Woodbloke
Sequoia
Last June I aided and abetted Paul Goulden to bring down an English Walnut tree which was growing too close the garage in the garden of one SWIMBO's old work pals. Paul had most of the decent timber from the main trunk but I snaffled a few bits of limb wood, from which I've made the owner of the late lamented tree a couple of bits. First up is a bowl:
The green blank(s) were turned (enjoyable but messy) and then cored using the Woodcut bowlsaver, a great bit of kit. I used the 150mm Jaw Plates from Ax to reverse hold the bowl once the inside and part of the outside were turned and polished. There was a considerable lump of sap on the foot which had to be removed but the whole thing turned out reasonably well. I'm a huge fan of the Kirjes inflatable sanding drums from Sweden and I used the domed shaped one to sand the inside whilst a Flexipad from Ax was used to sort out the exterior. Finished the sanding with some excellent Yorkshire grit, followed by a coat of Liberon sealer and a goodly dollop of organic Swedish wax from CHT, applied with a grey Webrax.
From the assorted bits of limb wood, I stowed away a selection of thinner bits from which to make a box:
Pretty standard construction; through dovetails on the box and tray with a veneered ply base on both (veneers also cut from oddments). The only slightly 'risqué' feature is the pink ivory/walnut laminated handle which I'm still a little uncertain about but hey ho, 'tis dun n'dusted now so there's not much I can do about it :lol: Finished with four coats of Peacock Oil, sanding sealer and wax from CHT - Rob
The green blank(s) were turned (enjoyable but messy) and then cored using the Woodcut bowlsaver, a great bit of kit. I used the 150mm Jaw Plates from Ax to reverse hold the bowl once the inside and part of the outside were turned and polished. There was a considerable lump of sap on the foot which had to be removed but the whole thing turned out reasonably well. I'm a huge fan of the Kirjes inflatable sanding drums from Sweden and I used the domed shaped one to sand the inside whilst a Flexipad from Ax was used to sort out the exterior. Finished the sanding with some excellent Yorkshire grit, followed by a coat of Liberon sealer and a goodly dollop of organic Swedish wax from CHT, applied with a grey Webrax.
From the assorted bits of limb wood, I stowed away a selection of thinner bits from which to make a box:
Pretty standard construction; through dovetails on the box and tray with a veneered ply base on both (veneers also cut from oddments). The only slightly 'risqué' feature is the pink ivory/walnut laminated handle which I'm still a little uncertain about but hey ho, 'tis dun n'dusted now so there's not much I can do about it :lol: Finished with four coats of Peacock Oil, sanding sealer and wax from CHT - Rob
) The box measures 220mm long across the front and the end bits are each 15mm thick which isn't too bad.