Does anyone know any businesses in the Ventura County or San Fernando Valley areas which offer custom wood CRC work? Where I can just send them a file and get it machined?
Everywhere seems like they offer metal only even though I'd expect wood to be easier to work with. And I want to make them ~2ft which is a bit too big for the LA library maker space I think.
Allez, aujourd'hui je me suis attaqué à un vieux pied de buis en train de sécher depuis belle lurette, à la recherche de quelque vieille loupe (ou broussin) pour fabriquer de jolis objets.
Découper un morceau de bois de ce type, c'est comme ouvrir une géode : on sait que ce sera forcément étonnant, et on espère que ça sera exceptionnellement beau 🤩
Alors cette souche est un petit modèle, donc on ne pourra plaquer un meuble avec le bois qu'elle contient, mais ça vaut le coup quand même. Si déjà on peut en faire un ou deux manches de couteau, ce sera chouette.
Il est en platane. Le blanc est la couleur naturelle du bois. Le noir c'est pyrogravé. Le corps c'est de la betadine puis de l'huile de lin. Les rayures de la queue c'est du brou de noix dilué
#microartisanat du jour : une bague de lecture en buis de la Manche.
Il va falloir améliorer le modèle : le trou du pouce est trop grand même pour moi, il faut que la partie inférieure soit plus plongeante et la bague devrait être plus épaisse pour plus de stabilité. Elle ne fait que 4,5mm d'épaisseur dans le cas présent, parce j’espérais m'en servir aussi comme marque page : mauvaise idée 👎
Done. Schlicht und einfach. Zur Aufbewahrung der Taufkerze und Karten des jüngsten Nachwuchses.
Kleine Fichtenholzkiste mit Nussholz-Nägeln an der gefälzten Eckverbindung. Deckel Leimholz mit Gratleisten innen gesichert.
Alle Verbindungen mit #Handwerkzeug realisiert
@vvv Für die Werkstatt habe ich mir vor ein paar Jahren mit einem Lidl(?) als Basis eine Staubabsaugung mit Abscheider gebastelt. die recht gut funktioniert: https://www.lumberjocks.com/showcase/yadc.137517/
Zusätzlich besitzen wir auch einen Einhell Nass-Trockensauger TE-VC 2340 SAC dessen Preis-Leistungsverhältnis m.E. gut ist. Lautstärke nicht gering, aber in Verbindung mit Elektrowerkzeugen, z.B. Oberfräse, m.E. absolut kein Kriterium. Für Staub sehr brauchbar, für fette Späne von Abricht-/Dickenhobel wohl weniger.
One of my oldest friends really went ‘I’m tired of computers I’m going to be a woodworker’ and became one of the best goddamn woodworkers anywhere
(Check out his work! ‘jiawood’ on Instagram and YouTube. He ships stuff to the Bay Area from time to time, there’s a bunch of us here who like to tell people about his work)
I finally got my Langholzschlepper built and took it out for an inaugural test mission today. Constructed mostly from scrap/street lumber and two rehabilitated dog-trailer wheels. This load of lumber is just 2m but I can extend the tow-bar to haul wood up to 4m long. Works pretty well!
This morning in the shop, I made more progress on the box to hold my calendar and to-do display. Tomorrow the display gets put into the box, the front of the box gets glued on, and the back will get hinges. #WoodWorking
Whoops! Just realized I should drill a hole for the power plug before I glue the front on and make it harder to reach (or cover up the place it needs to be with bracing for the display or Raspberry Pi). That’s the first thing tomorrow morning.
Having built something similar in the past, a bit of advice:
Make sure you measure the location of the power plug and factor in how flexible the USB cable may not be. (I solved the problem by using a right angle connector, but it was not pleasant)
Pi's get surprisingly hot in small containers without good air flow. Don't forget that the CPU idles around 50-60°C. (The one that's monitoring my solar goes over 65° daily.)
