It’s a bit cheating in my game but it’s is Vic Ash pre-lam 330x25 sanded to 80 grit. Makes life heaps easier for me and heaps cheaper for the customer if they want a light mild featured timber. But with recycled timber you always choose the lengths yourself and laminate. I can spend way too long spinning 3 sticks of timber around finding just the right way to orient them or annoying the fellas at the timber yard pulling out an entire rack of timber looking for just the right piece! Tortured artist haha.@Jpez - looks great - raw timber scares me - I can't hide my mistakes. Sadly my wife loves it. Did you make up the shelf planks (guessing names) or did you buy them pre -glued?
I remember when I was about 17 I walked past what was once an old telecom depot being demolished. Every bit of framing in the buildings was Jarrah. Stumps,bearers, joist, studs etc. I kid you not. Never seen anything like it. There were mountains of jarrah stacked 20ft high. I walked in and asked the forman for a few sticks for a coffee table. When he stopped laughing about 30 min later he said I could go and grab some that had been rejected from a building. Too short or something. So I did. I made a coffee table which is still in my living room today.For my Jarrah entertainment unit and CD and DVD cases I had to join boards for the shelves because the sizes available were all too narrow. Now I cannot even get Jarrah. Biscuits worked a treat. When I join the kwila slabs for the letter box I will kreg those me thinks.
Again lovely work.
You really need a domino machine. They are a game changer. If you do a lot of mitre work they are your best friend as well as ratchet straps. I took a while to buy one but once I tried one I was sold. I looked at it as time is money. Now I own 2. Small one for window Sachs and mitre work and the large one for doors and any large Sashs.I remember when I was about 17 I walked past what was once an old telecom depot being demolished. Every bit of framing in the buildings was Jarrah. Stumps,bearers, joist, studs etc. I kid you not. Never seen anything like it. There were mountains of jarrah stacked 20ft high. I walked in and asked the forman for a few sticks for a coffee table. When he stopped laughing about 30 min later he said I could go and grab some that had been rejected from a building. Too short or something. So I did. I made a coffee table which is still in my living room today.
I would love a Domino system but I’m still not fancy enough to afford one so biscuits it still is.
Yeah I know. I’ve seen firsthand how good they are and one is definitely on the list. One day.You really need a domino machine. They are a game changer. If you do a lot of mitre work they are your best friend as well as ratchet straps. I took a while to buy one but once I tried one I was sold. I looked at it as time is money. Now I own 2. Small one for window Sachs and mitre work and the large one for doors and any large Sashs.
I still biscuit all my laminations but the accuracy of a domino machine is a game changer.
Can entice you to send me those shiny bling bling brakes if I send you some dominos and a ratchet strapYeah I know. I’ve seen firsthand how good they are and one is definitely on the list. One day.
You my dear Farken friend have a deal!Can entice you to send me those shiny bling bling brakes if I send you a Domino machine and a ratchet strap
you drive a hard bargain but okYou my dear Farken friend have a deal!
Nice work! You make us proud.Cracking job or is that a quacking job.
OK I’ll show myself out now
Just wait till your hands start cramping up and refusing to work for you from predrilling and driving all those screws in!Not fine by any means but a 150 square meter deck is a fair bit of woodwork.
Heaps of buildings in WA have used Jarrah really extensively, really was shockingly wasted for a long time. My floorboards, joists, bearers, roof framing (on the original house not the extension) is all Jarrah (1950's house)I remember when I was about 17 I walked past what was once an old telecom depot being demolished. Every bit of framing in the buildings was Jarrah. Stumps,bearers, joist, studs etc. I kid you not. Never seen anything like it. There were mountains of jarrah stacked 20ft high. I walked in and asked the forman for a few sticks for a coffee table. When he stopped laughing about 30 min later he said I could go and grab some that had been rejected from a building. Too short or something. So I did. I made a coffee table which is still in my living room today.
I would love a Domino system but I’m still not fancy enough to afford one so biscuits it still is.
I love working with Jarrah and how it looks after.Heaps of buildings in WA have used Jarrah really extensively, really was shockingly wasted for a long time. My floorboards, joists, bearers, roof framing (on the original house not the extension) is all Jarrah (1950's house)