alanturner
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Saxophone is the only thing that gets blown , these days !
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Post by alanturner on Dec 12, 2020 16:29:02 GMT
Aquired this top it will eventually be a Narrow Table , I am going to try a MDF bed i made , but if it dont work to well then it will get a slate one . I only have the top frame (which is a bit chewed away at one end , it stood on end in a stone outbuilding for at least 40 years , thus the water damage ) and the cushion woods to start with , but i i have other ingredients to build it with , black legs and sides and ends of body made from Utile from West Africa ( The utile has stood in barn on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors for the last 60 plus years, the label for £20 was put on it 50 years ago when it was 8 foot long x 18inches wide. The drop bar will be manual with a Salter timer . Pic 1 ....The Top Pic 2.....The ingredients Pic 3 ... Utile (Looks like Mahogany)    |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 0:13:52 GMT
Hi Alan, Sure you'll be doing your usual "making of a silk purse" job on this one. Looking forward to seeing the finished product ..... tommo
PS I've just repaired the backboard on the table that Sav sold me that we put in the Mill House. It got ripped away (the hinges flew off) when it left the pub. I managed to source the matching bottom hinge halves (good old Ivor) and with four half-inch woodscrews and a bit of 3-in-1 oil - job done ! |
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Post by alanturner on Dec 13, 2020 10:36:21 GMT
Hi Alan, Sure you'll be doing your usual "making of a silk purse" job on this one. Looking forward to seeing the finished product ..... tommo PS I've just repaired the backboard on the table that Sav sold me that we put in the Mill House. It got ripped away (the hinges flew off) when it left the pub. I managed to source the matching bottom hinge halves (good old Ivor) and with four half-inch woodscrews and a bit of 3-in-1 oil - job done ! I hope so Tommo Sides and Ends of body prepared (see photo) ....There is some beautiful grain pattern in the wood............real shitty weather today....not even nice enough to walk the 30mtrs to the workshop . But the soaking wet postman has just (Sunday) delivered the 2 replacement gears that had shattered last week in my lathe , so its rebuild that next week , if i can remember how it came apart !!! Just been sitting quietly sketching a manual way of operating the drop bar " simply " and i now have a reasonable plan . So the finished BB Table will be simple , easy to transport but be fit for purpose ! And will be sold on ebay/facebook market place at a low cost , allowing someone to play the game without having to pay the extremely high prices currently being asked for BB Tables on these sale areas . The little hinges you mention on the Jelks back board , if anyone else needs any you can buy them from Wixroyd Ltd .    |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2020 15:32:32 GMT
Quote: Had a look at the Wixroyd site, but whilst undoubtedly they'd do the job, all the hinges shown were modern ones. I wanted the original ones from the 1930s/40s to preserve the integrity of the table. Took quite a bit of back-and-forth with Ivor, but he was able to come up with these: |
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Post by alanturner on Dec 14, 2020 17:19:17 GMT
Quote: Had a look at the Wixroyd site, but whilst undoubtedly they'd do the job, all the hinges shown were modern ones.
Nice set of hinges yo obtained there Tommo , Ivor s done you proud . The ones from " Wixroyds " have to be " antiqued "..............shaped a bit and then painted black !! Then they look the dogs . Table has moved along nicely today..........will post photos of progress at end of tomorrow . |
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