Thread: What are you working on?

I'm with Roy. I'd bet both, well,you know...... that it's quarter sawn Oak. I'd swear on both my girls lives that it's quarter sawn Oak........

It's quarter sawn oak....


The finish you did looks fantastic Tom. Looks like it should be.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'm with Roy. I'd bet both, well,you know...... that it's quarter sawn Oak. I'd swear on both my girls lives that it's quarter sawn Oak........

It's quarter sawn oak....

Uhhhh are you sure that it's quarter sawn oak? Really sure??

And Yes Tom did a Great Job on that Box. I wish I had his touch for things like this.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Uhhhh are you sure that it's quarter sawn oak? Really sure??

And Yes Tom did a Great Job on that Box. I wish I had his touch for things like this.

Million percent.

The reason for quarter cutting oak is to reveal the cross sections of the "rays" which travel outward from the pith. Other woods have these rays, but not like Oak. This box of Toms has huge cross sections of those rays.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Million percent.

The reason for quarter cutting oak is to reveal the cross sections of the "rays" which travel outward from the pith. Other woods have these rays, but not like Oak. This box of Toms has huge cross sections of those rays.

I have a vintage rocking chair that's made of quarter sawn oak and it came from 'The Ranch' the ranch was my great grandfather's homestead. He built a simple house and it was added onto over the years. In fact my father was born in that home.

While the rocker wasn't my great grandfather's it was my grandfather's and grandmother's . Charlie gave me some sound counsel on refinishing it in shellac. I am making slow progress on it. I have the leather for the seat and hopefully by next spring it will be done. I'll post pics once it's ready for use.

Here it is with the leather I'll have my friend who has an upholstery business use to make the seat . I'm hoping that there's enough leather to make a pad for the back/it probably will need to have cloth on the back and perhaps sides but it should be nice.

I love quarter sawn oak. I find it has a very masculine feel to it.

I'm sure your chair will be awesome when it's done Roy! My grandmother use to rock on an old oak rocker. She was in it all the time. Wish I'd have hung onto that one.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Million percent.

The reason for quarter cutting oak is to reveal the cross sections of the "rays" which travel outward from the pith. Other woods have these rays, but not like Oak. This box of Toms has huge cross sections of those rays.

It also doesn't warp. My workbench in my garage is 2" quarter sawn oak.

I miss having a sawmill. I also have a bench in my basement that has 4x4" black walnut legs. Also a couple of 2x5" about 6' long boards on the top.

I suppose I should let my wife and kids know so when I die they can tear them apart and sell the wood rather than burning them!

I don't know if anyone would be interested but I added a picture of the chair with the leather that will be used for the seat to my post here.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ml#post1785124

This long weekend is turning out to be pretty productive so far. I won this James Barlow on an eBay auction six or seven months ago. The seller accidentally dropped the razor and broke it as she was packing it for shipping. She showed me some other razors and asked if I would be interested in one of them to keep the sale going and I agreed to another one. She sent the Barlow with it and I finally got around to reshaping the point. As you can see in the close-up picture there was a pretty nasty crack. As I feared I had to chase the crack as I was grinding the point. The vibration from grinding as well as the temperature changes kept pushing the crack a bit further each time I would grind on it. I finally caught up to it with plenty of blade left. I also did a bit of grinding on the heel. Time to get sanding.

Originally Posted by BeJay

This long weekend is turning out to be pretty productive so far. I won this James Barlow on an eBay auction six or seven months ago. The seller accidentally dropped the razor and broke it as she was packing it for shipping. She showed me some other razors and asked if I would be interested in one of them to keep the sale going and I agreed to another one. She sent the Barlow with it and I finally got around to reshaping the point. As you can see in the close-up picture there was a pretty nasty crack. As I feared I had to chase the crack as I was grinding the point. The vibration from grinding as well as the temperature changes kept pushing the crack a bit further each time I would grind on it. I finally caught up to it with plenty of blade left. I also did a bit of grinding on the heel. Time to get sanding.

Nice Work! I really like the point. I was wondering how much length you actually lost after chasing the crack/The 'NEW' length of the blade?

Yesterday I grabbed a random razor from my to do pile. It was a 4/8, makers mark unknown to me (if anyone recognizes it, please let me know) with some small chips toward the nose. As I'm honing, I'm impressed with how slender and dainty the blade is compared to other 4/8's I've honed.
After working out the chips it honed up quite nicely and took a great edge. Upon closing the blade I realized why there were chips, it was closing onto the wedge. I decided to put it at the top of my rescale list and started the work this morning.
Sorry, no before or in process pics, I didn't even think of that. Here are the results and I'll explain the materials after the pic.

Like I said, the blade felt dainty and I wanted the scales to match. A green, transparent popcorn bucket from the dollar store came to hand and a yellow top from an herbal OTC pill bottle was sacrificed for the wedge.
The thinnest scales I've ever made, the material miked in at .05 inch, and everything worked out sweet on it.
Thanks for letting me share, I was really tickled with how well the found materials worked out.