Some of my latest projects
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8 April 2014 at 3:57 am #52879
This is some work in progress projects, the clock is an order but the cabinet is for my daughter. For the clock I used Camphour Laurel, I took a gamble on it even though it is classified as a hardwood it is still fairly soft and prone to tear out. The grain switches on you when you least expect it and when it tears it’s enough to pull your hair out. Having said that it’s hand tool friendly, glues extremely well and has a vicks like smell. Actually it’s that smell that keeps away silver fish.
The cabinet I used Hoop pine also hand tool friendly but for end grain sometimes you just have to moisten it with some metho to shoot it. I enjoy working with hoop I worked out how to stain it without getting any blotchiness.
Not many timbers are available to me in my neck of the woods and those that I would like to work with my favourtie being Walnut is just too darn expensive. I also like Poplar I know it’s not everybodies cup of tea but I find it to be very attarctive once I apply my finishes. Again it’s extremely expensive $30 a metre I don’t know how they justify it but that’s the going price and only one place sells it at 3/4″ stock which isn’t ideal and guess where. A home depo centre.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.8 April 2014 at 5:27 am #52959Yes I got a 30″ Excalibur saw I wouldn’t cut it using a fret saw it would literally take me 6 months to do. Even using a scroll saw takes me several days to scroll it. You really need a lot of patience and passion for this type of work thankfully I got both. Anyway the rest is just hand tools, it has through mortise and tenons.
In the other pic I used wooden nails slightly angled for strength, I figured for a small cabinet that’s plenty enough for strength but having said that I actually made a large cabinet where I store my tools using the same method. I took a big gamble on that thinking it wouldn’t hold up but it paid out and is holding very nicely. It’s chocka full of tools and weighs a ton so wooden nails are pretty strong after all.
Thanks for your compliments.
8 April 2014 at 3:30 pm #53490That clock is really lovely. It must have taken forever to do no matter what saw you used but the results are certainly worth it. The wood is quite attractive too. I haven’t seen it used for anything outside of campaign chests and trunks where the vicks-like smell was useful in keeping bugs out of your belongings. Very nice work!
Cheers
8 April 2014 at 4:47 pm #53548Nice work all around. The scroll work on the clock is very nice. Thanks for posting.
9 April 2014 at 6:54 am #53812Thank you all for the nice comments do feel free to offer constructive criticism if you have any. Either tonight or tomorrow I will be inserting the movement, face and pendulum and will post the finished product.
9 April 2014 at 4:15 pm #53817Nice looking projects, I also like the scroll work. I haven’t done much but do own a nice scroll saw, one of the few tailed tools I will use on occasion.
Steve
Nice projects Salko. The scroll work on the clock looks insane.
[quote quote=52879]For the clock I used Camphour Laurel, I took a gamble on it even though it is classified as a hardwood it is still fairly soft and prone to tear out. The grain switches on you when you least expect it and when it tears it’s enough to pull your hair out.[/quote]
I wonder if camphor would be a good wood for a toolbox. I have been told that camphor can be used to prevent rusting when placed in a closed tool chest/drawer.
I picked up two big camphor logs recently from a tree that was chopped down in our city. The smell lingered in my car for a week or two. I had the bold intention to split the logs into smaller sections so I could resaw them with my 14″ bandsaw. After an hour or two of hard work with some wedges and a sledge, I gave up. The grain is incredibly interlocked and resists splitting.
10 April 2014 at 12:39 am #54788I always buy slabs seems to be a little cheaper but the main reason is I can determine what thickness I will work with. So resawing them on my 19″ bandsaw isn’t too difficult now only after screwing up several slabs and logs. I learned a very valuable lesson about losing set which still I’m trying to understanding exactly how do I lose set.
I always used a 2″ 4 tpi shark tooth blade which is a monstrous blade extremely scary and a pain to install. On the first slab it cut through like butter but the second it became difficult and drift was introduced and eventually the motor only being a 2 horse would cut out because the safety overload switch would engage. Knowing that the blade is new I couldn’t figure it out until I asked the guys that manufactured it for me. They said it was the set, the blade was still sharp but the set went out causing drift which made it difficult to cut and the worst part is it couldn’t be re set so they say anyway.
Now I have installed a 1″ blade and fortunately haven’t had a problem yet except for the very loud screaching noise it makes when resawing. I really don’t understanding it yet but maybe someone on this forum just may have an answer.
Lastly I haven’t cut large slabs in a while a still have a few of them left which is air drying and I say they are ready for use which is making me cringe at the thought of resaeing them.
As for the tool box I’m not sure if it will prevent rust but it certainly can take good knocks. I made a saw horse for all my ripping and crosscutting out of Camphour and it’s very sturdy. I do know of one wood shop who makes coffins only out of Camphour. Not only can you get really beautiful wild grain out of it but it’s strength is unbelievable especially for something that is really easy to handsaw. So here is one for you, you can rip it by hand easily, crosscut it but resawing it is a nightmare. Go figure that one out.
Hopefully will get some updated pics of the finished clock up today.
10 April 2014 at 12:31 pm #55092Wow)) Your clock look Great)) I only can imagine how much patience you need to make this pattern) It’s a lot of work Salko. Thank you for sharing with us)
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