The weather was pretty wild wet and windy today so I finished off a little stool made out of Yew with Hazel legs. I left a little stub from a branch on one leg to give a bit of character, the Yew looked like it was on fire, with all the vibrant colours in the grain after it was oiled and waxed . Some Cedar puzzled me with the way it was drying out with a yellow band down the centre.
On closer inspection I realised that this part has a very pungent scent so I reckoned this must be cedar oil that's gives the yellow colour. So I hacked out some cedar nuggets taking advantage of the glorious scent for putting in drawers and wardrobes, its still blowing and lashing down as I write this.Take a gander at my rainy day's work:)
Neat stool (and "nuggets).
ReplyDeleteThanks Gorges :)
ReplyDeletesomething about the smell of cedar. dont have any growing down here though. ken
ReplyDeleteHey Ken yeah cedar smells great,how are things with you :)
ReplyDeletewell things are mixed. family here is good .kids school is almost over for the year so we will be officially into summer. the school year really flew by. when is school out for your son? my moms been very ill so thats been tough. ken.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious how you determine and produce the holes for the legs.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Your Mom. Matthew finishes for his holiadys at the end of june and starts high school after that your right it does fly by take care :)
ReplyDeleteHey Art I look at the timber first so a hole doesn't pop through an interesting bit of grain. Then I draw a light square or rectangle depending on the size of the top some diagonal lines are next the I just hold a couple of legs on the diagonal until I'm happy with the look . I use a sliding bevel for the angle of the legs I hold this beside my drill to give me the same kind of sweep on each leg. I use a sharp spade bit for the holes in an electric handdrill . There's an old post showing the use of the sliding bevel and drill if you look through them I hope this helps:)
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