Crafts / Craftsmen / craftswomen (craftspeople, I suppose)

This it what I've been making in work recently -

2ft wide, 14ft to the point, 12ft to the bottom of the 3ft circle. The circle is going to be filled with frosted acrylic with a graphic on it then a light beamed onto it. Tomorrows job is covering it with aluminium formica which should be fun

Yes, it is leaning on the roof...

Holy monoliths Oz.... that's massive! Looking good so far.

I'll take a pic of the whole set when it's up next week, so long as it doesn't fall down... The screen is 9m x 2.8m!

My great grandfather was a marine carpenter (I don't know the correct term), he did a great deal of cabinet fitting on yachts and liners I believe.

I now have his tools, in the tool box he made for them.

Sadly, at some point used motor oil has spilled over the tool box/chest.

What is the best way of getting this cleaned up does anyone know?

It would really depend on how deep the oil had been absorbed into the wood. This would vary depending on the finish ( if any ) that was used.

Even the weight of the motor oil & time of exposure to it could influence how deep the stain is. After all you can only sand back so far.

I just made a deep chutney.

Not a euph btw.

Nice! Googled it anyway. Just for a laugh in case :-)

My great grandfather was a marine carpenter (I don't know the correct term), he did a great deal of cabinet fitting on yachts and liners I believe.

I now have his tools, in the tool box he made for them.

Sadly, at some point used motor oil has spilled over the tool box/chest.

What is the best way of getting this cleaned up does anyone know?

It's all beyond repair I'm afraid. Might as well just throw it all away. I'll take it down the skip for ya...

A lot of joints are lovely to look at & quite therapeutic to work on

have never done any proper woodwork but dovetail joints are just amazing, brainteasers thinking about how they fit!
when I was a teenager I used to whittle wooden chains and rattles and stuff, nice way to pass the time. used to fill the pub ashtrays with wood shavings.

This dude makes a good wooden chain ( a good everything really ). I think it's near the end of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy0KIzo4KB0

awesome! know the principle, never made a continuous loop though.

I'm amazed that he achieves that work with a pocket knife, whereas I'd need about a dozen different carving chisels!

• more practice
  

Very sharp knife

Blunt wood.

I am not a craftsman.

He uses Basswood, which as far as I know is Lime. It's the easiest timber to carve without splitting easily. Cheap & sustaniable too.

My great grandfather was a marine carpenter

Mine was a ship's blacksmith, as was his father. His son was a ship's chief engineer. I want some oxy-acetylene. These things run in the blood.

My great grandfather was a marine carpenter (I don't know the correct term), he did a great deal of cabinet fitting on yachts and liners I believe.

I now have his tools, in the tool box he made for them.

Sadly, at some point used motor oil has spilled over the tool box/chest.

What is the best way of getting this cleaned up does anyone know?

I wouldn't try and pretty it up. Dirty engine oil won't come out after all this time. I would keep looking after it though. Make sure it stays dry and wipe some Danish oil over it from time to time.

^ Probably for the best. You really don't want to risk ruining a nice old thing like that.

^^ I love Danish oil.

the dovetails are cut and chiseled by hand.

That is impressive and beautiful. I could show you some drawers I made but then you'd see all the fillets I had to slip in because I'd cut on the wrong side of the line 'n' shit.

:-)

^ oooof!
(I'm getting better since I stopped smoking weed)

Ha! The quality of my work determines on whether it gets "painted" or not ;-)

I had to fill a router tear in my first guitar's neck pocket and a random gouge on the edge of the fretboard of the last one I did. I'm aiming to not have to fill anything on the next one.

:brofist: