Re: Coffee Table Project
Very nice Dexter. Ive not tried the fuming process before but have read up on it a lot in the past. Thanks for sharing. C.A.G. - Original Message - From: Dexter Bland dexterbl...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Coffee Table Project Reading Andy's story about the finishing of his large slab inspired me to post these pictures. My project did utilize the mill a good bit but not in a noticeable way since the design is patterned after some Stickley furnature pictures the customer provided me. All the mortise and tendon joints were done on the Legacy. The tendens were fine tuned with a chistle however to get the final fit. The spindles on the end of the tables have the ends turned to insert into the streacher pieces and were pinned with a brad nailer to keep them from turning. The tables were made from quarter sawn white oak and the finish color was obtained by fuming with ammonia and water sealed. The fuming process is done just by enclosing the items in a sealed area with a liquid ammonia solution. The longer you leave the wood exposed to the fumes, the darker the color. These pieces were fumed for about 12 hours. Some people build poly tents around the item and fume them that way. To do all five pieces that I made at the same time, I used a small U-haul trailer with a good rubber seal to provide the containment. The fuming really brings out the rays in the wood. The photos don't really show how much the grain stands out. -- Dexter Bland All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
Re: Coffee Table Project
Hi Dexter, I missed the part about fuming and went straight to the photos. The first thing I picked up on was the fleck in the oak. Then when I went back and read the description and it made sense why it popped so much. I really appreciate you sharing it with the group. -Tim - Original Message - From: Dexter Bland dexterbl...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:38 PM Subject: Coffee Table Project The tables were made from quarter sawn white oak and the finish color was obtained by fuming with ammonia and water sealed. The fuming process is done just by enclosing the items in a sealed area with a liquid ammonia solution. The longer you leave the wood exposed to the fumes, the darker the color. These pieces were fumed for about 12 hours. Some people build poly tents around the item and fume them that way. To do all five pieces that I made at the same time, I used a small U-haul trailer with a good rubber seal to provide the containment. The fuming really brings out the rays in the wood. The photos don't really show how much the grain stands out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
Re: Coffee Table Project
Very nice work On Thursday, June 14, 2012, Dexter Bland wrote: Reading Andy's story about the finishing of his large slab inspired me to post these pictures. My project did utilize the mill a good bit but not in a noticeable way since the design is patterned after some Stickley furnature pictures the customer provided me. All the mortise and tendon joints were done on the Legacy. The tendens were fine tuned with a chistle however to get the final fit. The spindles on the end of the tables have the ends turned to insert into the streacher pieces and were pinned with a brad nailer to keep them from turning. The tables were made from quarter sawn white oak and the finish color was obtained by fuming with ammonia and water sealed. The fuming process is done just by enclosing the items in a sealed area with a liquid ammonia solution. The longer you leave the wood exposed to th fumes, the darker the color. These pieces were fumed for about 12 hours. Some people build poly tents around the item and fume them that way. To do all five pieces that I made at the same time, I used a small U-haul trailer with a good rubber seal to provide the containment. The fuming really brings out the rays in the wood. The photos don't really show how much the grain stands out. -- Dexter Bland All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com javascript:;. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com javascript:;. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
Re: Coffee Table Project
For those who are thinking of doing some fuming, I would suggest the u-haul trailer method for two reasons. One, it gets the smell away from your shop. For those who use the garage that is attached to your house as a shop, this would be a must. Second, it would be difficult to seal in the ammonia with plastic sheeting. The strong solution will really make your eyes burn if exposed for very long. If you have multiple pieces to do, it really is less expensive to rent a trailer than buy all the plastic sheeting and build a frame to put in on. The other thing to consider is if you have multiple pieces, you need them to be exposed the same length of time so they will be the same color. I'm not sure if temperature or moisture level changes the chemical reaction of the wood with the ammonia like when you pickle stain something, so doing all pieces at the same time in the same conditions is important. Dexter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/legacy-ornamental-mills/-/VbiQNnbWdH8J. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
