Hi for 'Where the Outback Meets the Sea', SA

[cultana]

Well ‘Where the Outback Meets the Sea’ sounds a lot better than 300Km from Gepps Cross, Adelaide and it is the local councils catch cry..

I can across this place looking for details for commercial timber sizes for maranti and the horror of horrors GMC spares.
Looks like I will have a few months just trying t find my way about here.

Anyway as far as wood working goes I have only done the basic as required by SWMBO, ie fix this, fix that, isn’t finished yet.:((
I will admit to building my own chair from nice timber form a few pallets. Never realised how much work was involved in dressing up each plank till I started. Glue is another big story as well. Lots of experimentation there.
Well chair got finished and now has pride of place at the table. It is more comfortable than the standard dining table chair anyway, (self praise):U

Now I am starting a new experiment dining table.

[tea lady]

Hi there caltana! Welcome aboard. :cool: But you can't get away with just TELLING us about the chair. We need pics. And it also didn't happen unless there are pics.:rolleyes::D

[cultana]

We need pics. And it also didn't happen unless there are pics.:rolleyes::D

OK so how?:?
They are on my puter but I can not post them from there.
The back rest is a nice bit of lamination using 2mm thick oregon. Actually that was the thickest I could use and still get a useful curve.

[cultana]

it also didn't happen unless there are pics.:rolleyes::D

It happened..
Proof!!

Base chair. Glued and pre drilled for solid brass screws and brass connector bolts. The bolts are for the legs to help the glue bind the laminates together. http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=325&pictureid=2950

This was to be the back rest. It took about 3 months to get it this far. In the end the timber did not hold sufficient curve to be much use. Also all the wetting diluted the colour.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=325&pictureid=2951

View of the final back rest. It is made of 5 layers of Oregon each 2mm thick. On the front there are little blocks of deep red hard wood. There sort of also formed the formwork for the laminations.
Part of the arm rest is in the lower foreground. This is an old scrap piece of Oregon and I tried to maintain the orange/black colouring.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=325&pictureid=2952

Close view of one of the arm rests. Painted and also the brass fittings have been added.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=325&pictureid=2954

The finished product.
OK it is not perfect but it is my first piece.
(Yes the legs are vertical and square and yes the picture seems to make things look as if the legs splay outward from the ground up. They don’t, cheap camera and rotten photographer.)
http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=325&pictureid=2955

[Christos]

Welcome to the forum.

What only one chair. I guess you are eating at the dining table one at a time. :)

What do you mean experiment dining table. O I get it. It is where you experiment. :)

[tea lady]

:2tsup: Beaut chair. (Gee! Only second post and your posting pics. Very advanced. Took me longer to get use to the 'puter than the wood work. :doh: ) Looking for ward to the table. Will that be recycled pallet wood too? We have a Pallet Challenge last year. Many and varied creations. :cool:

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=80965

[cultana]

Welcome to the forum.

What only one chair. I guess you are eating at the dining table one at a time. :)

What do you mean experiment dining table. O I get it. It is where you experiment. :)

No the whole chair thing was to avoid SWMBO's list of little jobs..:D

Now SWMBO wants a new dining table and more chairs. So the whole thing was a serious mistake on my part.
The table is an experiment in itself. The planks are laid cross wise not length wise. It is roughly 6 ft by 4 ft. Then somehow, some where I get to make the base.

[cultana]

:2tsup: Beaut chair. (Gee! Only second post and your posting pics. Very advanced. Took me longer to get use to the 'puter than the wood work. :doh: ) Looking for ward to the table. Will that be recycled pallet wood too? We have a Pallet Challenge last year. Many and varied creations. :cool:

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=80965

Well most of it will be built from pre used oregon. but there will be new timber in it as well. That timber has been hanging about the back yard for 10+ years.

Att is a pic of the table top in its jig. Each plank of oregon is seperated by a small strip of maranti and to provide a bigger break of colour I put in two planks of pine.
The pic is the underside. There are some faint stringlines providing the outline.
It is all an experiment of patients :D
I am gluing it wth good old 24 hr Araldite.

[Christos]

This could be a very interesting table.

Do you still have the little jobs? :rolleyes:

Here is something that I do and have to do if I am to get any time to myself. I create a list with everything that needs to be done. Start with one item and when it is done get onto the next item. I call it Hypoactive Mode.

Had a friend come from Brissy for a couple of days. I picked him up and we jumped from one thing to another. My list had eight things to complete, two items on the list was to Pick up Friend and Drop off Friend. The other six items in between he tagged along. Very busy day.

The following day he only came with me for only two items on my list, Pick up Friend and Drop off Friend in the City. :D

[munruben]

Hi Cultana and welcome to the forum. That's quite a nice chair, I like it.:2tsup:

[cultana]

apparently the little jobs are still around, but I have no idea what are.:U

She suggested a board in MY shed to write up the list, but since I don't have a list I can not make the board as that is on the list.. Sound like the TV program.

Well the table so far will not have 4 legs as such but 2 post. So the base will be like 2 H frames. one lying flat on the ground the other the upright.

Not too sure how it all goes together as I only have the odd sketch on my idea.

[tea lady]

Well most of it will be built from pre used oregon. but there will be new timber in it as well. That timber has been hanging about the back yard for 10+ years.

Att is a pic of the table top in its jig. Each plank of oregon is seperated by a small strip of maranti and to provide a bigger break of colour I put in two planks of pine.
The pic is the underside. There are some faint stringlines providing the outline.
It is all an experiment of patients :D
I am gluing it wth good old 24 hr Araldite.:2tsup: Cool!

[artme]

G'day cultana and welcome to heaven in cyberspace.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Well done with the chair and posting pics. Now you can start putting posts in the really serious places.:rolleyes::rolleyes: