Its a limed white colour technique that works well with white pigment stain. Surface preparation needs to be artistically rough in places so that the...
I'm going to assume seen both sides. Lean a batch of them them at an angle against a wall or similar vertical surface. Coat one side and the top end...
The one I made in this style but a bit larger weighed about 330kg from memory. It was made out of sawn messmate veneer on a plywood core. Search out...
Worked with timber for the past 40 years. Still use some of my fathers tools and a vise that my blacksmith grandfather hand forged. I live in Tasmania which is the island in the south of Australia. I have a grazing property at the edge of civilisation which is as close to a city or town that I am prepared to live...
I completed a 7000 square foot Georgian renovation and extension in the hills behind Adelaide South Australia recently. My scope of work was all timberwork, joinery and furnishing. It took two and a half years.
Late 2016 I returned to the dark side and took up a senior role at a CNC engineering shop back in Tasmania. It is a challenging role dealing with special steels and global markets.
In my own workshop I work with all timbers but especially love the few Australian conifers - they are all ancient, fine grained and aromatic. Huon Pine and Celerytop Pine are the best - both timbers are beautiful to work with and turn.
Updated 10 June 2017
Location:
Tasmania
Interests:
The farm with its menagerie of goats, geese, wombats, wallabies and possums. Sadly the Tasmanian Devils have died out and I am still watching for the thought to be extinct Thylacine
Occupation:
Executive, CNC engineering
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