Shane Orion Wiechnik
@shaneorionwiechnik.bsky.social
Furniture and Wooden Objects Conservator
Freelance - Based on Gadigal Land in Sydney, Australia
Freelance - Based on Gadigal Land in Sydney, Australia
I love looking at a piece of wood and imagining the shape of the tree it must have come from.
Figure in wood is created by how trees grow!
youtube.com/shorts/TBc_g...
Figure in wood is created by how trees grow!
youtube.com/shorts/TBc_g...
Figure in wood is created by how trees grow!
YouTube video by Finished.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I love looking at a piece of wood and imagining the shape of the tree it must have come from.
Figure in wood is created by how trees grow!
youtube.com/shorts/TBc_g...
Figure in wood is created by how trees grow!
youtube.com/shorts/TBc_g...
I’ve known for years that softwoods and hardwoods were different, but I had been told a few different reasons for why, and the details of how they were different never really clicked.
One of the things I enjoyed learning about the most was in digging into the “why” of this question.
One of the things I enjoyed learning about the most was in digging into the “why” of this question.
May 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’ve known for years that softwoods and hardwoods were different, but I had been told a few different reasons for why, and the details of how they were different never really clicked.
One of the things I enjoyed learning about the most was in digging into the “why” of this question.
One of the things I enjoyed learning about the most was in digging into the “why” of this question.
On the origin of wood.
Andy did a dig into lignin and the convergent evolution of lignins by different plants.
Some day I will have to talk about that more, because it’s so cool.
In the meantime, learn about old trees that sound like dinosaurs and softwood cells!
youtube.com/shorts/dLeJt...
Andy did a dig into lignin and the convergent evolution of lignins by different plants.
Some day I will have to talk about that more, because it’s so cool.
In the meantime, learn about old trees that sound like dinosaurs and softwood cells!
youtube.com/shorts/dLeJt...
The origins of wood
YouTube video by Finished.
youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On the origin of wood.
Andy did a dig into lignin and the convergent evolution of lignins by different plants.
Some day I will have to talk about that more, because it’s so cool.
In the meantime, learn about old trees that sound like dinosaurs and softwood cells!
youtube.com/shorts/dLeJt...
Andy did a dig into lignin and the convergent evolution of lignins by different plants.
Some day I will have to talk about that more, because it’s so cool.
In the meantime, learn about old trees that sound like dinosaurs and softwood cells!
youtube.com/shorts/dLeJt...
WOOD: It comes from trees | FINISHED ep.1
YouTube video by Finished.
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May 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Reposted by Shane Orion Wiechnik
Renewables were 92% of new power added in 2024. Low carbon sources now accounts for 41% of worldwide electricity.
Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
April 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Renewables were 92% of new power added in 2024. Low carbon sources now accounts for 41% of worldwide electricity.
Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
Been working hard on this project for over a year. Glad to see it starting to come out!
youtu.be/fJDMRPnaMcA?...
youtu.be/fJDMRPnaMcA?...
Introduction to Finished
YouTube video by Finished.
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Been working hard on this project for over a year. Glad to see it starting to come out!
youtu.be/fJDMRPnaMcA?...
youtu.be/fJDMRPnaMcA?...
Reposted by Shane Orion Wiechnik
Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
-Saint Francis de Sales
-Saint Francis de Sales
February 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
-Saint Francis de Sales
-Saint Francis de Sales
Recently fascinated by negative thermal expansion materials which actually shrink when hotter or in contact with water.
I was pondering the possibility of making a filler for wood that expanded and contracted with rh in an opposite way to wood.
I emailed a scientist on a whim. Loved the reply
I was pondering the possibility of making a filler for wood that expanded and contracted with rh in an opposite way to wood.
I emailed a scientist on a whim. Loved the reply
February 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Recently fascinated by negative thermal expansion materials which actually shrink when hotter or in contact with water.
I was pondering the possibility of making a filler for wood that expanded and contracted with rh in an opposite way to wood.
I emailed a scientist on a whim. Loved the reply
I was pondering the possibility of making a filler for wood that expanded and contracted with rh in an opposite way to wood.
I emailed a scientist on a whim. Loved the reply
Doing some work on my video series on wooden surfaces.
The first video will be on wood and trees. The last part of which involves talking a bunch about ebony and making some drawer pulls out of old piano keys.
The first video will be on wood and trees. The last part of which involves talking a bunch about ebony and making some drawer pulls out of old piano keys.
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Doing some work on my video series on wooden surfaces.
The first video will be on wood and trees. The last part of which involves talking a bunch about ebony and making some drawer pulls out of old piano keys.
The first video will be on wood and trees. The last part of which involves talking a bunch about ebony and making some drawer pulls out of old piano keys.
This is going to sound so stupid with everything going on, but ikea hacks are something I think should be enshrined in a museum if ikea furniture is ever placed in a museum.
Additionally, the idea that someone would undo an ikea hack to “return it to it’s original design” is deeply upsetting to me.
Additionally, the idea that someone would undo an ikea hack to “return it to it’s original design” is deeply upsetting to me.
January 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This is going to sound so stupid with everything going on, but ikea hacks are something I think should be enshrined in a museum if ikea furniture is ever placed in a museum.
