No. That's some nice wood in the back of that stand though.
I've been thinking about wood alot recently. I bought a bunch of antique wood furniture and I'm worried about warping. I accidentally filled my apartment with steam/humidity on more than one occasion while cooking beans in a pot and am concerned I may have damaged the wood through my ignorance.
If the wood was naturally like this due to age I can live with that but how much damage have I accidentally caused by doing this on a handful of occasions?
In the future I will be more careful but I was ignorant of such things.
The wood is well made and finished if that matters but I've been obsessively eying it looking for asymetry and it's really bugging me
Brief exposure to humidity is a non issue, wood is very resilient material. Especially if there is varnish or other protective finishing, your furniture should be fine as long as you let it dry properly. If humidity gets trapped in the wood, then you get warping with time
thank you. I used an AC to dehumidify my home. Exposure to moisture was 1.5 hours with about 12 exposures total over the course of a few months. I put too much water in an instant pot or it did not seal properly and vented out excess steam.
There is a lot of wood in my wood collection and when I saw how wet my carpets were and how the outside of my wood collection was I got worried
There seems to be some warping already occuring but this was likely present before it came into my illustorious collection of wood and wood related memrobilia
Thank you anon. I spent many american dollars on this wood and I do not want it's beautiful shape and patina to get damaged.
I mean I kind of get it. You have this intersection of natural material that has to be just right and the cultivation the skill required to manifest it into something man made which can be a variety of things
Before I was just like wood is cool i guess but now I get the autism. It's like the beauty of nature mixed with human will and sometimes nature herself is the sculptor
I worked hard for this wood. I've never had nice things before. I hate commies but that one quote from some head commie about not replacing your furniture multiple times in your life chasing trends is true. Nobody appreciates what they have or what they could have if they just cared a little bit more. I don't know who my wood belonged to but I wonder what their story was.
I was originally going to get minimalist particle board (more like redditboard) everything but I'm glad I didn't.
Anons what kind of cleaner do you like for various metals (brass, stainless steel) and different woods painted or simply varnished? Google just gives me insipid mommyblogger recipes to make salt water
Ehh wood is a bit of a picky thing to clean. Don't use alcohol at all; it can dissolve finishes, especially if it's shellac'd. IMO something like baby wipes or a rag very slightly dampened with dawn and water for cleaning, and for shining up, some kind of furniture polish. Hard to say what. IIRC I've heard some of the citrus based ones can gum up finishes in some situations so steer clear of those.
Ehh wood is a bit of a picky thing to clean. Don't use alcohol at all; it can dissolve finishes, especially if it's shellac'd. IMO something like baby wipes or a rag very slightly dampened with dawn and water for cleaning, and for shining up, some kind of furniture polish. Hard to say what. IIRC I've heard some of the citrus based ones can gum up finishes in some situations so steer clear of those.
>be me, a moron >"uh...furniture polish"
Waxes, that's what I meant. Paste wax, Renaissance wax, that kind of thing.
The only real worry you have is if its been french polished which reacts badly to heat-moisture at the same time. If its that, you can strip it with a mild solvent and reapply the wax (a good beeswax-carnuba) and crank away at it over a few days until you get the finish back. Otherwise most of the other types of finishes are pretty good in that they get harder and more impermeable the older they get provided there's no cracks in it.
Brief exposure to humidity is a non issue, wood is very resilient material. Especially if there is varnish or other protective finishing, your furniture should be fine as long as you let it dry properly. If humidity gets trapped in the wood, then you get warping with time
thank you. I used an AC to dehumidify my home. Exposure to moisture was 1.5 hours with about 12 exposures total over the course of a few months. I put too much water in an instant pot or it did not seal properly and vented out excess steam.
There is a lot of wood in my wood collection and when I saw how wet my carpets were and how the outside of my wood collection was I got worried
There seems to be some warping already occuring but this was likely present before it came into my illustorious collection of wood and wood related memrobilia
Thank you anon. I spent many american dollars on this wood and I do not want it's beautiful shape and patina to get damaged.
Glad I could help, makes me happy that there are still anons who appreciate good wood work in this world of disposable plastic
>No. That's some nice wood in the back of that stand though. >I've been thinking about wood alot recently.
SHOOOIIIGUUUUUUU
WHERE IS THE CASELESS AMMO YOU DEGENERATE TUVAN?
