shaneymack Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 It's really coming along Henry. How many hours would you say you've put into carving? Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 I'm sure tedium is a big issue, but boy! Those panels look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 It's really coming along Henry. How many hours would you say you've put into carving?Oh My, I really wouldn't want to add it up - but looking back through this thread I see it's been more than two months I've been working on just the panels. Got the carving on the last two panels completed ... now there's quite a bit of fiddly sanding to do ... But I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. And I think this one may be my favourite... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Awesome work, Henry! I don't envy you, sanding all those nooks and crannies, but it doesn't appear to need that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 The undercutting you did between that bird's legs is awesome Henry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted September 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 sanding, sanding, sanding - I hate sanding. There's a reason that the only power tool I regularly use is a sander - unfortunately this job needs a slightly more delicate touch.p.s. Vinny, I'm not going to make any comment on what I did "between that bird's legs". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 I went shopping for finishes today - first I went to the furniture selling district of town, where I found about 100 furniture shops, ranging from mainstream showrooms to one-man workshops building custom pieces - but nowhere selling finishes. I did find a shop which sold furniture hardware (which might come in useful one day). I found a paint shop that might have sold something, but it was the sort of place where you just walk up to an iron grill and ask the person behind it for what you want, and they'll go get it for you - but since I didn't know what to ask for, I didn't try. Most of the furniture I saw being built and sold was clearly finished with a high-gloss poly, which I didn't want anyway.So I ended up back at the "home-depot" type store where I picked up some teak oil, a can of "semi-matt" two-part lacquer, and some rattle-can lacquer (I left the high-gloss poly on the shelf). It turns out that paint-thinner is used in the production of cocaine, so you need to get a permit to purchase it - fortunately that was solved by customer services spending about 10min on the phone with the police.looks like I'm finishing test boards this weekend.final dry-assembly:and the frame to hold the laundry bag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Henry, that is looking awesome! Maybe I missed it, but what part if the world are you in, that issues permits for paint thinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Henry, that is looking awesome! Maybe I missed it, but what part if the world are you in, that issues permits for paint thinner?Colombia, been here a bit less than a year now - mostly life here is pretty normal ... but sometimes things like permits for paint-thinner come out and surprise me from nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Hey, as long as you ain't wearin' one of their namesake neckties, its all good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 I can't even imagine how much time you put into that but it like looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 three coats of teak-oil pre-finishing ... and the count-down to being done is on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Absolutely Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Columbia is the worlds biggest cocaine producer and you have to have a permit for paint thinner? That's a helluva note.H3nry, that thing is amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 That is absolutely beautiful work, Henry! Wish I could be around in a couple hundred years, to hear some museum curator speculate on the intended purpose of such amazing artwork. It is bound to be assumed as some sort of religious shrine, rather than a container for soiled linens! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Beautiful work Henry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted October 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 OK, I didn't expect this ...This project was made from 5 different boards. One of them had a very slightly different colour from the other four - presumably from a different tree. I must be improving as a woodworker, because this is the sort of thing I'd usually not notice ... but I did notice it (and now I'm so glad I did), and decided to cut all the panels from that one board, and make the frame from the rest.I didn't really think about it since then - the difference was very subtle, and the wood responded to tools the same.I pre-finished the panels and the lid - and they have responded to the finish completely differently; what a difference in colour! The panels have turned a dark almost reddish colour, and the lid has become a more what I expected in a golden-brown colour. All the same species of wood - lesson learned: keeping similar parts from the same board is important.I think the colour difference might look ok ... It just wasn't what I was expecting!I'm now mentally rehearsing the steps in the glue-up and clamping strategy. I always find glue-ups stressful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Good call in selecting which parts to come from which board! Those colors look great, would have been a shame to mix the panel and frame pieces up. What species is that, BTW? I had assumed some type of oak by the grain in the photos. I did an accent table, using red oak for the top & shelf, white oak for the legs. It produced a very similar color variation with a coat of BLO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted October 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 What species is that, BTW? I had assumed some type of oak by the grain in the photos. I did an accent table, using red oak for the top & shelf, white oak for the legs. It produced a very similar color variation with a coat of BLO.Good to know that oak will do the same thing.This is a wood called Flor Morado (Purple flower), but often called purple oak because of the wood's similarity to oak, but's actually a species of Guayacan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Nice job on the material selection! Paid off for you in the end!Super nice piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted October 10, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 And it's done !!!I expect I'll still leave dirty clothes lying around on the floor - can't fix some things.Hope you guys have enjoyed watching me struggle with this. At times I did wonder if I had taken on more than I could handle ... but some friendly heckling from the peanut gallery certainly helped things along, so thanks to all of you :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Henry, this has turned out fantastic!! You put a lot of work into this and should be really really proud! I still can't believe all the detail you achieved with the carvings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 One hell of a woodworker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Fantastic job Henry. Final product looks incredible!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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