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My wife (being somewhat arts & craft orientated) has just made these shelf units for her furniture up-cycling business, and 'borrowed' some models to use as display examples before advertising the shelf units for sale. I must admit, they look rather good together!

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hi iggie they look good i'd be interested to know how she achieved the wood grain contrast ,maybe burnt timber which has been re-planed or planed timber scorched with a blow torch or similar
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planecrazyman61 wrote:hi iggie they look good i'd be interested to know how she achieved the wood grain contrast ,maybe burnt timber which has been re-planed or planed timber scorched with a blow torch or similar
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They are made from scaffold boards that didn't meet a visual grading inspection, and would otherwise have been cut into sole-boards (to go under scaffold uprights) or just burnt.
The wood is sanded before assembly and then scorched with a blow lamp as you suggest. Once scorched, they are sealed with two coats of wax. I think they've turned out well!
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Nice idea.

What are the board dimensions, look about 1x6 ?
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Hi John, they start out as 9" x 1&3/4" (225 x 38mm) so once ripped down the middle are 4&1/2" x 1&3/4"
The proportions seem to work nicely at that size
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They look good. I hope the Fe21b isn't too heavy for its shelf though :)
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iggie wrote:Hi John, they start out as 9" x 1&3/4" (225 x 38mm) so once ripped down the middle are 4&1/2" x 1&3/4"
The proportions seem to work nicely at that size
Thanks, yes they do. Not far off from using a US "2x10" in same manner. They would also seem to be stackable in varying artistic configurations, easy to reconfigure. Maybe put "glass" on the back, back-light .... I may have an idea for my overcrowded display case ....
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Very nice iggie!
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Great use of those scaffold boards by Mrs Iggie, she certainly has some talent! You wouldn't want to see my efforts with wood :ha:
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wow those are great, thanks for sharing.
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jRatz wrote:
iggie wrote:Hi John, they start out as 9" x 1&3/4" (225 x 38mm) so once ripped down the middle are 4&1/2" x 1&3/4"
The proportions seem to work nicely at that size
Thanks, yes they do. Not far off from using a US "2x10" in same manner. They would also seem to be stackable in varying artistic configurations, easy to reconfigure. Maybe put "glass" on the back, back-light .... I may have an idea for my overcrowded display case ....
Funny you mention lights, I have just ordered some tiny led lights which are mounted on copper wire to try in one of the shelves. They have a USB plug on the other end, so very easy to power.

Thanks for the kind words folks, I'll pass 'em along to swmbo :grin:
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Wow, what a great idea iggie, i am sure Mrs iggie will find a market for them
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