Member postings for Matt Wilkes

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Thread: Brian's Walnut & glass TV stand

25/11/2009 16:53:06

Brian,

Lovely piece of craftmanship. Is this an oiled finish ?

Just used Balck Walnut for the first time. Gives an excellent contrast to the range of oaks available too.

Matt

Thread: Matt's 2nd Advent Wreath

25/11/2009 12:36:40

Marc,

Natural danish oil.

Needs a couple more coats and i'm also waiting for a brass dish for the large candle

Matt

Thread: Matt's Flag stand

17/11/2009 12:05:24

Marc,

Only just seen the posting, sorry for the late reposne.

The main stand is made from english oak and the box from recycled english oak floorboards.

Finish is a simple ronseal hardglaze gloss (4 coats) as this needs to be transported frequently

Hope this helps

Matt

Thread: Christmas Wreath

17/11/2009 11:59:00

Gentlemen,

The main base and ring are from recycled english oak floor boards (excellent source), the support wings are in canadian maple and the brass is made from......brass !

The loose tongues are indeed in Sapele.

Joints formed on table saw to get grooves and each tongue made to fit.

A couple of novel jigs later and all grooves made in upper ring and base for the suport wings.

Advent Wreath 2 now in the making and progress photos have been uploaded onto the forum

Thanks,

Matt

Thread: Matt's Advent Wreath

10/11/2009 16:48:26

Guys,

Thanks for the comments. The piece was collected last evening by the salvation army officer for Enfield.

The candles being used are three purple ones, one pink one and a large white one in the middle.

I now have a commission from my wife to produce a more contemporary one for the house !

I will be under way with it this weekend and will post progress photos as i go along.

I will try and get some of this ring with the candles in place

The grooves for the loose tongues were formed using my table saw and flipping the edges to get the groove centred. Lots of novel jigs too. A joy to work on

Regards

Matt

Thread: advent wreath

19/10/2009 16:52:54

vaughan,

thanks for the link and advice

Matt

18/10/2009 23:29:45

Hi,

Has anyone out there ever made or know of a realy nice advent wreath. The one with four outer candles and a large inner candle.

Regards

Matt