Another Wood Thing

[Marchrider]

What do you think it going to be

A short plank (quite a thick one) I got out of the river some time ago, think its Douglas Fir ?

marked it out to avoid the knot

bored them out

cut it up

and glued them together

and now an off cut of laminated Oak kitchen worktop,

 

[Reynard]

Stick stand? Lamp?

Looks like cedar to me, what with that reddish tone.

Mulberry is interesting if you can get it. The wood is very yellow, with purple bits

 

[Marchrider]

Looks like cedar to me, what with that reddish tone.

Mulberry is interesting if you can get it. The wood is very yellow, with purple bits

It could be Ceder, the boy who told me it was Douglas Fir didn't seem to be a 100% - and I am clueless with softwood
whatever it is it smells nice

never used mulberry but have seen it being turned, looks lovely - I'm too mean to buy anything exotic, it has to be free and headed for scrap.

 

[Reynard]

It could be Ceder, the boy who told me it was Douglas Fir didn't seem to be a 100% - and I am clueless with softwood
whatever it is it smells nice

never used mulberry but have seen it being turned, looks lovely - I'm too mean to buy anything exotic, it has to be free and headed for scrap.

Whereabouts are you?

 

[Alex321]

It could be Ceder, the boy who told me it was Douglas Fir didn't seem to be a 100% - and I am clueless with softwood
whatever it is it smells nice

never used mulberry but have seen it being turned, looks lovely - I'm too mean to buy anything exotic, it has to be free and headed for scrap.

Me too. Virtually everything I have turned has been free wood.

 

[Drago]

Whereabouts are you?

In his shed, covered in sawdust!

 

[steveindenmark]

It will be a bowl.

A lovely one.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Can't help with the wood, I'm afraid, but you have some serious bits of kit to process it! I'm sure it'll look superb, going off your other table.

 

[sevenfourate]

I sometimes install Wood in Rivers etc for Boat / Ship Fendering. We often use Green or Purpleheart / Iroko as very hardwoods. But occasionally Douglas Fir as a 'hard softwood'. Yours looks just like some we've recently used.......

 

[Dogtrousers]

Spaghetti jar. For very short spaghetti.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I know what it is! It's a lot of fun

 

[Marchrider]

its going to be an outdoor thing!

Anyway, the Douglass Fir (if that's what it is) Just wouldn't turn, like any wide spaced grain in softwood it just tares it no matter how sharp the chisel

so I done it with sandpaper, started off with an Angle Grinder with a 40 grit disc, the dust was excessive!, but got their in the end, stopped at 240 grit, let the varnish get a grip? would varnish be less good on 600 grit ??

 

[Marchrider]

Whereabouts are you?

Scottish Borders (eastern side) hence the name "Rider of the Marches" (middle marches mainly)

 

[Reynard]

You know, the grain on that makes it look a lot like salmon. I know, it's late and my brain is off on a trip... But it's very attractive.

 

[Marchrider]

You know, the grain on that makes it look a lot like salmon. I know, it's late and my brain is off on a trip... But it's very attractive.

now there's a thought - I have a toilet seat to make - a salmon bog seat