I bought four oak planks from Hexhamshire Hardwoods last year with the intention of cutting them into new slats for a garden bench where the wood had rotted but the metal ends were good.
So far I've cut 3 at 35mm wide and 3 at 55mm wide and they're pretty straight if I say so myself. I'm not used to working with wood and it's a different challenge to get them right. It's quality wood but a bit thicker so I'll also have to rebate the ends of the slats. #garden#WoodWorking
I have oak offcuts from cutting the planks into slats for the garden bench. These I'll donate to Alston men's shed.
They raise funds by making oak pins for traditional builders and farmers to repair the stone roofs of the houses and byres in the N Pennines. The pins help to hold the heavy stone panels in place on the roofs. I believe animal horn can also be used to make these pins. #HeritageSkills
Another half forgotten thing done: Crosscut sled for the table saw.
Some floorboard offcuts, two carefully whittled strips for the tracks, a bit of glue to keep them in place before also screwing them on. And two bridges, of course.
Need to find an old candle to rub on the bottom, but test cuts work well enough already.
Not wiggling, but we'll see how the wooden strips do over time - the workshop is a bit drafty and they might shrink/expand.
I own a Bosch tracksaw, which I am very happy with. The guide rails work very well and hardly tend to slip. To fix them even more securely to the workpiece to be cut, suitable clamps are available, but they cost at least €55 a pair. Using a piece of aluminum T-profile and a rivet each, I converted two cheap, existing clamps to fit. They also perform their function very well.
@ronaldb66 Thanks, but I need to say, that it's not my "invention" I saw that somewhere on the internet months ago and it was on my todo list since then.
Today I built a longer, more aggressive turning saw. I didn’t use any hardware, it’s just wood and nails. The blade is a 6TPI bandsaw blade. Tomorrow I’ll see how it works #woodworking
Work in progress: a set of three olive utensils. This is all very hard scrap wood that's been hanging around for a year so there are definitely power tools involved. Last step is my favorite: a very close rubdown with cabinet scrapers, which leave a super-smooth tool-finished piece that can be oiled without any sanding at all because the scraper cuts the fibers instead of tearing them. #woodworking#carving#spoons#wip
@Peace_out_art I give away almost everything I make, otherwise I'd have a houseful of weirdly-shaped spoons. If you ever find yourself on Kaua'i, come on over and pick something!
saline solution 0.9% for rinsing wounds and eyes 20x10ml
wound desinfection solution like octenisept or alike
Steri-Strips to close cutting wounds
gauze bandages
wound compresses
pincette for small splinters
a tourniquet for big wounds / accidental amputations - including an understanding where and how to use them
high visibility vest to attract an ambulance after the call
Also a must: a tetanus vaccination
to prevent issues: personal protection equipment and don't wear gloves around rotating machines.
To improve your healing chances please think beforehand how you would solve emergency cases including an understanding what you tell ambulance services to find you as fast as possible.
I would add hemostatic gauze, something sold under a name like QuikClot combat gauze, to this list.
It's a pain to remove from the wound for obvious reasons, but in my opinion a great first aid for rather severe injuries, where you could face a hard time to stop the bleeding (even with compression bandages) and can't/don't want to use a tourniquet.
On that note, a tourniquet is something that requires very careful consideration and understanding of how it actually works in order for it to be effective, as a half-assed applied tourniquet can increase blood loss by only pinching off the veins but not pinching off the ateries sufficiently.
@maxwastaken Yeah, i think several methods require understanding in how to do it.
The tourniquet makes only sense in very specific use cases - but then there's little alternatives and failure is really rather deadly.
News from the #woodworking workshop front: I have a new woodworking space that i share with @ChrisNap
It will still require quite some work but its awesome and nice and out in the green.
It is also what the dutchies call "Antikraak" - rent out cheap with little rights to prevent it from being squatted. That means that the contract might end on rather short notice.
My workshop on the balcony - woodworkshop with a view - will stay for now. Maybe not for ever.