Not him but woodworking is one of the purest examples of humanities soul. An evil person cannot craft wood effectively as their soul will reflect in the impurities of the final product. Jesus was a carpenter for a reason. Kokobolo is like saying a meditation chant.
Woodworking is the ape brain at it's zenith harnessed for the good of others. We were born of the trees and to the trees we return.
I do not support deforestation. Stop buying new shit you don't need. Wood tells a story. Wood has a soul
The idea sounds cool but it doesn't work in practice.
It works in artillery because flechette-filled shells burst to release their payload and that burst deforms them and/or launches them at oblique angles. A flechette launched from a rifle over a straight trajectory just slices through flesh without causing much damage unless it's (un)lucky enough to hit a vital organ. IIRC, they also have accuracy issues at longer ranges because they're easily drifted off course by wind, which also isn't an issue in an artillery shell.
>A flechette launched from a rifle over a straight trajectory just slices through flesh without causing much damage
The results from the SPIW and ACR programs were that flechettes would bend and yaw upon contact with pretty much anything, which would cause extremely nasty wounds but have limited barrier penetration potential.
The accuracy problem they had during SPIW and ACR were caused by inconsistencies in manufacturing at the time. I think we should try it again now that manufacturing techniques have improved.
>The accuracy problem they had during SPIW and ACR were caused by inconsistencies in manufacturing at the time. I think we should try it again now that manufacturing techniques have improved.
Or cool concepts like gyrojet for that matter. The core issues they had came down to how hard it once was to do precision manufacturing. Now it's fricking trivial relatively speaking to setup a decent CNC line to take care of it at a level that would have been watchmaker-tier in the 70s/80s.
It's honestly a real fricking shame that a lot of inventiveness and willing to really go out of the box and sink in lots of R&D has vanished right when materials, manufacturing and CAD have made new possibilities ever more attainable.
Also, since is the advanced ammunition/design + wood care thread now, is boiled linseed oil maybe thinned with a bit of turpentine if needed still the best way to take care of old wood stocks?
For gyrojets, they concluded the complexity wasn't worth it and just using more powder was better. We'll need something to make sure the muzzle velocity isn't crap.
Virtually all gun bros and videos use flechettes incorrectly. Loading them backwards, randomly, or some other nonsense. I'm convinced this is because they actually work extremely effectively to penetrate body armor and there's a conspiracy to hide this. It's so obvious that you shouldn't load them backwards that I have no other possible explanation for it. It's like if someone gave you a car and you only ever tried to drive it backwards and said it sucked ass
A possible alternative to THV bullets might be a Sears–Haack bullet with one or more grooves to allow the sleeve material to grab hold of the bullet better.
Weird shift for a thread but okay. IMO engineered (particle board) sucks ass. I'd legitimately rather have a TREX desk for the weight and shittiness of particle board. At least the fricking thing could stand having a fricking glass of water on it without swelling. Had a particle board desk. Once the thin printed veneer got worn from regular use, my glasses of soda, tea, and water (with ice) would get the spot wet from condensation and it slowly rose in that spot from swelling that wouldn't go back down when it dried. Fricking awful. TREX should get into the furniture business. Their shit is good enough for decks, so why not desks? I'd complain way less if garbage furniture was made out of it. particle board is like 50% glue/resin anyways.
I have a nice chunk of African blackwood. I was going to make a powder horn out of a kudu horn and use the blackwood for the cap and other fittings but never got around to it. It's very pretty and if I ever got a fancy handgun I'd have someone make a pair of grips out of it.
Siberian Larch. Is this why all the nork/russian examples of wood in their state department/military photo ops have a unique look? Their wood always did look "different" to me. Japanese wood as well.
It's got a unique look to it for sure. Glad I finally have an answer to why their hardwood furniture and architecture looked off to me subconciously. I don't know what they use in North Korea.
Can any wood experts confirm or deny if this is correct? What are those huge ass duma desks made out of? I'm assuming a western wood
I really really like this wood. I like Redwood too. Anything that has that "strong" and ancient feeling to it while not being overly dark
I remember a thread with a guy who wanted to make a whole ass bolt action rifle stock out of ebony. I'm not even sure if you could get a piece big enough to do that and don't even want to think about what it would cost if you could.
Lol holy shit. Usually just the tip is made of ebony on expensive safari rifles. Or plastic(/paint) if you're a gun company trying to make a cool 60s hunting rifle look on your .22. Or inlays. Larry must be made of money and even he doesn't have an ebony stock, lol. Happy for him though; dude knows his shit.
