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20 May 2017 at 12:24 am #312136
Many thanks I really appreciate all the info you’ve come up with I really couldn’t come up with a reason for the split bed. As your say the owners were “R.P.Bevan & “C.R.Bevan” and i believe it was a second gen passed on to possibly a son. the only bit of the makers mark I can make out is “John something 7 Son” beyond that Im afraid its unclear, I will try and use computer to lift the name, if I succeed Ill let you know. I’m fairly certain the wood is cherry, I expected beech when i cleaned it up to be fair but found cherry and really lovely colour to it 😉 Thank you again
24 December 2015 at 12:14 am #133392Merry Christmas to you to Craig and all here at woodworking master classes
8 October 2015 at 6:11 am #131141Many thanks Peter for taking the time to reply. I’ve checked and the product is indeed available here in the Uk and its with one of my regular suppliers. Many thanks.
26 June 2015 at 2:45 am #128033Thanks for your help guys its appreciated, sorry for delay been away sorting some issues: I understand he’s busy, he responded to a query I posted up once before so just took a long shot.
I wanted a paint with the toughness of gloss but with a matt Finnish without going through the lime or chalk paint route and having to introduce a hardened protective coat over the top.
I’m in the Uk so it would need to be available here; will scout round and look through the links you’ve kindly posted for me and if I come across a solution Ill update you on what I went for if you like, Thanks again. Be back in a while away again soon for another course of treatment so will apologise in advance if I don’t post anything in the very near future.(Photo is of the cabinet so far an ongoing evolving project.)
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 July 2014 at 8:19 am #59507Many thanks for the replies and nice comments, really enjoyed making it. Dave Gill: I stuck to Paul’s finish recommend shellac sanding sealer, then on the main frame beeswax and turpentine mix and the table top was the water based varnish; I personally didn’t get on to well with the cloth method so went with brush. Total honesty I wasn’t completely happy with the finish so I scraped it back and re did it, worth it as now I am happy, with finish this probably came out just under £25 still a bargain.
Time wise I guess all in all around 30 hours; I have good and bad days; lucky in some ways that illness means I’m home but sadly only able a few hours or less a time; its done me good.
Don’t presume to be competent enough for advice really Edfly but my biggest struggle was getting the table top smooth, leveling was ok but due to all the fish eyes etc it was a bit of a task; I don’t mind some natural imperfection but not keen on tear-out etc. The biggest thing I have learnt is I need to sort some kind of light out on some angle or another to shine across the table top; it looks absolutely fine till that varnish hits it then these hidden anomalies appear? I don’t know how yet but any advice welcome, must be some angle that shows up the small marks prior to finish; or may be my eye sight has gone lol. Thanks again, sorry bit of a long reply.15 June 2014 at 4:22 am #58524Thanks Eddy well I’ve managed to get four legs planed square, still to be shaped if I decide to go with the curve.
Ill add some photos as soon as I can find a suitable files size reduction for Win7 lol.2 June 2014 at 2:39 am #57790Opposite to quick release I guess.
A = Arm strength
p = PatienceBoth of which I have to find and use lol.. Couldn’t resist
Thanks on the sizes I never really knew either. 😉
1 May 2014 at 5:10 pm #56667Well I have just got a 50 and noticed the adjustment lever was missing, I wondered if it would work without it and then came across this post 🙂 Now I am not so bothered and will move on.
1 April 2014 at 2:14 am #44121Dave it looks much like Pine or Spruce but felt a little firmer almost drier when I worked it; One length I ran a plane down, seemed dry the grain was almost brittle? I decided not to work with that length as I didn’t want extra ware on my tools.
The rest was rather good only real issue I had to work with was grain direction on one length; I found my self doing it in almost two directions as the grain changed direction half way along due to two fish eyes lol. Im still learning wood types and I’m afraid that’s the closest description to what I found, whether that seemingly dry state is a result of it life as a pallet or just something in my head I’m unsure. Wish I could be more certain sorry.31 March 2014 at 11:52 pm #44093My apologies for the delay, I recall someone asking to post a pic when finished, not the greatest photo but hopefully it will come over ok. Finish was three coats Shellac and buffed out with Beeswax/Turpentine.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.22 March 2014 at 12:53 am #31138That’s really nice Denise finished so well, very accurate work. As you know Ive had my first attempt and now I realize how tricky the paneling can be lol.
You have excelled.21 March 2014 at 5:02 pm #30673Thank you for your kind feedback; if it wasn’t for Paul’s fantastic encouragement videos and the people on here who share in the enjoyment or passion of woodwork, I wouldn’t have had the confidence or the idea of trying these things.
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