First lesson of a new term at wood turning last night. I had mentioned to Chris (my tutor) that I wanted to do a textured finish on a little bowl I had made, so he brought in the tools to allow me to do this. After a quick demo I decided I was best to try it out on a scrap piece of wood first(some horrible Sapele).
The texturing was quite light and you couldn't really see it, that was until we got the blow torch out! Burning the area I had run the tool over really changed it, with a quick tidy up around the chard zone it really stood out. I'll have to try this on a proper project sometime soon I've seen some peoples work done like this and I always think its stunning.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTxlVjaMJVBTXmEOKqIU3Z0osIqwgDXg0GBVF5CDOn8XGg3jcsRSNqukWrlcdQbD_0ZOR42899ydtix6QclT9V5fdm-dlvgDA1FYiyu1NQmttxxovDMFnC4euxHCTUYZJJfFrh4sSQCM/s400/P1060710.JPG)
Today I decided that as the rest of the country were having the day off I would as to (well I spent it working in the workshop!). One project I've been putting off is a herb planter I promised to make my sisters boyfriend who made some excellent logos for me last year. I'd put it off because I wasn't sure how to joint it for the hexagonal planter he wanted, but last weekend I brought the solution at a car boot sale - a biscuit jointer (another tool to the collection)!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNIeBHBxAWAizIGkB2bOqexyoumXvoAQhYPgW6X4vWIxOyEVDplZg-vN4kayIAoPTfhVH5URT7o89-zoZWJrP_LOVDKJBWXk2_7yRmd0CKEJ2-vRKDAsRN-db7UoAs7TWJ5HRDW7DULQ/s400/P1060715.JPG)
I used an Iroko decking board, cutting all the side peices to 30 degrees before plunging the biscuit jointer in and then clamping it up with a couple of ratchet straps. The base was made from marine ply with holes drilled for drainage.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxQ7lRF22TXe5XvShyOz6XpQPBZj8WYxcAA1kW41qx8KtsE02Z2rytFNAtlpEPyHfl7SCzRwKFPxTwOOOfHVAZ7vN2hTEqB3hnOPQVXCRfadB2g2mhQ6w2nh3UJnPKME6NsgMgDJY-lk/s400/P1060717.JPG)
Planted up with Oregano, Sage and Mint it looks quite nice (I hope he likes it as I'd like a logo for my carpentry business!).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-YX_iLDT94gokBekBEngXt4fyEpfmW3Hw3LxJ5Sy2Fvoh36_sVHp8-JsK4TskscQpsUhwVrlf4hLpuz_oL6-YeQWLsRlTDv5JyUBIW1bCZWDAvkbulW8Z8g13Qcuc72AsYRFALEWfRI/s400/P1060719.JPG)
I should point out that on the last photo thats a bit of glue on the left hand joint not an open joint!
ReplyDeleteThis looks excellent Kev! Thanks very much. I'll have some thoughts about a carpentry logo, hopefully we can get a slightly better resolution on that one...!
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