What are you building with your milled wood? merged

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Very Cool!

What finish did you use to get that antique look?

 

[zopi]

now, THAT is furniture....spindly little stuff that destroys itself the first time one of the rugrats tumbles by...nah.

Very pretty.

 

[woodshop]

Very Cool!

What finish did you use to get that antique look?

Nice... yeah I too am curious what finish you put on it. Did you start with an oil to darken things up? Also, curious how many bd ft of cherry are in a table like that. Just saw in my latest issue of Woodshop News, that cherry prices remain high. $5.50 to $6 a ft for FAS here in east, and closer to $7 on the west coast.

 

[stonykill]

Nice... yeah I too am curious what finish you put on it. Did you start with an oil to darken things up? Also, curious how many bd ft of cherry are in a table like that. Just saw in my latest issue of Woodshop News, that cherry prices remain high. $5.50 to $6 a ft for FAS here in east, and closer to $7 on the west coast.

Thanks all. The stain is a custom mix of my own, just 2 different Zar stains, mixed in a certain "secret" proportion. It's pretty close to the color real antique cherry gets after 100 years or so. The clear is 4 coats of ml campbell catalized laquer. Sanded with 320 between coats. Its a nice dull sheen, that will last for 25 years or more if taken care of. In other words, this table will have this look for years!

I haven't figured out the board footage. It's really not much more than a conventional table. By the time leg stock is glued , lack of the 2 long aprons etc I use around the same # of boards on these tables as on my regular farm tables.

Yeah, cherry prices are down right scary around here. These boards cost me a tank or 2 of gas mix and a little time. Still got a lot of that tree left.

The top is a full 1 1/4 thick on this. It just makes it look right, and the table stand alone in the crowd.

Woodshop news, got your own publication....lol:spam:

 

[zopi]

mixed in a certain "secret" proportion.

didn't measure, eh? :hmm3grin2orange:

I scored a nice big cherry branch the other day..10" or with not a lot of taper..if it ever dries up around here I'll go fetch it..

 

[stonykill]

didn't measure, eh? :hmm3grin2orange:

I scored a nice big cherry branch the other day..10" or with not a lot of taper..if it ever dries up around here I'll go fetch it..

lol, nah, its measured. I've been making this color for around 10 years.

 

[BobL]

Great table and finish Stony. Most "antiqued" stuff looks too fake for my liking but this one looks just right.

 

[stonykill]

Great table and finish Stony. Most "antiqued" stuff looks too fake for my liking but this one looks just right.

before going to work for myself I worked for a # of years at an antique repair refinish shop. I got a lot of practice working on fake antiques and making them look like the real thing. If the antique dealer is paying, and the boss says do it, I did it. Wotrked out to my advantage tho

 

[duffontap]

I was speeking of the height of the sides primarily, the fact that its a rocker adds a little to my concern, of the baby tipping out, not the crib tipping over,

I just saw these comments. The rockers are always blocked for safety. I didn't know what would be safe dimensions so I just matched a popular commercial cradle. Cradles are for little babies--crawlers get cribs.

J. D.

 

[BobL]

can you guess what these are?

The one with the thicker brass washer is made from sheoak which I milled last year. The other is made from Queensland Maple and Bunya Pine.

 

[zopi]

high dollar string winders.

 

[BobL]

high dollar string winders.

Ca-ching!, Yeah, you can buy simple plastic ones for $2, or the same design as these for ~$12? but the wooden ones are sooooooo... much nicer to use than plastic.

 

[zopi]

What's I win? one o them hoooooge redgums+airmail postage?:jawdrop:

I am one of the crappiest guitar players in the world....can put a nice flamejob on 'em tho'...

 

[BobL]

What's I win? one o them hoooooge redgums+airmail postage?:jawdrop:

I'll send you a dream that you milled one of those. . . watch out for it over the next couple of nights

I am one of the crappiest guitar players in the world....can put a nice flamejob on 'em tho'...

Crappy playing - yeah Me too, flamejobs - maybe with a cigarette lighter!

Cheers

 

[cantcutter]

here is a pot rack I made out of some left overs from some white oak wagon runners I milled. My wife wanted one and I couldn't see spending 100.00 on a cheap metal one. I bought the pot rack hooks for 25.00, the stock pannel for 18.00, oak free.

 

[stonykill]

nice!

 

[woodshop]

very nice cantcutter... I like free

 

[zopi]

Brilliant!

 

[cantcutter]

The good news is that it is 4 ft x 6 ft, so I should not ever have to build another one because there is plenty of room.

The only thing I would have done different is put the dado blade on the table saw from the start instead of messing with the router and breaking two bits

 

[EPA]

Here are a cpl pics of a 24' x36' 2 story barn framed ( and to be sided) with lumber off my LM 2000 EPA