Posts Tagged ‘Oak’
Gothic Arched Oak Door & Frame
A Gothic arched door and frame constructed using prime grade oak. No mass of detailed description needed, just look at the photos. Some description has been added to some of the photos, questions ? please enquire.
An oak gothic arched door and frame…92 images to show a glimpse of how it is made…
Butterfly Inset – These explanatory notes accompany images 24 through to 32 above.
This type of inset is both a feature and an aid to forming a strong and stable joint. It is necessary here since the joint is formed from end-grain, and end-grain joints on their own are liable to part. The addition of the insets prevents this from occurring, Additionally the surface area of the whole glue joint is increased by using insets, and so provides good stability. To add further to this stability, biscuit and/or loose tongues are used internally on the joint. There are alternative methods to form this joint, mortise and tenon would provide similar strength and stability by giving a good surface area for the glue to bond the joint, but would need to be dowelled to help prevent lateral movement. Since a feature joint is more aesthetically pleasing we have used inset joinery.
Top Bar Beehives Using Hardwood
Composite Joinery manufacture ventilated Top Bar Beehives using a variety of hardwoods. The choice of the hardwood is entirely yours, as all of our quality hives are available to order. All are provided finished, ie; assembled and oiled (linseed). Alternatives are painted externally in your choice of colour, or primed ready for you to apply the final colour, again these painted hives are constructed using durable hardwood that paint will adhere to.
We can adapt the design exterior to suit your location, above shows a hive which we clad with Kent Peg Tiles, enquire for details.
Gate (Side)
These are the preliminary design drawings for a side gate which is currently in the design process.
This gate will have a steel inset to depict the ‘Sun’ rising and the gate will be constructed using traditional mortise and tenon joinery. The gate will be available to order in a variety of hardwoods, namely Cedar, Oak, Mahogany, Composite Joinery will also make this gate available in joinery grade pine or Idigbo should you wish for a stain or paint finish. Composite Joinery will supply the gate and install as part of our service, or offer as supply only. As the design continues we will update this page to include construction details and photographs of the gate being manufactured.
Floor Restoration
The series of photographs show a damaged floor before and after restoration. Mahogany, Sapele, Maple, Ebony and teak are some of the hardwoods used in the construction of this parquet floor.
The following images show the finished floor after several coats of floor varnish. The remaining thresholds, not seen here, were completed at a later date after decoration.
To compliment this entrance hall floor Composite Joinery designed and manufactured new stair balusters, handrail, radiator cover and a small ‘deco style’ hall cupboard. These bespoke items are constructed using the combination of Sapele and Maple.
Friendship Bench
Friendship Bench designed by Composite Joinery and constructed with Oak.
Friendship Bench in Oak, for children aged 4 to 11 years. Available in alternative hardwoods and styles to suit, enquire for details.
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This particular bench was instigated by a local child minder, Carrie. I admire her patience when i see her walking with the kids, reminds me of Mother Goose followed by the goslings! The initial plan was for the Kids to provide their ideas and drawings to show me what they would like the bench to look like. The results were brilliant, but not too practical – one little chap wanted a granite seat with large carved ends, i was not quite sure what the ends represented and still wonder. After a great deal of consideration, it was decided to follow the design that was initially discussed between Carrie and myself. This information was always relaid to the Head Teacher with accompanying sketches. Once the design was finished and agreed, the process of constructing the Friendship Bench began.
To reduce the cost the Friendship Bench was worked on during spare time and available weekends. This lengthend the process considerably, but the rewards gained by the School were more than ‘worth the wait’, we are always approachable and flexible at Composite Joinery. The work involved with such a project is considerable, from start to finish using existing templates, a Friendship Bench like this will take between two and three weeks to complete. This may seem excessive but the finishing alone takes almost a week, each oil coat has an eight hour drying period and is then sanded and cleaned and oiled again upto five times. Sanding between coats involves three to four hours of meticulous work. Before any finish the Friendship Bench has to be made – we select our own timber which is then allowed to stabilise at the workshop, this timber is ‘rough stock’ which means that it is ’sawn’ and not ‘PAR’, also it is not ’sized’. All machining and associative preparation is completed at our worshops. Therefore it can clearly be realised that considerable effort and skill is involved in the production of such projects. The photographs example these statements.
We will not compromise our methods or quality to reduce cost, but we will do our utmost to produce the best Friendship Bench you could wish for at a negotiated price – so enquire for details. We can and will design and manufacture any bench you require, in any style.
Click the RSS feeds for this post to receive updates, another bench has just started the design process and details will be released within the next week or so.
