Sunday Round Table Jabber - Sunday evening all welcome

These links are specifically because Matt asked for them:

Firstly the fibre wheels for a bench grinder. I have bought 200mm and 150mm discs in the past. I think the higher numbers are the hardest compounds (P9 is harder than P5).

3"-12" inch Nylon Fiber Polishing Buffing Wheel Abrasive Pad for Metal 5P/7P/9P | eBay

Sometimes objects are not convenient to take to a bench grinder so for those occasions I use a 100mm disc on an angle grinder

4 Inch Nylon Fiber Polishing Buffing Wheel Pad Disc For Angle Grinder 5/10/20Pcs | eBay

I am not particularly recommending this seller one way or the other, although I have bought from them and been pleased with the purchase and you should do your own research for price and quantities. This link was the first I turned up located in Australia:

200mm Nylon Fiber Polishing Wheel Sanding Buffing Disc Abrasive 4894817021947 | eBay

This listing says each but it is each of five pieces :shrug:.

5x Nylon Fiber Wheel Abrasive Polishing Buffing Disc Pad Angle Grinder Practical | eBay

With the angle grinder packs a quantity of ten seems to be the most economical way without going for a truck load. Watch carefully to check what you are buying.

Regards
Paul

Sunday is hear again the end of the Week.

That means Sunday Night Jabber is yet once again.

All welcome, if your a member on this fine forum your welcome to join us.
It is a BYO gathering.

Tomorrow’s hot to trot subject matter(Not that we stick to it,but we do try)
Drum roll Please,
Is everyone’s favourite subject matter material.

SANDPAPER


Start Time 7.30 ish AEST
That means those in Melbourne, Victoria ,Australia Earth ,we start at 7,30 Pm ish time, for those who live elsewhere ,I’m sure you can work out what time to join us because I can’t due to my forum name.

The Get together is held using Skype,you are able to join in by just joining as a Guest.

Https://join.skype.com/u73k1kv4B1UL


See Ya 7.30 ish Matt

The links i was jabbering on about,
We had a little digression an ended up talking belt grinders an knife making.

If you want to watch a modern craftsman I highly recommend this channel, I’m not a knife maker, but !!!!!!

I Made My First Sword - YouTube

An Doug just for you,
Building A Hot Rod Belt Sander. 103 MPH - YouTube



Cheers Matt.

Matt nominated me to set the topic (assuming that we stick with it) for tonight's virtual GTG.

I thought about chainsaws, sharpening, finishes, etc, all that boring stuff we have done over and over and thought we need something different.

As you get older, what changes have you made in your woodworking (techniques, equipment, shed layout, material selection, type of projects, etc) so that you can continue your hobby and maintain as much capability as you can as you progressively become less able to rely on brute strength, keen young eyesight and any other attributes we all begin to lose as the years wear us down.

It is a subject that occasionally comes up incidentally but how about a chat where we can all talk about what worked, or not worked, for us. For the younger members it would be an opportunity to find out what is in your future and allow you to start planning early so that the impact is less.

See you all at 7.30 Melbourne time.

That’s easy I got Reading Glasses,[emoji6][emoji6][emoji41].

See ya tonight.

Cheers Matt.

As promised, some will love this some will hate it.

Fleets Wood Shop Tour -- (Best part of the shop tour starts @ 12min mark.) (YOU'LL LOVE IT!) - YouTube

An the Catering Bench Conversion

SHOP WORK BENCH WITH STAINLESS STEEL TOP - YouTube

Cheers Matt.

It is nearly that time of the week and it was left to me to suggest the topic for tonight. Apologies for the late notification, but for this eveing I am suggesting that we discus the use we make of patterns and jigs, particularly for repetetive work.

As usual everybody is welcome to attend and we would like to see some new blood with probably some new ideas. This is the link to attend and it is easiest to "join as a guest." It may just ask for a name.

https://join.skype.com/u73k1kv4B1UL

Starting time tonight is 7.30pm (AEST) and we usually run for up to an hour. If the timing does not exactly suit you can sign in late or leave early. Several of us are often finishing tea or enjoying a drink of some sort, but I don't want to mention any names and for myself I wish to plead the 5th! It is very casual. :)

See you all then.

Regards
Paul

Any talk, on any variety of Saws this evening, is strictly Prohibited under section 4, line 17898765 of the requirements to chat thingy, that i have in a security vault in some country somewhere.

Cheers Matt.

What about axes?

Good discussion tonight.

This is the Red Blue chair by Gerrit Rietveld first made in 1917 in plain timber (also slightly thicker dimesions)and painted in the iconic colours around 1923 after Rietveld joined the movement De Stijl (not the chainsaw manufacturer).It was intended as a budget chair for the masses, but became more of a cult item. The red and blue seat and back are painted plywood while the structural components are hardwood (ironbark on my chairs) stained black and varnished.

Red and Blue Chair - Wikipedia

This is one of the two I made (this chair has a couple of thin foam cushions, which were not intended by Rietveld):

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The novel I referenced was:

Holding the Zero – Gerald Seymour

I don't think the military experts will be disappointed with this book. For those that were not at the Jabber, the subject of rifles came up as I have been asked to make a replacement gunstock for an old 1960s single shot rifle, the name of which I still have to obtain from the owner. I was chasing ideas of how to form the deep, tapered groove that accepts the rifle barrel.

Regards
Paul

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Really like your chair, Paul. Has the exuberance of the post-modern genre, but the design is over 100 years old. The original is an antique!

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There are a few "originals" still floating around. One example sold in 2011 made > $10,000! I'm not expecting that much if I sold mine :rolleyes: . I am fairly certain that a number of companies make reproduction items. I think people either love it or hate it with very little middle ground. I find it quite comfortable, but SWMBO did make up the cushions for me, being somebody with little natural padding and less of a hardarse than Rietveld may have imagined. With the cushions I can sit in it for significant periods of time. Although in pictures it may seem large, it is actually quite a small chair.

My two chairs were originally made for our son and daughter. The daughter's ex partner did not like the chair so we got that one back and the son is in Norway so we are "minding" his chair too.

Regards
Paul

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Rietveld in the original

Saw his 1934 zig zag chair in the excellent chair collection at Design Museum in Denmark. The zig zag chair doesn't look very comfortable or inviting, and I wondered about its structural integrity, but I expect by then he would have got that right...

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Saw his 1934 zig zag chair in the excellent chair collection at Design Museum in Denmark. The zig zag chair doesn't look very comfortable or inviting, and I wondered about its structural integrity, but I expect by then he would have got that right...

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Thanks Neil

I hadn't seen that pic of Rietveld in the original chair. It also looks as though there are additional components at the side and beneath, which were discarded in the production models. I agree about the Zig Zag chair. I think that was more about aesthetics than comfort. If it was made in steel the structural integrity would have been guaranteed, but in timber with minimal reinforcing I am not sure I would have sat down hard on it!

Regards
Paul

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Christies sold a set of six zig zag chairs in elm with brass bolts on 3 November 2015 for £28,750 - about Au$63,000 with buyers premium.
GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)

The accute mitres seem to be reinforced by the brass bolts and there is cross-bracing behind each such mitre. Like Paul and Neil, I am wary of the engineering - it looks like it was designed to fold. And its not available at Ikea!