French-cleats in the workshop
My trial of this system as an organiser in the workshop - more here.
Old wood's beauty
In the Workshop!
Old wood's beauty
Going through my new pile of wood I found two huge, 2 inch thick planks, perfect to build another table in my workshop. Wood was weathered, grey and stained with paint but it had a potential!
I planed both planks and sanded them until I reached fresh wood. Narrower plank is pine but the wide one is an old fir!
They were drinking linseed oil wit turpentine like sponges but after few hours they were saturated and darkened beautifully. I’ve left the part of fir which is deteriorated by critters - it pleases me and for my purpose it makes no harm.
Few hours work and I have a metal-working and tool-sharpening table in place.
Wooden bucket
Some Workshop fun!
Wooden bucket
There comes a time in life of every engineer that he needs to build a bucket… Wooden bucket.
Well, that time came to my life when I was sorting through wood which was left to me with the house we moved in. I stumbled upon a bag filled with very dry, bent, rectangular wooden slats. Well, I thought, yet another fire wood bag!
But hold on a second! Why are all these slats bent and why do they have a groove on one end?
Hmm, it looks like something which will match with galvanised rings I found the other day here. Yes- it’s a bucket! Jig-saw puzzle version!
I bit the bullet and decided to assembly it!
Beginnings were not easy.
Masking tape helped a bit to keep things together but did not prevent them falling apart a few times.
After a while I’ve found a method of putting it all together - just careful moves until all parts slide in place. Then some hammering to get them tightly sitting. Once there the thing became stable - like an egg shell.
I’ve built it up-side-down and once walls were fitted into the ring I could carefully turn it to proper position and hammer in the bottom assembly (4 parts).
Both rings could then be hammered into tight positions and voila! My wooden bucket is ready!
I put it into water for 12 hours so that wood can swell and tighten all seams.
The day after it was water-tight!
I’ve oiled it then, to keep moisture within the wood and now it can serve a purpose!
Just need to figure what I can use it for but it was fun to build.