No. That's some nice wood in the back of that stand though.
I've been thinking about wood alot recently. I bought a bunch of antique wood furniture and I'm worried about warping. I accidentally filled my apartment with steam/humidity on more than one occasion while cooking beans in a pot and am concerned I may have damaged the wood through my ignorance.
If the wood was naturally like this due to age I can live with that but how much damage have I accidentally caused by doing this on a handful of occasions?
In the future I will be more careful but I was ignorant of such things.
The wood is well made and finished if that matters but I've been obsessively eying it looking for asymetry and it's really bugging me
Brief exposure to humidity is a non issue, wood is very resilient material. Especially if there is varnish or other protective finishing, your furniture should be fine as long as you let it dry properly. If humidity gets trapped in the wood, then you get warping with time
thank you. I used an AC to dehumidify my home. Exposure to moisture was 1.5 hours with about 12 exposures total over the course of a few months. I put too much water in an instant pot or it did not seal properly and vented out excess steam.
There is a lot of wood in my wood collection and when I saw how wet my carpets were and how the outside of my wood collection was I got worried
There seems to be some warping already occuring but this was likely present before it came into my illustorious collection of wood and wood related memrobilia
Thank you anon. I spent many american dollars on this wood and I do not want it's beautiful shape and patina to get damaged.
Glad I could help, makes me happy that there are still anons who appreciate good wood work in this world of disposable plastic
... Shoigu?
Nah, there's no way, right?
I mean I kind of get it. You have this intersection of natural material that has to be just right and the cultivation the skill required to manifest it into something man made which can be a variety of things
Before I was just like wood is cool i guess but now I get the autism. It's like the beauty of nature mixed with human will and sometimes nature herself is the sculptor
I worked hard for this wood. I've never had nice things before. I hate commies but that one quote from some head commie about not replacing your furniture multiple times in your life chasing trends is true. Nobody appreciates what they have or what they could have if they just cared a little bit more. I don't know who my wood belonged to but I wonder what their story was.
I was originally going to get minimalist particle board (more like redditboard) everything but I'm glad I didn't.
Anons what kind of cleaner do you like for various metals (brass, stainless steel) and different woods painted or simply varnished? Google just gives me insipid mommyblogger recipes to make salt water
Ehh wood is a bit of a picky thing to clean. Don't use alcohol at all; it can dissolve finishes, especially if it's shellac'd. IMO something like baby wipes or a rag very slightly dampened with dawn and water for cleaning, and for shining up, some kind of furniture polish. Hard to say what. IIRC I've heard some of the citrus based ones can gum up finishes in some situations so steer clear of those.
>be me, a moron
>"uh...furniture polish"
Waxes, that's what I meant. Paste wax, Renaissance wax, that kind of thing.
The only real worry you have is if its been french polished which reacts badly to heat-moisture at the same time. If its that, you can strip it with a mild solvent and reapply the wax (a good beeswax-carnuba) and crank away at it over a few days until you get the finish back. Otherwise most of the other types of finishes are pretty good in that they get harder and more impermeable the older they get provided there's no cracks in it.
Gay
>No. That's some nice wood in the back of that stand though.
>I've been thinking about wood alot recently.
SHOOOIIIGUUUUUUU
WHERE IS THE CASELESS AMMO YOU DEGENERATE TUVAN?
Shoigu stop posting on /k/ and get me more banan already
Not him but woodworking is one of the purest examples of humanities soul. An evil person cannot craft wood effectively as their soul will reflect in the impurities of the final product. Jesus was a carpenter for a reason. Kokobolo is like saying a meditation chant.
Woodworking is the ape brain at it's zenith harnessed for the good of others. We were born of the trees and to the trees we return.
I do not support deforestation. Stop buying new shit you don't need. Wood tells a story. Wood has a soul
I like wood.
works for turning you artillery into anti-infantry and rocket munitions. otherwise meme tire cocaine DARPA nonsense.
The idea sounds cool but it doesn't work in practice.
It works in artillery because flechette-filled shells burst to release their payload and that burst deforms them and/or launches them at oblique angles. A flechette launched from a rifle over a straight trajectory just slices through flesh without causing much damage unless it's (un)lucky enough to hit a vital organ. IIRC, they also have accuracy issues at longer ranges because they're easily drifted off course by wind, which also isn't an issue in an artillery shell.
>A flechette launched from a rifle over a straight trajectory just slices through flesh without causing much damage
The results from the SPIW and ACR programs were that flechettes would bend and yaw upon contact with pretty much anything, which would cause extremely nasty wounds but have limited barrier penetration potential.
