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·If it folded enough it might be art now
Brilliant! That is all it is good for actually.
I am a lumberjack and I am OK!
Brilliant! That is all it is good for actually.
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styggpyggeno1
·That bathtub would pop a lot better if you hit that cube piece of wood with a sander.
Start at 40 grit and up to 240 grit.
Few coats of Danish oil. (Should be easy to get Danish oil around your neck of the woods)
(Remember the sandpaper rule)
As a general rule of thumb, you should never skip more than one grit size or you will not remove the scratches made by the coarser grit.
So 40, 80,120, 180, 240
Otherwise that cube will crack like a walnut if it’s in a room where you have heating in winter
I agree and have tried to convince my wife of this (making it nicer). She will not have it. She wants it to look rough - as the tub.
I have actually had that piece of wood for two years. First in a dry ventilated naturally tempered place and one year in a controlled heated area. I have the whole tree. Bought it from a neighbour to make really broad planks for a long term project I have. When retired I will build a new kitchen myself and use this wood for the floor and the workbenches. The planks are stored accordingly.
I still have some of the planks stored for outside use - can be seen in this picture. Contemplating making a "round a tree-bench" (do not know the English word for it).
Left corner:
Edit - she does have a special taste for rust and rough pieces of art. One might say that I am somewhat glad for this...
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorContemplating making a "round a tree-bench" (do not know the English word for it).
Just a “round a tree bench” in English 😉
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RLF13430
·Personally, I have chainsaw skill envy. Best I ever came up with is really nice fire wood. Congrats!
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·Edit - she does have a special taste for rust and rough pieces of art. One might say that I am somewhat glad for this...
That's awesome!
The crushed tub on its pedestal would look great on the floor in front of the drip. Turn them into something new again.
Very cool.
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timoss
·That bathtub would pop a lot better if you hit that cube piece of wood with a sander.
Start at 40 grit and up to 240 grit.
Few coats of Danish oil. (Should be easy to get Danish oil around your neck of the woods)
(Remember the sandpaper rule)
As a general rule of thumb, you should never skip more than one grit size or you will not remove the scratches made by the coarser grit.
So 40, 80,120, 180, 240
Otherwise that cube will crack like a walnut if it’s in a room where you have heating in winter
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Geezer
·I like the watch.
I like the art.
I like the white dress shirt with chainsaw action.
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I like the art.
I like the white dress shirt with chainsaw action.
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·Thanks!
I use all my watches for what they are up for. I would not use any of my vintage Constellations in this situation but a five digit GMT II needs no pampering - spare parts readily available.
My wife has a good eye for using steel and rust as art. The glass drip above came as just the drip with its hanger. She added the rusty plate as a back ground. The steel slate was found in a neighbours scrap heap. He, of course, was surprised she wanted it. Here is a picture of a home staging she did for a close friend when an apartement was going for sale:
Funny thing - the buyers of the apartment wanted the corrugated slabs to stay in the flat. She refused without hesitation. They are her favourite slabs... As mentioned earlier I am personally thankful for her being fond of old and battered things - I am only getting better with age ;-)
White dress shirts are eventually retired... When the left cuff gets tired (the watches are at fault) they first become rough work shirts and in the end they end up as rags in the hobby workshop. The one in the chain saw massacre though is not one of those. I never have front pockets on my dress shirts... Blasfemy!
I use all my watches for what they are up for. I would not use any of my vintage Constellations in this situation but a five digit GMT II needs no pampering - spare parts readily available.
My wife has a good eye for using steel and rust as art. The glass drip above came as just the drip with its hanger. She added the rusty plate as a back ground. The steel slate was found in a neighbours scrap heap. He, of course, was surprised she wanted it. Here is a picture of a home staging she did for a close friend when an apartement was going for sale:
Funny thing - the buyers of the apartment wanted the corrugated slabs to stay in the flat. She refused without hesitation. They are her favourite slabs... As mentioned earlier I am personally thankful for her being fond of old and battered things - I am only getting better with age ;-)
White dress shirts are eventually retired... When the left cuff gets tired (the watches are at fault) they first become rough work shirts and in the end they end up as rags in the hobby workshop. The one in the chain saw massacre though is not one of those. I never have front pockets on my dress shirts... Blasfemy!
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·I think your wife has great taste in art. The glass drip was particularly impressive.
My first thought was a belt sander and some stain, but I think your wife is right (and that will save you a ton of work).
My first thought was a belt sander and some stain, but I think your wife is right (and that will save you a ton of work).
