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Old 24-12-2014, 02:19 PM
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Not a Nicholas Dattner piece,but some recycled timber into furniture.

Had these bits of Hoop Pine laying around the shed for decades,time for a good clean up this year,and threw/sold heaps of rubbish away.

But had these big boards from old post office,and made some side for a nice chest of draws.

Its 60 cm deep,and 65 cm wide,and quite tall.Very solid,and the deep draws can store my heavy sand bag rests for shooting,the thinner draws on top can store lots of little things.

The top is solid and some work on smaller jobs can be carried out.All timber came out of my old sheds,been there for years.I lashed out on handles they cost $9 each,the most expensive part.(see images of finished item,and in construction)

Just finished putting handles on today.Nothing super fancy,but solid and robust and good enough for shed office or observatory.
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Old 24-12-2014, 02:37 PM
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really lovely
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Old 24-12-2014, 02:46 PM
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really lovely
Thanks Niko!

Yes,was pleased hoe it turned out,will have to keep a close eye on it,the woman folk are eyeing it of!

I kinda got the idea for design,from pieces in 'Loot' shop,but up sized it a bit,and the strength too.
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Old 24-12-2014, 03:19 PM
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I have some very well aged river red gum but need to hone my skills before starting on that.

Have a floating TV cabinet, set of shelves and a church pew style seat currently on the books.

Amazing what you can achieve with a hardwood pallet and a thicknesser. A couple of tables I did recently (the bluey coloured resin glows in the dark!)

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Old 24-12-2014, 04:13 PM
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Fine looking work. I am a fan of the Dattner Furniture and bought several pieces while in Australia that we still love and cherish.

Great to see him mentioned in a thread...it reminds us of "Home" every time we sit at the table.
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Old 24-12-2014, 05:49 PM
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Fine job indeed Chris, looks solid as a rock, well done mate.

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Old 24-12-2014, 07:05 PM
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Well done indeed !

Many years ago I got into woodworking in big way but after 7 years went cold turkey after realising how much time was going into it. These days happy to buy the odd piece, knowing very well what goes into making them. Modern tools are a blessing, too.
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Old 25-12-2014, 09:13 PM
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Thanks Leon and Scott,and others.

Yes,Scott,the ND pieces are great,good to see someone knew what I was referring to. I am looking at building a ND style table in PNG rosewood 2.4 m long by 1.1 m wide,always like his refectory style tables,as if they had Henry the VIII in mind when he made them.

Yes,Leon the chest is very solid,will make some other pieces in this style,got a few more old extra wide hoop pine boards in shed,may as well make something for me out of them,than thinking,one day....... one day,we all run out of days!
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Ah yes I remember ND used to have a display and shop in Bridge Rd, Glebe. ND used to have a glorious sideboard in redgum and silver ash that I adored but at over $10k I refrained. There's a company called Wildwood which made a few copies at less than half the price, and some of the other pieces they have were clearly inspired by ND ones. Pretty sure the owner of Wildwood knows Dattner, by the way.

WW also do recycled timber furniture, we have a couple of their pieces and I love them as they're not too "perfect", for example a coffee table made from old fence palings, which I use to display orchids when they're blooming.
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Old 25-12-2014, 10:50 PM
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Well done Chris. I was just looking at your photos on the woodwork forum

It seems we may have met before

So does astronomy come first or woodwork? Or like me do you alternate between the two?

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Old 26-12-2014, 10:55 AM
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Nicholas Dattner now owns a hotel in Castlemaine, Central Victoria. The New Northern has be totally renovated and is beautiful.
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Old 26-12-2014, 02:56 PM
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Nice work Chris.
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Old 26-12-2014, 02:59 PM
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Well done Chris. I was just looking at your photos on the woodwork forum

It seems we may have met before

So does astronomy come first or woodwork? Or like me do you alternate between the two?

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Do many things,not sure which comes first.

Woodwork,Astronomy,Fishing,Trapping ,metal detecting,photography,bush walking just a few things I do.
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Old 26-12-2014, 03:02 PM
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Nice finishing on the edges.

Did you use a router? One of my favourite tools in the shed.
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Old 26-12-2014, 03:07 PM
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Nice finishing on the edges.

Did you use a router? One of my favourite tools in the shed.
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Yes, router used,basic round over edge. Love the router too!

The under moulding was from old house getting knocked down in Caloundra,scrounged a few lengths 15 years ago.Scrapped the paint off.
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