What We're Making

[Ronstar]

Gifted our coffee table to a new homeowner as DW wanted a "zoom" table. Had some leftover walnut, so here she is.

Very Nice! Was that a glue up? I see no evidence of a glue up - the grain is consistent across each face.

 

[Palmtree]

Gifted our coffee table to a new homeowner as DW wanted a "zoom" table. Had some leftover walnut, so here she is.

Leftover walnut? My leftover pile might make a bread box. Your "leftover pile" is larger than my last lumber run!

 

[sdtech]

How do you set the odometer to zero ?

When people order them, do they ever want the odometer set to some number, ie the miles originally on the car ?

In the early 70's we made a dune buggy from two VW beetles for parts and a fiberglass body. We wanted a zero time odometer and ended up fitting a drill to the cable and watching a lot of tv while low speed spinning the cable.


Ended up with a great red dune buggy. the hardest part was the the length of the body is a little shorter than a VW, so we had to cut a few inches out of the middle of the body and weld/brace it back.

 

[street]

Been making a few whiskey jugs. The cedar are from old fence post that were in the ground for over 100 years. Most likely the wood is well over 150 years old from growing time of the cedar tree till now. When these cedars were cut down for fencing of course all the sawing was done by hand and hauled by horse driven wagons.

I believe I posted some pictures a while back when I was doing the small vases etc.. These are 3 I just did in the last couple of weeks.

 

[harley]

Great looking jugs. But how does cedar flavored whiskey taste?

 

[street]

Well, I'm not whiskey drinking man, so I couldn't answer that question. Lol

That jug wouldn't hold enough whiskey to get whiskey bent! The drilled hole down is only about 4 to 5 inches by 1 inch.

 

[zinger1457]

Well, I'm not whiskey drinking man, so I couldn't answer that question. Lol

That jug wouldn't hold enough whiskey to get whiskey bent! The drilled hole down is only about 4 to 5 inches by 1 inch.

Was wondering how you hollowed those out . Very nice work!

 

[Nemo2]

Was wondering how you hollowed those out!

Me too...I had visions of an old 'chimney sweep' type metal brush that opened up once it was through the neck and started chopping up the inside of the flask.

 

[MRG]

Great looking jugs. But how does cedar flavored whiskey taste?

Well big thing about flavoring whisky is the barrel, true white oak is used, not many of the other thousand oak species that can produce white oak lumber. White oak is used for flavor and because of the tyloses in the wood the barrel does not leak. Cedar can be used for boats and other wet areas like white oak but nobody wants Cedar flavored whisky, nobody.

Great looking jugs.

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

because of the tyloses in the wood the barrel does not leak.

Learn something new every damn day!

 

[Ronstar]

Nice work Street - I like the rough look outside with the transition to the tops and bottoms. I was going to ask how you hollowed them out - good that you did it with a drill.

 

[Ronstar]

Made a workshop cabinet out of Baltic birch plywood

 

[RobbieB]

Robbie likes it, Brick House!

Sweet -

 

[street]

Nice work! How many hours do you have in a project like that?

 

[splitwdw]

Street, You could also make lamps out of those vases/jugs. Nice work

 

[street]

^ I might do a lamp, thanks for that thought, never thought about a lamp.

 

[Jerry1]

Nice cabinetry work Ronstar. Very nice!

 

[splitwdw]

^ I might do a lamp, thanks for that thought, never thought about a lamp.

I'm sure you know but watch the height unless you weight the bottom. Can be top heavy depending on type of socket, harp & shade. Small accent lamps sell well and for giveaways to family and friends don't take up space either. Instead of tapering top of post, can you leave original aged wood and carve/cut out patterns (dots, dashes, lines) or shapes (leaves, feathers) to expose new wood? I do like how you recycle the old wood fence posts.

 

[street]

splitwdw >> That is some great advise. I really like your thinking of shapes of leaves, feathers to expose the new wood. That is an awesome idea.

Thank you very much!

Here is one I just got done with yesterday. It was the last piece of a larger, more round post that was left from the others I did. This one is 14 inches tall and was the bottom of the post right at ground level.

 

[Ronstar]

^ Fantastic, street! The colors just jump out.

 

[Ronstar]

Nice work! How many hours do you have in a project like that?

Thanks - about 15 -20 hours, but I don't work too fast.

 

[Ronstar]

Saw this online - fence post duck sculpture. Looks like something by street.

https://wildlifewonders.com/fence-p...5awMRrvbHtc9coHwzbsZ3Uw_H93Up6a1q24d5jjNqeqII

 

[street]

Ronstar thanks, and I have had a waterfowl started for about a year and is still not finished it's on my work bench. Lol
I got the body made but no head as of yet. That is another thing I would like to finish.

So much to do and so little time. Lol

 

[Venturer]

Those are beautiful Street. I have a good friend that got into woodworking after he retired. He makes a lot of bowls, pens,cups, etc. I admire someone with the vision and skill to do that type work.

 

[Ronstar]

Ronstar thanks, and I have had a waterfowl started for about a year and is still not finished it's on my work bench. Lol
I got the body made but no head as of yet. That is another thing I would like to finish.

So much to do and so little time. Lol

I know what you're going through. I have some cedars on my property. One died about a year ago. I need to cut it up and bring it in the shop to dry out for a while. Then figure out what to do with it - that doesn't involve hand carving.