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My wood turning technique will horrify the professional and amateur wood turners alike. However, having never had a lesson and starting with an Emco Unimat 3 when I was 11 years old I’ve developed a style where I mix metal turning and wood turning techniques. The first stage for me is to screw the roughly … Read more
A hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel. Wood properties depend on moisture content. Wood is a composite fibrous material (cellulose and lignin fibres) that starts to decompose at 550 Kelvin. Strong in both compression and … Read more
This page gives an overview of a 1/12th scale bog oak chair that I made some years ago. Some years ago I was given some pieces of bog oak, roughly 1″ x 1″ x 4″. I painted the ends with PVA glue and placed them in the eaves of my shed and forgot about them. … Read more
I designed and built this Wood & Metal Beam Engine with an intent on making it aesthetically pleasing. I’ve shared some of my design ideas and early sketches in a separate post. The engine was designed as I went, nothing that new there for me. The collection of images here show the fully completed engine … Read more