164 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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I got 2 1” Timberwolf blades from Suffolk Machinery Corp. – 2TPI and 3TI – several months ago, and have been dying to try them out ever since. In that time I had several more projects, mom’s 10-day long yearly visit, my best friends’ wedding, a project I built for that (that I should post one of these days), and so much else. I didn’t want to use them until I had a resawing jig ready to go, so realizing that time was now, I jumped on it yesterday, later in ...
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219 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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Previously:Wood IDs #6: Found Eucalyptus tree in LA - part 1 of 3Wood IDs #7: Found Eucalyptus tree in LA - part 2 of 3Wood IDs #8: Found Eucalyptus tree in LA - part 3 of 3
It’s a bit labor intensive getting all the bark and Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer bug excretion cleaned off the Eucalyptus tree I cut up into logs from a nearby neighborhood. It dawned on me a couple weeks ago that I could use a wire wheel brush in my drill press. I’ve used the technique to brush up aluminum ...
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283 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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The guy that purchased this table has a 600 lb granite top. So we had to make something large, sturdy and yet attractive.
The cottonwood came from the K Ranch on the Colorado Utah border in Dinosaur Colorado. And yes it is seriously the name of a town.
Here is the rough material. each stumo will sit on a base, the base it not necessary, it adds to the beauty
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288 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Well, we were invited to be a part of an “By Invitation Only” showroom. It is called Rocky Mountain Design center, located in Evergreen Colorado right of I-70. This is a 25,000sg ft showroom which features all high end lodge type home furnishing, from all of the U.S as well as Tibet, India and Europe. Needless to say this is suppose to be some of the best of the best and we are so thrilled to be a part of it.
Anyway we will be renting a 400sq ft space to feature our work, the...
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288 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Well, we were invited to be a part of an “By Invitation Only” showroom. It is called Rocky Mountain Design center, located in Evergreen Colorado right of I-70. This is a 25,000sg ft showroom which features all high end lodge type home furnishing, from all of the U.S as well as Tibet, India and Europe. Needless to say this is suppose to be some of the best of the best and we are so thrilled to be a part of it.
Anyway we will be renting a 400sq ft space to feature our work, the...
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288 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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This piece here is smaller and we are able to fit it in the blast cabinet. This is a lot nicer way to work, but man after a few days if this my neck gets a severe kink in it.
The blast cabinet.
After the red colored wood has been blasted. Now we need to shape the rough edges, sand, add the leg supports and glass supports.
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288 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Well, we are making some progress on the two coffee tables that we are working on. This is after it has been leveled, the levelers/slides have been added and all the rough edges have been rounded and shaped. Today my husband is sandblasting then tomorrow we should start the final and longest phase… sanding and polishing
This is the part that we cringe and hope we stay in line… dont want to end up with an extra short coffee table
Whew… right on line and ready to f...
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318 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Here is the second coffee table base which we are going to be working on, this one will ship to Norway as well and it will have a glass top
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318 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Here my husband is leveling the bottom so we can start getting it down to the right height.
My daughter Scooter helping clean the bark out of the crevices
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