodworking #wasMitHolz

Leah sägt ganz viele Leisten an einer Tischkreissäge in einem Zeitraffervideo
Leah (GPN: 9653)
3 weeks ago

Ich darf jetzt die nächsten Tage 55 Leisten á 25mmx2500mm sägen. Das wird eine Freude. #wasMitHolz #woodworking

Kind of a last minute project because our stair railings were literally collapsing on themselves. I guess I'm a carpenter now? 🤷🏻‍♀️

We are completely replacing these stairs with a front porch eventually but it's just not in the budget this year. Hope this will tie us over until we can! Paint in a few months.

#woodworking

Entry way stairs that are brown and look old. The handrails and spindles look like a literal death trap.
The handrails and spindles to brown stairs replaced with new wood. They are not a death trap.

The nominal size of a 4x4 post is 3-1/2 x 3-1/2. Why do we just accept the LIES!? What a ripoff.

#woodworking

Per Helge Berrefjord
4 weeks ago

Picked the Most Troubled part of the Trunk (previous posts) for turning wet today. Had spotted a bark Intrusion, branches going inside etc. Knew it would be unpleasent to turn, but difficult to tell how beforehand. This time it was indeed, as these photos testifies. However, I knew also; would be an interesting, exciting wooden bowl in the end. More on this in the captions. Put away with shavings in a paper bag now.
#woodturning #Woodworking #Ulmus #elm #bowl #lathe #wood #woodturner

3 The inside has now been fully revealed. Fortunately, only what was visible on the outside from the start is the only thing left of the bark intrusion on the inside. It is shaped like a crooked smile with a closed mouth. The large twig is visible just above to the right as a large eye. On the left side a little further up is a black remnant of a smaller twig. The pattern in the wood is in violent dark brown to yellow waves and circles.
1 Work on turning out a wooden bowl has started. We look into the bowl sitting in the lathe with support from a rotating center in the back dock, partially hidden by shavings. From the edge, it is finished about halfway in. What has become apparent is a seriously large bark intrusion that goes over almost the entire inside of what will become a bowl. It was visible in one place on the outside when it was finished turning, and here it was secured with superglue. In addition to this problem, which dulls the tool quickly and gives strong impact resistance when the iron hits, another problem is also visible now. There is heartwood in a large twig that has come out of the trunk. It also slams noticeably when it meets the gauge.
4 The bowl is no longer in the lathe, but lying on a table with the inside facing a window. We see the entire outside of the bowl from the narrow bottom at the chuck mount and upwards towards the wide edge. The bowl is 24 cm wide at the top and 14 cm high. The foot will be about 5 cm. From this side we see both the large twig down to the right, and the bark intrusion higher up on the left. Swirling patterns all over.
2 The bowl is now without support from the rear dock, the work has come further into the bowl. We can follow the scar with bark intrusion from a peak in the middle of the bowl which steps down towards where the wall is now finished further in. A strong and wild pattern in the dark heartwood, with its clear annual rings, now emerges where the bowl wall is finished.