I ❤ Wood
I ❤ Wood
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- i_monk8
- Damn, that's a much better version of some silly wee thing I've been doodling.detritus
- nicebklyndroobeki
- +1PhanLo
- lemmy_k1
- Tung oil?Gnash
- Hey, do you know if you can use a trim router as a plunge router?Gnash
- Gnash, yes, tung oil. Not sure about the trim router. I've never used one. I'm sure you can youtube it. Whatca makin?lemmy_k
- Ya, YouTube is full of shitheads that pretend to know what they’re doingGnash
- I’m restoring a Victorian timber pine floor. I’ll be patching damage with Dutchman’s but using my chisels is getting tedious.Gnash
- Thought I might try to use my trim router to carve out the holesGnash
- My guess would be that if you can set the depth, it should work. Post some pics of the floorlemmy_k
- I’ll take some picsGnash
- I’m thinking about using OSMO hardening oil to finish it. There’s a poly finish on it now that I need to removeGnash
- Sounds like a big project.
Oil finishes are great. easy maintenance, although more frequent care is required.lemmy_k
- utopian3
- Looks amazing, sort of thing i'd propose to a client that'd get bombed once the cost comes in..Beardy
- I love watching other people work. Feels like I had a hand in it! You're welcome!stoplying
- incredible. I wonder what the price was.sarahfailin
- bezoar2
- I could never remember all of those steps to open it even if I built that thing. What a work of art that is.lemmy_k
- Thats a lot of steps to get my iPhone headphones out of a drawer.BK
- I like people this consistant. (Because I am not.)Longcopylover
- that guy needs lotion. or a manicure. or both.sarahfailin
- zaq1
- ShaneHolley0
- hrmm.. ultimately it just looks like office furniture thoughNairn
- i_monk0
- Serious question... how the fuck does one go about making something like this???duckseason
- Is it really just a plane of wood and making cuts every X amount on either side?duckseason
- Yup. It's a variation on kerfing.i_monk
- I wonder what the lifespan is on that. I would assume it would depend on the wood species.lemmy_k
- lifespan's probably about the same as it would be if you made it out of a single flat sheet as thick as the thin horizontal remnantsNairn
- wouldn't want to sit on that naked. ouchGnash
- hahah, quite!
PINGNairn