27 August 2020

Offcuts and Offcut Offcuts

 The plank used to make the lazy Susan was 40mm thick and was split in two to make the 20mm platter.  After resawing, jointing, thicknessing and sanding the other 'half' was 10mm thick - just right for the back of a cookbook stand for the kitchen.


The base and shelf came from another piece of the recycled Jarrah I've used previously.  The back was made from grain matches pieces of the 10mm Rimu board, with a gentle curve across the top.  The pieces were screwed together to allow for some wood movement.


The whole thing got a couple of coats of Danish oil and some beeswax.


The leftovers from the back of the coobook stand were then used to make some coasters.


All and all, a well used plank of wood!

 






20 August 2020

Around we go again

 Lockdown Number 2.  Off to the wood stack to see what there is - some nice figured rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).  Perfect for a lazy Susan, finished with a couple of coats of Danish Oil:


The 500mm diameter disc is made from six boards grain matched and edge jointed together.  The grain reflects light differently in each direction, producing a nice effect when the lazy Susan is rotated.







12 August 2020

Pretty Weighty Jetty but not Muddy or Wet(ty)

 A pond needs a jetty, but who wants to stand around in muddy water to build it?  So it was off to the workshop to frame it up undercover.


Some 'scope creep' resulted in it being wide enough for two people to sit comfortably next to each other and long enough to give a true 'over water' experience.  As a result, just the timber frame turned out to be quite heavy, so I made some jockey wheels and used a hand truck to move it out of the workshop.


With the help of a couple of friends, it was manoeuvred down to the pond and onto the piles.


Then it was just a simple job to nail down the decking, relocating the workshop compressor to make life easy.


The winter rain still needs to do its thing to fill the pond back up but eventually the water will overflow down the standpipe next to the jetty.  Finished with a cleat for the dinghy, it will make a great place to contemplate the next project...