Projects of Ron Turner

Ron Turner, of Montville, Australia rfdpsturner@hotmail.com has joined our group of exhibitors.

The first project he's sent to The Gallery is an interesting project. It's a custom made hall stand made from a bariety of some very interesting Australian woods. Ron's description follows with some of his project photos.

"This is my hall stand; and what my daughter has done with it.  (Put it to good use!!! without any umbrellas).

I used 25mm thick Kwilla (Intsia bijuga) for the base and mid support.  This timber supplied the weight I needed for the base and support for the tall structure.the basket, it works easily, and I used 42x 12 Tasmanian Oak (eucalyptus obliqua) for the frame and the uprights for finishes well. I used New Guinea Rosewood (pterocarpus indicus) veneer to construct the circular basket, and the lower rails. I used this material because it was readily available and worked easily. I used a triangular prism  piece of Tas Oak, 100mm long, to keep the uprights together at the top. I screwed these together, in counter-bored holes, so that I could plug the holes with blank timber plugs; sanded flush, to disguise the connection.

Next, I drew out, cut, prepared the sections where the uprights would pass across the mid– and base supports.  I housed these in and once again screwed them into position. While this was going on, I was continually glueing the veneers together about a timber blank Once I’d finished the top rail, I began glueing together the rails for the base. I used halving joints to house the frame together, I used timber dowels to help support the joints about the top of the basket, and screwed the joints at the base.

I’d painted the inside of the uprights prior to assembling the project, as I thought this might be quite difficult late on. I spent quite some time sanding the assembly, with progressively finer sandpaper. I applied a number of coats of  a combination stain/polyurethane finish on the assembly, sanding between coats. As you can see, I kept the rear flat so it could be stood flush against a wall; as in my daughters case, where space is limited this proved quite successful.

It stands 1800mm tall with a shop bought finial and the base is 400mm in diameter, The basket is 550mm high.

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