Re-purposing "waste" materials

[British Red]

Re-purposed some "waste" products recently

A horse chestnut burl from my firewood pile


Burl by British Red, on Flickr

Ripped into a slab with my chainsaw


Stiff Brush by British Red, on Flickr

Planed and sanded flat


Edge View by British Red, on Flickr

Stabalised with wood hardener


Wood Hardener by British Red, on Flickr


One coat by British Red, on Flickr

Then several coats of varnish to protect from the weather


Burl Plaque by British Red, on Flickr

Then got some shed (cast) antlers from a kind man - not a pair but close


Antlers by British Red, on Flickr

I ground the crowns flat and put some cross hatching on


Crown ground flat and hatched for epoxy key by British Red, on Flickr

Drilled some 6mm holes


Holes for dowels by British Red, on Flickr

Cut some lengths of 6mm threaded bar


Threaded bar dowels by British Red, on Flickr

and glued them in with two part epoxy


Two part epoxy by British Red, on Flickr


Bolts set into antler crown by British Red, on Flickr

I offered these up to the plaque and removed the varnish etc to offer a good key


Varnish removed for epoxy key by British Red, on Flickr

The plaque was drilled to take the posts and the antlers bonded to the plaque


Antlers on Plaque by British Red, on Flickr

I fitted a couple of brass mirror plates to the back of the plaque


Rear View by British Red, on Flickr

The plaque and antlers are now secured to the barn overlooking the drive and cottage


Shed antlers on burl plaque by British Red, on Flickr

I know the antlers aren't an exact match and my carpentry is....dog rough. But, given the antlers were shed and the wood was exopected to be burned, I am happy

Red

 

[Robbi]

spot on BR

 

[Coldfeet]

Good effort

 

[Mesquite]

Looks great Hugh

 

[Macaroon]

Excellent stuff, Hugh; When that sort of thing is done spot-on perfect it loses it's appeal for me, it becomes divorced from what it actually is; those look great!

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Nice job, now where did I put that antler?

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[dwardo]

Very nice Red. Its great to save something from the wood-pile that would have otherwise been burnt. Antlers look fine to me.

 

[British Red]

Its great to save something from the wood-pile that would have otherwise been burnt.

That's how I feel It also means I'm nots worried about putting it up on an outbuilding - its good to have interesting things to look at around us - eve if they have no real "value"

 

[Stringmaker]

As I followed the progress of this I was expecting it to be a kitchen chopping block or a coat rack.

Wrong

 

[John Fenna]

Very attractive!

 

[Shewie]

Very nice Red, it looks like it's been there for a hundred years, in a good way I mean

 

[British Red]

Thanks for all the kind words

Rich - you have made my day ! That's exactly what I was going for in looks - our place is old and simple (like me) -so posh and modern would not suit it one bit

 

[munkiboi182]

Nice work there. Love a bit of up cycling. 99% of the things I make are from repurposed materials