The accuracy problem they had during SPIW and ACR were caused by inconsistencies in manufacturing at the time. I think we should try it again now that manufacturing techniques have improved.
>The accuracy problem they had during SPIW and ACR were caused by inconsistencies in manufacturing at the time. I think we should try it again now that manufacturing techniques have improved.
Or cool concepts like gyrojet for that matter. The core issues they had came down to how hard it once was to do precision manufacturing. Now it's fricking trivial relatively speaking to setup a decent CNC line to take care of it at a level that would have been watchmaker-tier in the 70s/80s.
It's honestly a real fricking shame that a lot of inventiveness and willing to really go out of the box and sink in lots of R&D has vanished right when materials, manufacturing and CAD have made new possibilities ever more attainable.
Also, since is the advanced ammunition/design + wood care thread now, is boiled linseed oil maybe thinned with a bit of turpentine if needed still the best way to take care of old wood stocks?
For gyrojets, they concluded the complexity wasn't worth it and just using more powder was better. We'll need something to make sure the muzzle velocity isn't crap.
Cool idea, it's a shame that they suck.
This thread may accuse me of larping but I just bought a nice piece of Cedar.
I fricking love the Colt ACR, 100% more bullet per bullet.
Virtually all gun bros and videos use flechettes incorrectly. Loading them backwards, randomly, or some other nonsense. I'm convinced this is because they actually work extremely effectively to penetrate body armor and there's a conspiracy to hide this. It's so obvious that you shouldn't load them backwards that I have no other possible explanation for it. It's like if someone gave you a car and you only ever tried to drive it backwards and said it sucked ass
THV bullets offer similar performance without the problems of sabot slip that can happen with flechette ammo.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220521210052/https://quarryhs.co.uk/THV.htm
A possible alternative to THV bullets might be a Sears–Haack bullet with one or more grooves to allow the sleeve material to grab hold of the bullet better.
bumping a based thread about wood even if it started out as a shill thread by big plastic imperialists
Whats your favorite soft wood? Does engineered wood really deserve to be as maligned as it is?
What kind of wood do yall have? I am america and in american we love our wood. We have much wood
I would love some Siberian or Yakut wood
Weird shift for a thread but okay. IMO engineered (particle board) sucks ass. I'd legitimately rather have a TREX desk for the weight and shittiness of particle board. At least the fricking thing could stand having a fricking glass of water on it without swelling. Had a particle board desk. Once the thin printed veneer got worn from regular use, my glasses of soda, tea, and water (with ice) would get the spot wet from condensation and it slowly rose in that spot from swelling that wouldn't go back down when it dried. Fricking awful. TREX should get into the furniture business. Their shit is good enough for decks, so why not desks? I'd complain way less if garbage furniture was made out of it. particle board is like 50% glue/resin anyways.
I have a nice chunk of African blackwood. I was going to make a powder horn out of a kudu horn and use the blackwood for the cap and other fittings but never got around to it. It's very pretty and if I ever got a fancy handgun I'd have someone make a pair of grips out of it.
nice. I knew a man who made wood block prints. I would seethe in impotent rage at the skill the man possessed.
Metal working and glass blowing is cool too. If everyone knew one cottage industry skill the world would be a better place.
Siberian Larch. Is this why all the nork/russian examples of wood in their state department/military photo ops have a unique look? Their wood always did look "different" to me. Japanese wood as well.
It's got a unique look to it for sure. Glad I finally have an answer to why their hardwood furniture and architecture looked off to me subconciously. I don't know what they use in North Korea.
Can any wood experts confirm or deny if this is correct? What are those huge ass duma desks made out of? I'm assuming a western wood
I really really like this wood. I like Redwood too. Anything that has that "strong" and ancient feeling to it while not being overly dark
I remember a thread with a guy who wanted to make a whole ass bolt action rifle stock out of ebony. I'm not even sure if you could get a piece big enough to do that and don't even want to think about what it would cost if you could.
petrified wood on a big bore rifle with mammoth grips or inlays would be cool
Lol holy shit. Usually just the tip is made of ebony on expensive safari rifles. Or plastic(/paint) if you're a gun company trying to make a cool 60s hunting rifle look on your .22. Or inlays. Larry must be made of money and even he doesn't have an ebony stock, lol. Happy for him though; dude knows his shit.
Did he succeed?