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Chris F
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Right thought i would show you all the coffee table im making for the gf for when she moves into her new flat!

She asked me to make here one, thinking i would use Pine or some other cheap wood!

Nahhh if im doing it im going todo it right.

So £108 of Kiln Dried Oak Later



Im going to be joining it with Festool Domino's (as strong as mortice and tenons)

Hopefully will be awesome and i might see if i can use this as a sample and maybe make them to sell!

Updates to follow

[Edited on 03-02-2012 by Chris F]

[Edited on 08-03-2012 by Chris F]
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Be interested to see how this turns out
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Well i hope
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Din't know you was a joiner Chris?

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Carpenter & Joiner mate yeah
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Nice! Always wanted to do this when i was at school. I love building things now.

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You used the Dominos before?

I made a bookcase out of some 3x1 and 4x1 oak that was ordered in error (should've been ash ) a few years ago. Was gonna t&g it but got lazy and biscuited it instead. It's held perfectly though. Only thing was I wanted to make the back out of 6mm oak MDF but we didn't have any in so I made it out of solid boards, it ended up so heavy I couldn't even get it in the van! I'll stick some pics up later.

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quote:
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You used the Dominos before?

I made a bookcase out of some 3x1 and 4x1 oak that was ordered in error (should've been ash :lol a few years ago. Was gonna t&g it but got lazy and biscuited it instead. It's held perfectly though. Only thing was I wanted to make the back out of 6mm oak MDF but we didn't have any in so I made it out of solid boards, it ended up so heavy I couldn't even get it in the van! I'll stick some pics up later.


Nope but im doing it with guidance Aka annoying my cousin while he earns some real money
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I've never used them either, Festo keep sending me leaflets with them in and they look interesting but in typical Festo fashion the machine is about £650
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Thats the 'small' one
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Jesus christ £924 for the XL You'd have to be using it a lot for that to pay.

Bugs me that no one is allowed to discount Festo too, it is great stuff but a lot of the time it's not worth 2/3 times more than "normal" brands.
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can't wait to see this fail
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quote:
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can't wait to see this fail


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Chris where you buy the wood, local timber merchant? I'm wanting some to finish my AV cabinet off, love oak!



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I might have to start getting some of my oak milled if thats the kind of prices it's worth Jesus wept
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Send some my way first Matt

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I need to speak to a saw mill see what the crack is
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Fucking crazy prices really!
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beech is quite expensive aswell, my boss has started doing wood turning and he got a peice of beech about 2.4 long and 300-500mm wide and that cost about £60

ill be keeping an eye on this

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300-500mm wide? What the hell is he turning?
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He cuts it up into smaller peicew and makes things like cheese boards, and bowls etc

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Aah I see.

Always fancied getting into turning. I did a bit at college but it was all pretty standard stuff like spindles, table legs or seeing how small you could get it before it broke.

A bloke I used to work with had a lathe in his shed and made some really nice bowls, he'd spend hours every night whittling away at stuff, drove his mrs nuts!
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U do the 3 years at 'tech' then? I only done 2
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My apprenticeship was 3 years yeah, mainly 1 day a week but we had a few block release in the 2nd year. Wood turning wasn't part of the course, I think I'd just finished my project early and the tutor let me have a go on the lathe.

I always found college to be a waste of time. I got such a good training where I worked I already knew all the things we were doing at college anyway. By the 3rd year I was making windows and doors for the tutors foreigners

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