Wooden column
July 4, 2011
After taken all the rot out and blow drying it, I started to fill it with a two component filler and pieces of oak, each day I added a bit more.
Now the hard work begins! That means get it in perfect shape with the rest.
Such a beautiful entrance to an old farm house, the columns are over 200 years old. I wondered whether they may have come from a shipwreck and later learned that according to local folklore they were indeed salvaged from ship’s masts.
Fill and shape it, fill shape etc. using chisel and sandpaper
I start to like this sculpturing work, because I know it’s going to work out perfectly!
Yep, there.. done
a woodwork 
July 4, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Such chores give a lot of satisfaction when, after completion,
see the result.
FdG
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July 5, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I’d have tried to splice some real wood in there with a void of that size but, you’ve done an impressive job of shaping that filler! Wet rot hardener can be a real godsend.
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July 5, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Thanks Olly, the strange thing was that I didn’t need to use any hardener for some reason the rotting proces had stopt by itself at this point.
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July 9, 2011 at 11:04 am
I do love your experimental work a lot!! Impressive result!
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July 13, 2011 at 9:03 am
Fantastic!
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