[shifu]

I remember reading about a child-parent workshop in Bangalore for getting started with woodworking. I thought I had read it on this thread, but I searched all the 14 pages and didn't find it now.

Anybody has some ideas around this? My idea is to join my 11 year old son in making something out of wood that gives him a sense of achievement. I came across Kydo.in, but not sure how good/bad this is. Any leads will be welcome!

[d.w.w.]

Originally Posted by shifu

Anybody has some ideas around this? My idea is to join my 11 year old son in making something out of wood that gives him a sense of achievement. I came across Kydo.in, but not sure how good/bad this is. Any leads will be welcome!

If you are in Bangalore, you can contact Mr. Anil @ https://permanentobjects.com/. He has a training program designed for kids named Training the hand. I think the class is on weekends. I personally know Anil and will highly recommend him. (no business interests)

[Rehaan]

Maybe most of you knew this, or were always confused about this (like I was)... but this fantastic 1-minute video cleared this age-old question up beautifully:

How fine to sand?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOU7gxL_pk

Really great channel - worth a subscribe!

[GutsyGibbon]

Here is a weekend project for which I got paid. A big sliding door, 8ft by 5ft. Writing software and getting paid, feels routine, hardly exciting. With this much sweat invested in this project, it felt great to be paid It was for a good friend, nonetheless.

[GutsyGibbon]

Made a computer desk for my daughter. This one proved to be a challenge as the requirements kept changing. She wanted the desk higher so that she could cross her legs, but not too high that it's uncomfortable to use the keyboard. I had to cancel the plan to add a keyboard tray, and call it DONE.

[d.w.w.]

Got an opportunity to make this custom chess set based on the original design by Nihal Aarons. Nihal did the complete 3D design and I was provided with 3D drawings of the board and pieces, my job was to create the real stuff out of wood. This was a very tough one to make given the details on the chess pieces and their size. The board is just 30*30 cm and the height of the pieces range from 6 to 10 cm and diameters from 2 to 3.5 cm. A wide variety of skills were used in the process including hand carving, power carving, wood turning and scrolling. Dark shades are made from teak and the light ones from white ash.

3D render of the concept



and the final product



Can be fixed on the wall as a display piece too



The pieces on display




Close up of some pieces.






And one last pic.

[deathwalkr]

WOW! That looks brilliant. Got pics/vids of WIP?

[d.w.w.]

Originally Posted by deathwalkr

WOW! That looks brilliant. Got pics/vids of WIP?

Thanks! I do not record the work to save time. Not much in to content creation and my social media reach is very limited, so 99% of the time I wont record.

Have some WIP images that I clicked to share with the people involved, sharing the pics.

Demo pieces for color selection. From left to right - Rosewood(Eety), White ash and Teak. Client picked brown and white pieces.



The hardest one to make was the queen. It took 3 attempts to build the perfect one.


Board after fixing all the individual 64 pieces on base


After completing the darker pieces. You can aslo see the board pattern at the base. The pattern is used to cut out the individual pieces






The lathe




The queen's crown in progress.

[deathwalkr]

Thanks for the pics. Something about wood working that seems peaceful

[pepega]

This looks fantastic! You are really quite skilled to be able to do this. Do you have professional experience with woodworking or are you more a hobbyist?

I also wonder if you could sell this, I bet a handmade wooden chess set would fetch a decent price.

[xsrahul]

Wow beautiful. Handmade is eternal.

Can I order one from you too. Pls PM me the details

[d.w.w.]

Originally Posted by pepega

This looks fantastic! You are really quite skilled to be able to do this. Do you have professional experience with woodworking or are you more a hobbyist?

I also wonder if you could sell this, I bet a handmade wooden chess set would fetch a decent price.

Thanks. I am a hobbyist and don't have any professional experience.

Handmade market in India is very limited from my experience. Unless you are dealing with people who know what handmade is, how much it costs and appreciate handmade it is a tough job to sell something of this sort. Anyway this was a commission, so never had to worry about the selling part.

Originally Posted by xsrahul

Wow beautiful. Handmade is eternal.

Can I order one from you too. Pls PM me the details

Thanks. And sorry to disappoint you here, this design as I understand is tailor made for someone keeping in mind their requirements and drawing inspirations from their favorite artist and will be one of a kind. I don't have rights over the design and cant replicate.

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by d.w.w.

And sorry to disappoint you here, this design as I understand is tailor made for someone keeping in mind their requirements and drawing inspirations from their favorite artist and will be one of a kind. I don't have rights over the design and cant replicate.

I liked your work very much.

But the ethics that accompanies the work - as evident in the above lines - deserves the highest level of respect.

Kudos.

.

[JithinR]

Need advice from experienced folks here on how to go about polishing finished pieces.

Dad had to cut down a tree that was dead on our property and we asked a carpenter to use the teak wood to build a small stool and large shoe rack.

The stool will be used inside the house and the shoe rack will be placed in the veranda outside. It's not going to be exposed to direct sunlight or rain.

I wanted to do the polishing on my own since labor rates here are ridiculous and quality of work sub par (had to ask the last guy to revisit twice to finish polishing a piece).

Videos online are not very well organized but I am thinking of following the process below:

1. Sand the piece down with 110.
2. Use wood filler to cover up the screw holes and joints and sand the piece again with 320 grit.
3. Apply a sanding sealer and sand in between coats.
4. Apply the polish and sand in between coats.

I am thinking of using a lacquer polish for the stool but unsure of what would be suitable for the shoe rack since it's outside.

Does the process described make sense? Workers here don't seem to apply the sealer at all but most online guides show it.

[d.w.w.]

Originally Posted by JithinR

Does the process described make sense? Workers here don't seem to apply the sealer at all but most online guides show it.

The usual process is to start with grit 80,120,180 and 220.Sanding sealers can be used to bring out a heavy gloss/smooth surface, but it is not mandatory. If you are using sealer, you have to sand between coats with grits 180 or 220. The more coats you apply, the more smooth the finish. When you are done you can apply the final coat of lacquer. Make sure you use NC thinner for diluting the sander/PU and not the cheap white turpentine.

Now the above finish doesn't apply to outdoors. Anything that is finished with PU and left outside will not survive the hot sun. The paint starts to peel off and will look dirty. The only way is to use enamel paint on wooden items that is exposed to rain/sun. I know this will hide the underlying teak and its beautiful grains, but this is the only way out.