Video not working - at least not for me on iPad. I would love to see it.
Cheers
Arron
Video not working - at least not for me on iPad. I would love to see it.
Cheers
Arron
No idea Arron, not an "I" person, but I know it works on several other computers.
Some extra info I forgot to add, was a lil short on time.
Timber in the pic was a poor defenceless piece of finger joint pine, yes I know that's not suitable, but it was at hand after setting up the feed pinch rollers for testing.
The designed feed rate is 1m/min, the feed rate for the defenceless pine was 2m/min, after seeing the pine erupt into flames with a quick "lets poke this into the end of the now orange inside furnace" i felt it best to run it a full speed.
I have some Box or Gum to try, and maybe some Kwila, but not gotten back to it. I've been slack fitting up a pyrometer to set a known temperature and maybe save some Gas.
Anyways, I thought the surface finish was exactly what I was aiming for. I don't really know, but I imagine the heat the timber is exposed to in the furnace is probably in the ball park for SSB, the traditional Japanese stuff done as three boards in a chimney and it going mental flame wise after only short while, makes me think the furnace approach is suitable. Another reason was that if the boards are cut to length first, the ends also get charred and protected all in one go.
Late to my own party but Mick C thanks so much for adding to the thread.
Your pictures look great and the rig you've constructed makes me jealous!
(the video works for me and it's very inspiring)
The finish in your second picture is great... how robust is the finish?
(I'm guessing not great on pine)
You said for a house you 'almost' built... what happened to the rig in your video?
Did you end up using it for yourself or anyone else?
TC
Hi Aaron, I am looking at the forum in Tapatalk on my iPad and the link works fine for me. It was a bit slow to load which could flummox safariQuote:
Originally Posted by Arron
Cheers
Mark
Hi All, sorry for the tardy reply, seems some alerts never made it through over the xmas break.
Still have the contraption, the furnace is sitting in the shed waiting for me to complete the pyrometer installation, probe fitted but needing the display mounted in a box and some connectors added. Am keen to complete that part of the project and run the hardwood through it rather than the defenseless piece of pine.
No idea on the robustness of the char finish on the pine, have not had a poke or dig at it, kind of didn't cross my mind to be honest, I kind of expected it to be a bit soft and to show bumps and scootches etc, but as suggested, it may very well be much more robust starting with some hardwood.
Long term I'd like to think we could do some cladding for whatever the next house ends up being, be it existing or perhaps a new cabin on a hill, prolly won't be able to help myself, everything will prolly end up covered in Yakisugi :roll: , and there is still the thought of being able to generate some additional pocket money, albeit on a small scale.
Once I get to run it again with the pyrometer working I'll post some more pics of the hardwood and have a quantitative poke at it for robustness for everyone.
Life seems to keep getting in the way of where we'd like to be, trying to sell a house for the last several years in a dead market, other half in and out of hospital for the last 18mths, block of land for the "almost house" up for sale trying to get to a clean and fresh starting point, but we keep crossing our fingers that things will start looking up soonish. :)
Cheers,
Mick.
What a handy little forum this is. I have been keen on Shou Sugi Ban for a while now and just needed a project to give it a go on. I have a small garden seat / screen that I want to use Jarrah battens on and thought this would be a good candidate for Shou Sugi Ban.
Anyway there are always other projects that take priority, but today I grabbed an off cut of Red Gum and hit it with the blow torch to see what happens. It took a while to get the charring to happen but once it warmed up it was a little quicker. I'm very happy with the finish and want the "gatored look", but was planning on asking the forum a few questions tonight about the char rub and the use of Jarrah.
It seems like the leg work has already been done before by TC. I was keen not to have to apply any oil but did want to avoid the char rub. As its just a screen, long term water tightness and durability is not a concern as it would be for a cladding. TC seems to have done a great service and I am heartened by the comment: "But I've discovered that oiled or not, the char rub/run off stops after a few days in the rain or a couple of soaks with a hose so I'm less concerned about that now." I have left my sample out where the screen goes to see what happens until I am ready to kick off the project again.
TC - Reading you posts you seemed to get a little disappointed that there seemed to be little interest at the start. Sometimes with specialty topics they are a long burn (pardon the pun). Your research and willingness to share has provided valuable research for another user a few years later and that is the benefit of this forum. I even know which is the best torch to purchase!
Cheers
Stinky
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It was interesting that this afternoon on the ride home from work I spotted some charred timber in the driveway of a property that is under renovation a block away from home. It seemed to be a commercial product, a softwood by the looks of it. The have clad the western side of an extension. It’s visible from the street so it would be interesting to see how it holds up. I might have a chat to the builder if they are around tomorrow.
Hello All,
Just a quick update for posterity... all of my original samples are still out in the weather and both the jarrah and pine still look fantastic, have remained jet black without any fading or silvering and have zero char rub off.
Water no longer beads on any of them but I'd guess it's been more than 2 years since the tung oil (on the samples that have it) so that's not that surprising.
Unfortunately the recycled jarrah has proven too expensive to have machined into a shiplap profile and "new" jarrah is far too expensive for my budget so I'm currently considering some very nice (and affordable) larch I found via a local supplier. It is imported from overseas which slightly bothers me but the pricing is good and it's a species that's regularly used for SSB overseas so it's my current pick.
I'll update again once have made a final choice and then regularly during construction (which is due to start early 2019).
Stinky - I'm glad the thread has been useful for you... knowledge should be shared and that was always my goal. Congratulations on the seat, it looks great!
TC