Additionally, the idea that someone would undo an ikea hack to “return it to it’s original design” is deeply upsetting to me.
Additionally, the idea that someone would undo an ikea hack to “return it to it’s original design” is deeply upsetting to me.
Trying to bring some of
My nerdy thoughts and experiences to more people:
www.finewoodworking.com/2025/01/17/a...
My nerdy thoughts and experiences to more people:
www.finewoodworking.com/2025/01/17/a...
All things pale and cloudy - FineWoodworking
In 2022 when I was in France working with furniture conservators Nelly Koenig and Marine Prevet at Atelier Kopal, they had a large mid-century French cabinet in the workshop. It […]
www.finewoodworking.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trying to bring some of
My nerdy thoughts and experiences to more people:
www.finewoodworking.com/2025/01/17/a...
My nerdy thoughts and experiences to more people:
www.finewoodworking.com/2025/01/17/a...
A colleague of mine just revealed a trick he found for replicating aged foggy lacquer coatings, and it’s goddamn brilliant.
To understand why, I want you to understand three things:
1. The cloudiness in aged lacquer is due to micro-cracks and tiny gaps between the coating and the timber.
🧵
To understand why, I want you to understand three things:
1. The cloudiness in aged lacquer is due to micro-cracks and tiny gaps between the coating and the timber.
🧵
January 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A colleague of mine just revealed a trick he found for replicating aged foggy lacquer coatings, and it’s goddamn brilliant.
To understand why, I want you to understand three things:
1. The cloudiness in aged lacquer is due to micro-cracks and tiny gaps between the coating and the timber.
🧵
To understand why, I want you to understand three things:
1. The cloudiness in aged lacquer is due to micro-cracks and tiny gaps between the coating and the timber.
🧵
I’m so excited to dig into this. The details of oil curing with different catalysts and treatments is one big remaining mystery to me.
A sophisticated approach to watching paint dry
In a paper in Macromolecules, researchers at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present detailed insights into the polymerization process of drying oils in pain...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I’m so excited to dig into this. The details of oil curing with different catalysts and treatments is one big remaining mystery to me.
Reposted by Shane Orion Wiechnik
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
I was trying to understand how olive oil breaks down in wood and I came across this paper on using olive oil or linseed oil to intentionally encourage fungal growth on exterior surfaces to create a protective biofinish. Has anyone heard of or tried this? Thoughts?
www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11...
www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11...
Bioinspired Living Coating System in Service: Evaluation of the Wood Protected with Biofinish during One-Year Natural Weathering
The service life performance of timber products exposed to natural weathering is a critical factor limiting the broad use of wood as an external building element. The goal of this study was to investi...
www.mdpi.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I was trying to understand how olive oil breaks down in wood and I came across this paper on using olive oil or linseed oil to intentionally encourage fungal growth on exterior surfaces to create a protective biofinish. Has anyone heard of or tried this? Thoughts?
www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11...
www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11...
So mayonnaise is a common home remedy for removing white rings in furniture. The arguments for its use seem to be “I did it. It looked great”, and the arguments against are “what? Gross”.
Given that some mayonnaise recipes have a lot in common with egg tempera/oil paint blends, I need more details.
Given that some mayonnaise recipes have a lot in common with egg tempera/oil paint blends, I need more details.
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
So mayonnaise is a common home remedy for removing white rings in furniture. The arguments for its use seem to be “I did it. It looked great”, and the arguments against are “what? Gross”.
Given that some mayonnaise recipes have a lot in common with egg tempera/oil paint blends, I need more details.
Given that some mayonnaise recipes have a lot in common with egg tempera/oil paint blends, I need more details.
A quote I just read as part of casual research:
“Non-linear relationship between shear stress and yield rate of mayonnaise sauce has been widely [assessed] by Power law, Herschel Bulkley, Carreau and Cason models to determine the consistency coefficient, apparent viscosity and flow behavior index”
“Non-linear relationship between shear stress and yield rate of mayonnaise sauce has been widely [assessed] by Power law, Herschel Bulkley, Carreau and Cason models to determine the consistency coefficient, apparent viscosity and flow behavior index”
January 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A quote I just read as part of casual research:
“Non-linear relationship between shear stress and yield rate of mayonnaise sauce has been widely [assessed] by Power law, Herschel Bulkley, Carreau and Cason models to determine the consistency coefficient, apparent viscosity and flow behavior index”
“Non-linear relationship between shear stress and yield rate of mayonnaise sauce has been widely [assessed] by Power law, Herschel Bulkley, Carreau and Cason models to determine the consistency coefficient, apparent viscosity and flow behavior index”
For a fun article I’m writing, I wanted do a little research into Mayonnaise and was somewhat disheartened by how many research papers I was quickly able to find on the specific degradation mechanisms of Mayonnaise compared to many of the materials I’ve been trying to better understand in my work.
January 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For a fun article I’m writing, I wanted do a little research into Mayonnaise and was somewhat disheartened by how many research papers I was quickly able to find on the specific degradation mechanisms of Mayonnaise compared to many of the materials I’ve been trying to better understand in my work.