Finished Bench
I forgot to post the finished bench, with a plaster coat, and tiles for the seat. That broken tile in the back was a hot plate type thing that my father's mother painted the flowers on. We kept it even after I broke it, so I put it in the bench.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wood working away
Melissa continues the hard work of marking all the logs for the center 'bent', doing lots of math and checking and re-checking angles and lines.
I'm simply in charge of the wood removal, which I generally enjoy.
Notice that the joint I'm working on is a 'shouldered mortise' -- we're getting more complicated as we go on!
Melissa continues the hard work of marking all the logs for the center 'bent', doing lots of math and checking and re-checking angles and lines.
I'm simply in charge of the wood removal, which I generally enjoy.
Notice that the joint I'm working on is a 'shouldered mortise' -- we're getting more complicated as we go on!
Another side project
Years ago, our place in SF was broken into, and the smart thief who came in the window during the day when I was traveling and Melissa was at work actually took the top drawers from our dresser (and their contents). This is where one generally keeps good stuff, so it was a smart move... but it meant our dresser didn't have drawers for a long time.
I'm finally getting around to feeling like I have the skill, tools, supplies, and time to rebuild them. I'm using a madrone piece - from a tree I cut down and milled - and I'm using redwood as the drawer floors, from old growth stuff I milled up when trying to make a beam more accurate- ie, it was skinny stuff.
So far, I've managed to get the two bigger ones together, and am gluing the third. Then I'll fully finish the wood, probably with tung oil. I will post a finished picture. They look pretty good already though! They won't be that light colored when oiled.
Years ago, our place in SF was broken into, and the smart thief who came in the window during the day when I was traveling and Melissa was at work actually took the top drawers from our dresser (and their contents). This is where one generally keeps good stuff, so it was a smart move... but it meant our dresser didn't have drawers for a long time.
I'm finally getting around to feeling like I have the skill, tools, supplies, and time to rebuild them. I'm using a madrone piece - from a tree I cut down and milled - and I'm using redwood as the drawer floors, from old growth stuff I milled up when trying to make a beam more accurate- ie, it was skinny stuff.
So far, I've managed to get the two bigger ones together, and am gluing the third. Then I'll fully finish the wood, probably with tung oil. I will post a finished picture. They look pretty good already though! They won't be that light colored when oiled.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Doing the Cob Thing!
In between cutting logs for the house, I'm making batches of cob to create a bench under the oven.
Here's my first batch, with some concrete pavers to hold back possible moisture and such.
after this totally dries, I'll do a plaster layer that will smooth everything out.
In between cutting logs for the house, I'm making batches of cob to create a bench under the oven.
Here's my first batch, with some concrete pavers to hold back possible moisture and such.
Next day, one more batch:
and then, two days later, two more batches, with big 14" tiles on either side of the oven so I can put hot bread down somewhere while baking.after this totally dries, I'll do a plaster layer that will smooth everything out.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Stuff sort of organized
all the stuff from Oshkosh got dumped out of the truck and reshuffled, and now I've got the furniture under one (brown) tarp, and the boxes and boxes of stuf under the green tarp.
all the stuff from Oshkosh got dumped out of the truck and reshuffled, and now I've got the furniture under one (brown) tarp, and the boxes and boxes of stuf under the green tarp.
The original plan was to build the house, then go get the furniture, but the floods and the price increase at the storage unit made me want to get it now. So now I have plenty of projects to refinish the furniture and fix the little broken things. great.
Floods, then Fire
We just got back from a roadtrip from Wisconsin (picking up flood-damaged items from a storage unit) and got a call that there was a fire very near by.
Much worrying insued, and we hiked over to our neighbors place for a view. They felt it was more under control than earlier in the day, so we relaxed.
I went back the next day and took this picture with my phone
What looks like fog in the center right of the photo is smoke.
We just got back from a roadtrip from Wisconsin (picking up flood-damaged items from a storage unit) and got a call that there was a fire very near by.
Much worrying insued, and we hiked over to our neighbors place for a view. They felt it was more under control than earlier in the day, so we relaxed.
I went back the next day and took this picture with my phone
What looks like fog in the center right of the photo is smoke.
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