Weapons rack 2
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This Second weapons rack is being made for one of the Mayan groups, who's name I forget. THey have a load of spears, so the rack reflects that.
As the spears have two prongs, this determines the gap between the spears. To make it more dense there is an intermediate shelf. This allows every other spear to be about a foot higher, meaning the prongs can be intertwined so it uses its space more efficiently.
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[edit] Making
[edit] Processes
As with most of these projects the Dyeing and Waxing is going to take up the majority of the time. Cutting the wood was done on one day, and most of it was glued the same day. It took about four hours from raw wood to assembled rack. After that, the edging took about another half an hour. (Oh the joys of a Router!), and sanding took about another hour.
Even on pre-planed timber, its good to take a sander to it to make any edges less defined, and to get rid of the pencil marks left during planning et al.
After sanding, the dowels were all glued in, and it was left for four hours.
After that, it got its first coat of wood dye. I used Jacobian Dark oak from B&Q. i like this stuff, cos after two coats, it really looks like a solid piece of oak. There will be two coats of this, followed by three coats of wax, one a day, so it will eventually be finished on Friday.
The actual dyeing takes about an hour a day. Waxing about the same.
[edit] Time
- Day 1: The initial woodwork and gluing was done in the early afternoon, and the first coat of wood dye was put on that evening.
- Day 2: second coat
- Day 3: First coat of wax
- Day 4: Second coat of wax
- Day 5: Covering of Linseed oil.
[edit] Pictures
 Sides and seperator bars |
 Assembled bottom shelf. |
 Assembled but un-dyed rack with weapons |
 Note the spacing between the weapons and the alternate heights. |
 Side after the woodstaining. |
 Assembled 1 |
 Assembled 2 |
