My name is Russell Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Nice job! God quality timber is the stuff dreams are made off! I have worked on my shed solid for the last 3 weeks + even on the evenings with southerlies blasting into the shed . . . . Some proper cold ones. . . . and ''still better than watching TV'' is what motivates me also! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Probably a lot of work for not much gain but have you considered ~1mm between each slat? I did think about that, but to look right the gaps would have needed to be on each side of every redwood fillet. The fillets are only 25mm wide, so they are glued and screwed to the edge of each elm board (rather than glued and screwed down from beneath - as the elm is) Making the 25mm wide fillets 'stand alone' seemed unlikely to end well after a year or two outside (they're taller than they are wide). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taistorm Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Quality work UJ. My dad used to make a lot of furniture using old Kauri slabs and such so this interests me a lot. Mainly did more basic design, rather than cutting up the beams as such he would have the shape of the slab as the table top design to show the characteristics. Would usually just apply a linseed based oil and occasionally varnish. Will try track down some old pictures.Looking forward to seeing this all finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unclejake Posted December 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2015 I finally found some time to make some bench seats and get it all home. We had 20 people sitting at it for lunch on Saturday. It was awesome 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bistro Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 It's beautiful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 shit that's cool, we need something that sort of size for our deck. All the ones you can buy are so tiny and flimsy looking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Love wooden outdoor furniture, and homebuilt > store bought. Also shit what a view! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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