The Wooden Duck

Just a quick post. I got a commission to make some hexagon shelves out of some old decking which seemed simple enough..at first!

I gave the wood a light planing and good scrub to begin with as it needed some TLC. I seem to have lost the before pictures and time-lapse of the sanding/planning 😦

I discovered that my mitre saw was missing the angle gauge sticker so had to get hold of one from evolution. Took a little while to get the perfect 30 degree set on then after having a few angle issues with a misaligned mitre-saw gauge I eventually got the correct angle. The end result was 4 piles of symmetrical boards:

I made a test shelve and assembled it with just glue but wasn’t happy with it’s strength so I ended up going a bit pocket hole mad! The combination of glue and pocket holes made them pretty solid. I used a ratchet strap to hold them together whilst putting the screws in:

I gave the out side a few fresh coats of paint then finished the inside with a few coats of linseed oil, which suited the grey paint. They ended up looking great and had a happy customer who already commissioned me to make a desk.

Ta- Da!