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Thread: timber gloat
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18th May 2011, 07:39 PM #1
timber gloat
After making an overhead storage rack this morning, I hooked in to dressing bits and pieces of old timber to see if it's suitable for an upcoming project. Most was old painted skirting boards and large boards from kitchens that I've scrounged and most is old hoop. I take the old paint off with an electric planer and vacuum before it sees my jointer. Amongst them were two enormous skirts (9" x 1 1/4") that I knew to be red cedar, but also two other boards that turned out to be red cedar too. I got two 170 x 25mm boards dressed out of the larger ones, a thinner one and then the triangluar one which has beautiful figure, I was really surprised. To be honest, red cedar is not my cup of tea and the larger boards are rather plain and I was thinking of swapping them until I uncovered the grain in the triangular board. Now I have to think of a project for them.
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19th May 2011, 12:35 AM #2
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19th May 2011, 08:08 AM #3
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20th May 2011, 02:31 AM #4
Very nice Michael. Would love to see what you come up with for those boards.
Regards,
Denim
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20th May 2011, 09:52 AM #5
Ta Denim, it'll be a while tho'
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20th May 2011, 07:51 PM #6
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20th May 2011, 07:59 PM #7
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21st May 2011, 09:08 PM #8Skwair2rownd
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Great Score Mic!!
Old buildings, particularly banks, are a great source of timber.
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21st May 2011, 10:56 PM #9
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21st May 2011, 11:11 PM #10Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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22nd May 2011, 04:47 AM #11
Gez that timber looks great But you really need to be comended on your work bench that is a great pice of work. One day I build one just like it.
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22nd May 2011, 10:06 AM #12
Thanks. If you're interested there are WIP shots here and finished shots at the bottom of this gallery