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TREE BENCH RENOVATION

January 9th 20025

This is a two parts of a four part bench before and after renovation. It is split to enable the bench to go aroung a tree. This is being renovated by the men's shed members.




TOY CHEST

January 16th 20025

Mick Mallett took on renovation of this toy chest, It came in a tired state, the lid was off its hinges and broken, the main casket was ina bit of disrepair. Mike set to repairing the parts that were broken and made parts for the lid before finally giving it a couple of coats of woodstain varnish then replaced the iron work to finish the look. Once this was completed it was sold as a donation to the men's shed.






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Tony Atherton Projects

January 16th 20025


Preparation:

The images show the two trees that we took down in our front garden. One was a large Birch Tree and the other a medium size Cherry tree.

I planked the timber using an Alaskan Saw Mill frame which is basically a frame to hold a chain saw horizontally and cut adjustable size flat planks. I cut the trunks to various thicknesses for different purposes.
The third photo shows the fresh cut planks of the Cherry. The Birch was too wide so I had to wait until I could borrow a 36 inch chainsaw for the job. The planks were then stacked and racked in my garage for 2 years to dry out and season.






My first project:

A bookcase made out of the cherry wood. Despite being stacked carefully and evenly on spacers, the wood did bow quite a lot. I was able to get relatively flattish planks by using the AMS thicknesser. A really handy tool which brings up an almost sanded finish. The initial design had to be adapted to accommodate the different widths and lengths of the wood and trying to use the most attractive wood features and natural waney edge at the front.
At various stages I learned to use different tools available at AMS and was grateful for the input, assistance and advice from a number of fellow shedders but in particular the construction help and the iteractive design input from Gordon Robertson.






The second project was a rustic garden bench. I had two large, thick planks of Birch which I had cut especially for the purpose when the tree came down. The wood was too wide to go through the thicknesser so the uneven surface had to be smoothed down using a hand planer which did a good job but left tool grooves on the surface. This was repaired by using a hand belt sander and then finer grained sanding to bring up the nice smooth finish. The legs were purchased pre-made from E-Bay and painted with hammerite green metallic paint. Following discussions with fellow shedders, I opted for a Danish Oil finish rather than varnish which can easily be reapplied once a year.




The final project was a small sofa table from a piece of the Birch tree with beautiful knot markings. The wood was first put through the thicknesser followed by various grades of sanding. I decided to keep part of the bark features on the sides of the plank. I used a coloured resin to fill the cracks in the bark so I had an even surface. And then Danish oil to bring out the colour in the wood. As this table will be used to put coffee cups and wine glasses on it, I finished it off with a coat of Ronseal epoxy resin. This gives a lovely glossy finish and so far has proved to be resistant to cup marks and stains.



I would like to thank my fellow AMS shedders for the advice, suggestions, assistance and instructions on using new tools and the general banter while I was working on these projects. Next up is a small coffee table in Birch wood.



Tony Atherton


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