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Using up some offcuts

Using up some offcuts (post #158796)

chataigner on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 07:50

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I'm about half way through making an oak settle (a commission) and was a bit challenged by the number of offcuts of VERY nice oak. I could not bear to burn them and had no more space to store them, so.... took a few hours off and made this little corner table to use as a plant stand.

When photographed, it was sanded ready for finish, but there is too much dust in the workshop at present to contemplate any finishing, so it will have to wait.

There are of course, lots more offcuts!

Cheers

PS : can anyone tell me why there are html format characters all over this message when I view it?

Cheers

Chataigner in Périgord Vert

chataigner, very elegant (post #158796, reply #1 of 10)

by Eef in reply to chataigner [original] on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 08:46

chataigner,

very elegant use of scraps! i especially like how you made the legs a bit thicker where the curved apron meets them. thanks for posting and welcome to knots.

eef

Good thinking (post #158796, reply #2 of 10)

by Jfrostjr in reply to chataigner [original] on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 07:16

Very nice looking. Did you laminate the front apron, steam bend or use a solid piece?

Frosty

Lamination or solid? (post #158796, reply #3 of 10)

by chataigner in reply to Jfrostjr [original] on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 09:41

I'm not set up for steam bending, so it was a choice of lamination or solid and since I had some matching oak from the same log that was thick enough, I opted for solid.

Have not got around to a finish yet, which will be the weak link in a solid component, so I'll post a comment when I find out how well it finishes. Probably next week.

Cheers

Chataigner in Périgord Vert

Chatainger, Vou (post #158796, reply #4 of 10)

by 9619 in reply to chataigner [original] on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 08:44

Chatainger,

Vous avez fait une belle pièce de mobilier. Un chef-d'oeuvre. Merci de nous montrer les photos.

Je ne parle pas français. J'ai étudié le français en 1956 et 1957. Malheureusement, j'ai oublié la grammaire et les mots. Cependant, vous pouvez m'envoyer un message en tout Lanugage, et je vais répondre dans cette langue. Pour tous les dix mots, je vais faire vingt erreurs. J'ai invité une autre personne à m'envoyer un message dans toutes les langues. Il a écrit en néerlandais. Je lui ai répondu en néerlandais. Il a dit que mes verbes sont dans une mauvaise position dans les phrases.

A demain,

Mel

Measure your output in smiles per board foot.

Merci, vous êtes très gentil! (post #158796, reply #5 of 10)

by chataigner in reply to 9619 [original] on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:55

Quelle surprise! Une réponse en français. Mois, je ne parle français non plus, je suis d'origine néerlandais, mais j'ai vecu plus de 40 ans en Angleterre, donc l'anglais est la langue la plus facile pour moi. Ma femme est anglaise.

Nous (ma femme et moi) sont venus ici en 1999, et, étant à la retrait, j'ai apris la menuiserie comme passe temps.

Tot ziens!

Cheers

Chataigner in Périgord Vert

Perigord (post #158796, reply #7 of 10)

by ring in reply to chataigner [original] on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 21:50

Chataigner,

Where are you located? I have friends who I've visited many times at their house near the Lot river, between Cahors and Figeac. Anywhere near there?

David Ring http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e

Location (post #158796, reply #8 of 10)

by chataigner in reply to ring [original] on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 01:56

I'm in Jumilhac-le-Grand, which is in the north east of Dordogne. Not so far from Cahors, but not really a one day round trip.

As it happens, one of my jobs is the creation and maintenance of the Jumilhac municipal www site, so if you are interested in more info, go to :

www.jumilhac.fr

Cheers

Chataigner in Périgord Vert

Chataigner, Dank u (post #158796, reply #9 of 10)

by 9619 in reply to chataigner [original] on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 06:48

Chataigner,

Dank u voor uw antwoord. Ik ben ook het meest comfortabel Engels spreken. Ik heb een bezoek aan Nederland een keer. Ik bleef in Haarlem en Amsterdam. Ik zag niemand het dragen van klompen.

Schrijf dan naar mij elk moment, in elke taal.

Mel

Measure your output in smiles per board foot.

Your response (post #158796, reply #6 of 10)

by Jfrostjr in reply to 9619 [original] on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 12:06

Show off!

Frosty

But it was polite.

Custom Wood Furniture (post #158796, reply #10 of 10)

by jackie_d1 in reply to chataigner [original] on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 15:49

I've been looking into getting myself into making <a href="http://www.woodsignaturecreations.com">custom wood furniture</a> and I have to say I love your stuff. Also, I don't see any html characters so I think you're fine.