A new underground train station in Naples has been built almost entirely of wood ( well, the overground part). Lots of wavy parts
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I can see jesus
BUMP…not much action in here !
This arvo I picked up this Blackwood slab from a Timber Yard in Collingwood.
105 x 50 x 3.5cm thick.
It should give me enough timber for 3 Charcuterie Boards, possibly 4.
Not sure if I got ripped off at $120 
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Looks too nice to cut up.
It’s a good size for a coffee table.
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I agree that is a much better use.
Great bump, @bltn
Here’s something I finished off this week. The first of three frames. I decided to go old school with this one and cut and clean the mitres by hand.
Also some bespoke pantry shelving I’m doing for the sister-in-law. These will be on French Cleats, meaning instead of taking the individual jars etc, you just take the whole shelf to your whole foods store. Never one to shy away from showing off, dovetail joins it is
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@bltn I’d love to see you keep as much of that live edge as possible for your boards.
I managed to rescue this Redgum burl off of a friends burn pile a few months back. I couldn’t part with the live edge on one side (I wish I’d taken a picture of that edge). Made a great wedding present. Ugg boots for size.
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My molds are 60x30cm and are roughly outlined here in red as to how the timber will be placed in the mold…
Apart from the loose bark which will have to be brushed/sanded off, the live edge will be met with ultra clear epoxy resin to fill up the mold.
I will cast items within the epoxy such as coffee beans, dried flowers, casino chips etc…
Once polished, the resin will have a glass like finish and that live edge will be visible, along with the casted items.
The wood won’t be covered by Epoxy.
The wood portion will be finished like any cutting board…Mineral or Tung Oil, then Beeswax.
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Nice. Super important that even “food-grade” epoxy isn’t exposed to cutting knives etc on a board.
Seeing the amount of work it takes to bring epoxy to a glass like finish, I would cringe if anyone decided to take a knife to that surface.
Heck, even the wood component of the board.
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Definitely a man who takes his woodworking seriously. Those Leigh dovetail jigs are top end, way beyond what an average recreational woodworker is likely to look at, but they are amazing. Like the idea of french cleats too.
What is the timber, Tassie Oak? Unfortunately, over this side of the country, the only timber I ever see is Jarrah, Marri and She-Oak. Occassionaly I will see Tassie Oak but it costs an arm and a leg. As for any of the othe common timbers on the east coast, almost unheard of over here.
How awful I feel so sorry for you (read: those Timbers are amazing)
It isn’t Tassie oak, but I’m not entirely sure what it is. It’s likely ironbark.
The Leigh jig is a game changer. It makes incredible joins although dovetail router bits make me pretty uncomfortable. I have an attachment for making multiple-mortise-and-tenon joinery and it’s a joy to make shelving and boxes with wedged through-tenons.
Most of my ‘carpentry’ is with a chainsaw and batten screws! No table saw. Chainsaw used to ‘Rout’ the part of the live edge/face so deck screws would reach through! All the wood was leftover scrap and the live edge/face sides were waste from a council mobile mill which the workers said to take for firewood. Some tecycled pallet pine. Total cost maybe $50?
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It appears that you have purchased tools for the sole reason to make storage to store the tools that you purchased.
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Damn… just bought 2 small blocks of Beeswax, that I could have bought off Dave.
It’s cause I pack stuff up neatly. These are before I mess up the place 
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Solar? You got a coal powered version?
I hope he doesn’t have a nuclear-powered one.
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