Todays Project - What did you do today?

[EdK]

(07-29-2017, 01:47 PM)f350ca Wrote: may have to put incentives on Butternut to use up some of that inventory.

Greg,

If you have any wood carving clubs in your area, butternut is highly prized for wood carving. Especially for beginners. It's soft but still hard enough to cut cleanly. I took a week long wood carving class decades ago and butternut is what the instructor supplied us with for carving.

Ed

[TomG]

This is what I've been doing "today" over the past week, in between vet visits of course.

We've talked about building a middle deck for years, and the above ground pool we got last year moved it to the top of the list. I've got the structure finished and decked, and one of the two stairways nearly complete. Next comes the railings, a gate for the pool and the lower stairway.

Tom

[EdK]

Sweet!

Ed

[awemawson]

Tom, do you not have issues with exterior timber rotting where you are? In our relatively humid climate all that exposed timber would be going soft in a couple of years and be a death trap, decking gets very very slippery here

[Vinny]

He doesn't say what he used, or I missed it, but the greenish stuff (posts and frame) are pressure treated and made to be in the weather. Since he doesn't say, the decking is probably also pressure treated. The material that was used on the deck next to our pool is a composite. I hate it, it gets hot quick in direct sunlight and stays that way for quite a while.

[TomG]

Andrew: Yeah, the wood is all pressure treated with some sort of copper based preservative. I think it's good for 20 years of direct ground contact. The only thing that happens over time is the exposed wood dries out and will eventually require some sort of finish. Some of our decking that's in the shade gets slippery at times with algae, but I just power wash it with a little bleach and it's good as new.

Vinny: The wife keeps talking about the composites, but I keep steering her clear. I'm sure it would last forever, but there is something about standing on plastic over standing on wood that just doesn't seem right.

Tom

[Mayhem]

You're missing a water slide from the drawing Tom

[TomG]

What you can't see Darren, is the rope off the upper balcony.

[Vinny]

Keep steering her away from the composite. She won't be happy. Especially by a pool where you're likely to be barefoot when that stuff heats up. We have a fairly light color and the with heat it retains you'd think it was really dark.

[randyc]

f350A:

I really like the design of your table.  The Colonial style is usually way outdone (in a tasteless fashion IMO) by a lot of people, using ogee routing around the edges, for example, and other "pretty" styling !  I think that your approach of "less is more"  is way more attractive and more like the original pieces !

I also like your setups for working wood on your metalworking equipment.  I do some of the same, although not with your skill.  A few of my projects from some years ago can be seen by following the link below.

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/u...fts.32303/

Most of the wood projects in that thread are made from Western Ash.  Like you, I really like working with it; it is less splintery than white oak, less smelly when cutting and less expensive in my location.  It is also easy to match ash with oak if it is necessary.

This is a piece that I made from ash located in my kitchen where all cabinet work is oak.  Note that it matches the oak cabinet work well.  (Note also that the mirror is very dirty, too, I'm a widower and my house is sort of unkempt .)

   

Thank you for posting these photos, not only is your table visually satisfying but demonstrates how other materials than metals can be easily worked with our machinery !  Where can I see more of your work ?  (I'm a newbie - you may already have posted this information.)

Cheers,
randyc