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Juniper Table Restoration #4: Test Teak oil for finish...Thoughts??
I forgot to consider the temperatures in my garage this winter and wound up freezing my half full containers of Minwax Tung oil and polycrylic. I managed to save the polycrylic by putting the container...
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Juniper free form bowl #1: Rough shape
Special thanks to the inspiration I found from lumberjock Scott Shangraws projects. (http://lumberjocks.com/shangrila) I started with a half round chunk of juniper fire wood. A few hours of carving...
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Juniper free form bowl #2: Inlays
Well, many hours with a pair of tweezers and half a dozen tubes of super glue, and the inlays are about done. Just as I was starting to sand down the last inlay, this piece of wood apparently wasn’t...
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Hollow Juniper Stump End Table #5: Switching gears
Well, after a few months with this project in the back corner of my “to do” list, I’ve decided to finally get it done and also to rethink the curved top. I didn’t like the look of my mock up piece, and...
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Juniper Root Project #1: Harvest
Well, this should keep me busy for a while. I cant wait to get started on this!! Lots of pressure washing, which means waiting for a warm day, and then LOTS of grinding and sanding. I should probably...
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Juniper free form bowl #3: Finish and begin again!
This first bowl came out really nice and was a lot of fun to build. Took forever though, about 20hours of work. Project link with more pics. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/66058 Here is the start to...
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #1: Shaped and sanded
My mom bought a simple 2×4 picnic table a few years ago and the top has not held up well. The boards are twisted and warped, and I thought it would be a good “test” subject for a new top using an idea...
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #2: Test top done, now for the custom table
Well, all the great compliments from the replacement top (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/68932) have helped inspire me to keep my motivation up to build a full custom table. So I intend to keep in...
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #3: Shaping and sanding--surprise bullet found
As I was working on the sculpted top, I found a bullet that I somehow milled in half with my chainsaw. I’m sure that was pretty hard on my chain at the time as the jacket of the bullet is still...
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #4: Frame assembly
I was struggling with how I wanted to build the frame for this table when it occurred to me that I had a whole pile of cut offs that are left over from the outside of the logs after milling out boards....
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #5: Almost done!!
This project is really finishing nicely. I just need to mill out boards for the benches, and add some center supports to flatten out the top a little better. Very happy with it so far. I started...
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Planed juniper cut offs #1: Attn. Box makers or small board projects????
I will have quite a bit of cut off scraps from some nice juniper lumber. It has been dry for about 14yrs. They are planed to about 5/8” thick, and will be anywhere from 6” to 20” long. I was thinking...
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Sculpted Juniper picnic table #6: Last pics before its a finished project!!
Well, its all together and ALMOST finished…..I ran out of teak oil before I could step back and say “DONE”, and all the stores were closed by this time. I’ll have to finish it up tonight. This will be...
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Juniper "Ribbon" table #1: Rough shape...from limb to art!
I say this with every project, and I’ll say it again with this one….this is my favorite!! This table is going to stretch my sculpting skills to new limits. I am going to try sculpt the top of this...
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Juniper "Ribbon" table #2: Progress photos
Here is what I got done last night. The top is very close to done being sculpted down into the base, and the “ribbon” sculpting is looking pretty cool. Its a pretty stable table already, not much more...
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Juniper "Ribbon" table #3: More rough shaping progress
Lots of grinding done,.....lots of grinding to go!!
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Evolution of a stump: From natures sculpture to mine. #1: From Tree to stump
My uncle was needing to expand his horse pasture, and thankfully I just happened to be there the day he was going to push this old tree down with a tractor and throw it in a slash pile. Just an ugly...
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Evolution of a stump: From natures sculpture to mine. #2: Sanding, burning,...
Working through the grits of sandpaper is important. I feel like I could utilize some advantage if I included a couple more “in between grits” from my typical strategy, but sandpaper costs a lot!!! I...
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Evolution of a stump: From natures sculpture to mine. #3: Turquoise and...
Progress on the stump is going well. For the past week, every evening rather than working out in the cold shop, I have had a comfortable seat on the couch inlaying turquoise and copper. At first I only...
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Evolution of a stump: From natures sculpture to mine. #4: Finished!!
To see finished pics of this build see my projects page: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/78209
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