Fly Boxes

[Black-Don]

Nice stuff Ken, my project has come to a bit of a standstill for the moment but will be back on track shortly. What material would you use for a black fly box ?

[Inchlaggan]

Ebony I would imagine 

Could do, but it would not float well! It is also endangered and expensive. There are plenty of others that could be stained and polished to give a great effect. The fashion for black oak furniture 20 years ago led to a the production of a high-quality stain from Ronseal that allows just about any well-finished wood to achieve the ebony effect. I still have a reasonable supply. Acrylic would do it nicely too.
Otter Spotter's Loomis logo would infringe copyright, as would the images he posted links to. Photo-etching brass can provide stunning detail, and whilst Otter Spotter is the sucker customer, and therefore always right, I thought the cartoon skeletons a bit naff for an heirloom that is going to cost him a bundle. Something more appropriate and refined I thought.
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[dazdidge]

You got me thinking about this earlier, so I took a wee trip to our joiners shop and managed to scrounge some oak cut offs from them
We also have a seperate factory where we make mahogany doors and windows, I also get all the offcuts from them, Usually a couple of bin-bags every week, but that gets burned in the stove :crap
Just can't resist nice big lumps of kilne dried, free wood.
I can save you some of the larger pieces if you like? The grain isn't too great as it is from sustainable sources and forced but I have made a few knife scales, chopping boards etc from it. Occasionally I manage to get a nice bit of Teak as well but they are few and far between. The last one I got I saw being thrown in the skip, our kitchen fitters managed to cut the hole for the sink in the wrong place and I caught them trying to get rid of the evidence at 5am, I told them to deliver it to my house and I would forget all about it. A lovely 3mtr x 600mm sheet of teak, 50mm thick, I made and sold a few chopping boards from that one

daz

[Inchlaggan]

Jeez Daz, I'm up for that one! As a model maker, a bin bag of offcuts like that would keep me going for a year!
18" x 3" x 1/4"  Mahogany is sold to model makers for £2.56, and they are going to rip it up into much smaller pieces.
Two bin bags and I could justify the Proxxon thicknesser!

[Black-Don]

Occasionally I manage to get a nice bit of Teak as well but they are few and far between. The last one I got I saw being thrown in the skip, our kitchen fitters managed to cut the hole for the sink in the wrong place and I caught them trying to get rid of the evidence at 5am, I told them to deliver it to my house and I would forget all about it. A lovely 3mtr x 600mm sheet of teak, 50mm thick, I made and sold a few chopping boards from that one

daz

I got asked to do 2 worktops in an acquaintances house, think they were walnut and cost £1400 for the pair. I wouldn't touch them, not because I'm unsure of my abilities but because I couldn't see them paying the £1400 I would've charged for fitting them. Buy expensive materials and expect to pay premium labour prices or take your chances with a couple of monkey's who are likely to cut the sink hole in the wrong place  :lol:

I'd be up for any off cuts as well because most of the places that machine premium hardwooods these days use every last inch.

[Inchlaggan]

FAO Rowan
A priest design.
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[Stonepark]

Nice priest, how much lead can you get inside it?

[Inchlaggan]

Nice priest, how much lead can you get inside it?

Anything up to 8 ounces, for balance around 4 would probably be best.

[Black-Don]

If you wanna talk priests, you should check this guy out for ideas



http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/thepriestmaker/?albumview=slideshow

[Rowan]

looks great Ken knock me a couple out small enough to fit in my waistcoat but not too small that they cant chap a big troot