Made this chest type box for a friend for his birthday. Made from red oak with black hardware, this thing was a pain in the butt to build and put together, so many screws broke lol. But I think the screw extraction was covered up pretty well by the hardware.
Thanks! It's sanded down for the most part. I just need to do a final round or two of sanding. I forgot to sand before I took it off the lathe, so I've been having to do all the sanding by hand and since I didn't have any oils yet I've been doing it slowly. But I should be able to get it worked on today
Thanks! It does still need a little sanding, I forgot to sand before I took it off the lathe lol. I'll have to check out the oils you suggested. Thanks for the advice!
I got a cheap mini wood lathe at harbor freight over the weekend, with their liquidation sale and an extra 40% off clearance sticker price with my membership this thing was a steal! Upgraded it with a few parts from Woodcraft and made my very first lathe project! It's a neat little wine bottle stopper made out of Zebrawood. I just need to add a nice finish to it and it will be finished. I'm really excited to learn wood turning, so if anyone has any tips, tricks or suggestions I would love to hear them
So I have a rough idea of how I'm going to cut the corners I want, I mainly was looking for the type of name of the corner/edge so when I went to my local woodcrafting store it would be easier to ask what tools/bits I need. Or just explain to them what I'm doing, the guys that work there are older gentlemen that love to talk about tools and projects so they are always genuinely interested in what people are making.
Thanks for the advice though, I hadn't originally thought of additional rails/fence, most of my router work has been "let me route this edge and make it look nice" or "I can recess the wire for this bird feeder with a rabbet" I've never thought about using it to cut off a big corner of wood before so I may have to try it out on some scrap wood and see how it goes.
I received a beautiful piece of mahogany from a neighbor that I would like to turn into a small coffee table. I have most of my design plans figured out but I don't know what these corners are called. I feel like I used to see them on tables everywhere but can't find an online example. I even picked up this board from the thrift store just because the corners are similar to what I want to do. I would have mine go in a little further and rout the edges with a round over bit or something so the edges and corner wasn't so sharp. But I really want to know if there is a name for this particular type of corner so I can research and make sure I do it properly, and also to explain what I'm doing a little bit easier.
Shou sugi ban is the trademarked name, but a lot of people use this term because that's the name they've heard. Yakisugi is the term for the technique if I remember correctly. But it is absolutely beautiful, you can find some lovely examples of outdoor furniture with this method alone and with combining yakisugi and colored wood stain.
Personally I've been using General Finishes Exterior 450 water based topcoat. It's what was recommended to me by the guys at our local Woodcraft store. I use several other general finishes topcoats and so far I haven't had any complaints. It does take quite a long time to fully cure (about a month) but the can does say that it can be put outside in the elements after 5days of dry time.
Thanks! The colors are all done with wood stain not paint. I did have some help from some of my LGBTQ friends when picking out colors and I had to go through a few different tests with the colors to get the right ones but I found them eventually.
Thanks! I just did this piece for fun and experimenting. I do however run a very small woodworking shop and while I haven't done something quite like this for open sale (mainly due to the amount of time it takes for this one small piece) It's something I would consider doing in the future or taking commissions for. If you like my work and would like to see more of what I do you can check out my woodworking page on Instagram https://instagram.com/freyasforestforge
Thanks! Yeah it is a bit weird when you think about it lol. I actually had a similar conversation with a friend of mine, his comment was something along the lines of I'm glad you're a woodworker and not a mortician lmao
Decided to try something new on a basswood oval I got on clearance. Tree burned by hand. Colors are Minwax water based color series wood stain, no paint was used. I've done gradients with paint on canvas before but never tried it on wood or with wood stain. I think it turned out pretty well for a first attempt. I haven't seen anyone else using wood stain this way (neither had the guys at my local woodcraft store) so I was wondering if anyone else has tried something like this and what the results were.
Thanks!