My name's Eli, I've been addicted to wood for at least 20 years. (ALL: "Hi Eli!")
I'm 37, and don't care who knows.
I live in Upwey, a forested hilly region 40 minutes outside Melbourne Australia. It's sort of a rain forest. In the state of Victoria. I'm surrounded by monster trees.
I consider myself a professional, in that I do actually get paid for it, but I've always had too many problems with my own little mistakes. Either that will fade with age, or I'll get much better. Or, my eyesight will get bad enough that all my mistakes start to take on an artful fuzziness. ;D
This bar was completed last month and opened just in time for Christmas celebrations. The owner has named it Oscar's Alehouse, in tribute to his dog, a Jack Russell Terrier. I have way too many build photos to resize and post, so hopefully no one will mind if I post a link to the album, which is public. I haven't posted this project publicly anywhere but here.
Every power tool used on this project was a Festool. Support as always was provided by Anthony Simmons of Ideal Tools in Williamstown, who I have purchased all my tools from. The one exception was the TS75 used to cut down the bar slab, which he let me 'demo'. And I suppose the installer's kit of Zobo Protools bits, which I'm very hesitant to give back but haven't paid for.
The wrap on the front of the bar is WA Karri, which they use here as garden edging of all things. The only other woods are Vic ash (a catchall term for hard blonde native wood of 3 or 4 diff't specie) that was used to match the existing floor, and Himalayan Cedar for the bartop, shelves, architraves, and light fixtures, slabbed and milled by Ken Hanson of Kallista's 'Redgum by Design'. Ken mills all his wood from fallen local timber, or trees that would be otherwise removed for waste.
The WA Karri and Himalayan Cedar were finished with Hard Burnishing Oil, an Organoil product. Cold pressed Tung oil and totally organic. I haven't tried drinking any, but I could in theory. All the other finishes were wiping poly over dark stain. (I know, if you stain you've chosen the wrong wood)
I'm 37, and don't care who knows.
I live in Upwey, a forested hilly region 40 minutes outside Melbourne Australia. It's sort of a rain forest. In the state of Victoria. I'm surrounded by monster trees.
I consider myself a professional, in that I do actually get paid for it, but I've always had too many problems with my own little mistakes. Either that will fade with age, or I'll get much better. Or, my eyesight will get bad enough that all my mistakes start to take on an artful fuzziness. ;D
This bar was completed last month and opened just in time for Christmas celebrations. The owner has named it Oscar's Alehouse, in tribute to his dog, a Jack Russell Terrier. I have way too many build photos to resize and post, so hopefully no one will mind if I post a link to the album, which is public. I haven't posted this project publicly anywhere but here.
Every power tool used on this project was a Festool. Support as always was provided by Anthony Simmons of Ideal Tools in Williamstown, who I have purchased all my tools from. The one exception was the TS75 used to cut down the bar slab, which he let me 'demo'. And I suppose the installer's kit of Zobo Protools bits, which I'm very hesitant to give back but haven't paid for.
The wrap on the front of the bar is WA Karri, which they use here as garden edging of all things. The only other woods are Vic ash (a catchall term for hard blonde native wood of 3 or 4 diff't specie) that was used to match the existing floor, and Himalayan Cedar for the bartop, shelves, architraves, and light fixtures, slabbed and milled by Ken Hanson of Kallista's 'Redgum by Design'. Ken mills all his wood from fallen local timber, or trees that would be otherwise removed for waste.
The WA Karri and Himalayan Cedar were finished with Hard Burnishing Oil, an Organoil product. Cold pressed Tung oil and totally organic. I haven't tried drinking any, but I could in theory. All the other finishes were wiping poly over dark stain. (I know, if you stain you've chosen the wrong wood)
