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7 August 2013 at 9:20 pm #16334
Mark Armstrong
ParticipantStarted sizing up some cherry for my table. Not the same as Paul’s.
Made a lot of shavings enjoyable hard work Planning from sawn timber. Cherry has come up like glass.
I have use winding sticks, Marking gauge, straight edge, square, Digital callipers,Hand saw 8 tpi, 5 1/2 Record jack and a Stanley premium low angle jack.
Got to plane up another 5 pieces for frame work and another 4 or 5 pieces for top.Dagenham, Essex, England
7 August 2013 at 10:37 pm #16338Eddy Flynn
Participanthi Mark is the cherry expensive ,and will you leave the sap wood in or cut it out
Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
,8 August 2013 at 12:13 am #16339david o’sullivan
Participantnice work mark keep us posted
"we can learn what to do, by doing" Aristotle
8 August 2013 at 12:21 am #16340Mark Armstrong
ParticipantYes Eddy quite expensive I Bought 2 @ 8′ x 6″ x 1″ and 2 @ 8′ x 5″ x 1″ and came to ยฃ52 without vat.
At the moment I have cut it out for frame work, but for the top I will try and match it up so whiter wood next to one another. You know me I do like a bit of contrast.
I can not resist planing the thinnest of shavings just got in from shed playing on a bit of scrap. Use callipers measure shaving and got 1/2 a thou. ๐Dagenham, Essex, England
8 August 2013 at 12:54 am #16343Charles Cleland
ParticipantLove the cherry….now that’s real wood for real woodworking as Paul might say ๐
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ParticipantLooking good Mark!
What is vat?Memphis, Tennessee
8 August 2013 at 9:15 am #16348Mark Armstrong
ParticipantLooking good Mark!<br>
What is vat?VAT = Value Added Tax and it is 20% ๐
Dagenham, Essex, England
8 August 2013 at 11:30 am #16351Eddy Flynn
Participantvery expensive but i bet its worth every penny when its done good luck
Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
,8 August 2013 at 1:10 pm #16352Steve Follis
ParticipantVAT = Value Added Tax and it is 20%
Wow! where is the value in that?
I pay 9.75% sales tax here, I thought that was high!Memphis, Tennessee
8 August 2013 at 1:44 pm #16353Eddy Flynn
Participantthere is none steve but this crowd still keep putting it up but thats a different forum
Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
,8 August 2013 at 2:00 pm #16354dborn
ParticipantOUCH! I guess value was added to the wood when the it was cut into lumber…. And i thought tax in Illinois was bad..
Looking good Mark!
8 August 2013 at 3:51 pm #16356cpetersen1970
ParticipantAbsolutely *love* cherry. At this point, it may be my favorite wood. To me has the perfect combination of beauty of grain and color, as well as being a dream to work. Can’t wait to see the table!
8 August 2013 at 5:07 pm #16358Mark Armstrong
ParticipantI agree really lovely stuff.
It’s a bit harder than I thought it would be.
Oh we’ll Back to planning. :).Dagenham, Essex, England
8 August 2013 at 9:42 pm #16364Mark Armstrong
ParticipantIts taken me best part of two days to plane timber for frame work. I have still got the planks for top todo. I will start on frame work first when I get more time.
Dagenham, Essex, England
9 August 2013 at 12:50 am #16374aledpugh
ParticipantMark, that’s looking really good.
I bet good amount of work’s gone into hand planing all of that stock ๐
Like the others have said I think cherry is a beautiful wood. I’ve got a soft spot for the fruit woods, picked up a length of 4″ square apple a little while ago which I’m busy converting into legs for a shaker style side table. -
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