Stretched@Birth

Which area? Gauteng, WC, KZN?

Anyone know where I can source wooden pulleys, preferably in Johannesburg?

Delivered this morning, thanks PB [emoji1319]

Before During After Lightly sanded 1st coat Woodoc The reaction with the vinegar/steel wool mix happens quickly. Quite cool to see, can get the same effect with stain though.

Messing around with steel wool, vinegar and bleach to get the weathered timber look... "Old" wood on top, new at the bottom. Quite interesting to see the reaction on wood. Will do some before, during and after photos when I do the top I'm busy with for a friend.

I had that fork on my bike, nice "give" but the steering was a bit vague, replaced it with a carbon Ritchey which instills a lot more confidence in the corners.

Nice work Sniffie!

Job done:

I'm going for the used, "distressed" look, so I've rounded the edges with the sander, to take the sharp edge off, was going to do it with the router, but that's too uniform.

Making progress on the table, mistakes have been made, and lessons learnt, but I'm happy with the outcome so far. Spreader to be done, final sanding, and then time to stain and seal!

I'm still trying to find Waldo...

Edit - Double Post

[emoji45] Glued, screwed and biscuits in. Also braced across the bottom, and doing breadboards tonight, so hopefully will be ok... I've learnt something new, thanks.

Ja, that's solid, my top's not going to be that solid, it's 32 thick, planed some 38x152's to 32 and took 7mm off the sides to get a straight edge, so they're 145 wide x 8 is 1160 wide. Still need to add the breadboards, then it will be 2390 long.

Woohoo, been a member since May 2010, finally, I can go and sell something in the classifieds! #rouxtjierules #1000posts

Huh, not sure my dumb brain can work out what you're asking... I wanted the legs to be square, and could not get anything near a 140 x 140 single piece, so took 2 x 76 x 152's, cut and planed to 70 x 140, which when laminated comes to 140 x 140. The glue should be plenty strong enough (the surface area glued is big and the actual lap joint is also glued), but I also plan to bolt the spreader to the middle of the X, which will hold it together, just undecided how I'm going to make the spreader, may be 50mm pipe, though I'd like a big (read BIG) turnbuckle, like this:

Made these: To join these: For this: The table is slowly taking shape, used a biscuit jointer, pocket holes and glue, finished half of the top when I ran out of screws and clamps, will carry on tomorrow.

Agree with you there, I think that they wanted to show their product and abilities (they manufacture roof trusses), it's in front of their reception. When they do mine, I'll probably have plates cut and powder coated to bolt the trusses together.

The below pics show some of the complexity of the design. The king post sits on the top of the arch, not sure though if you'd straighten out the arch if it would line up with the "top" sides.

One of our customers built these trusses for a carport at their factory, when the cash flow allows, they are going to do a similar design for my to be built entertainment area at home.

Will put 2 hooks in the ceiling to hook the cable to. If I were to make another, I'd split the power wire, live up one side, neutral up the other and then hang it from the wire.

My latest "quick" project, my wife wants more light above the counter in the kitchen: Hung temporarily in the garage to test how hot the globes get, temp seems ok.

You were supposed to remind me...

Glued, clamped and sanded, now to begin with the top. Table is going to be heavy!