Post a photo of the last thing you made
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starlingwood
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Pair of bedside tables to accompany the bed I made last month. Lovely project and extremely pleased with the result.
That’s why I love making furniture, you get exactly what you want for the space you have. Great bed and units.
The tables and bed look really smart. What are the drawer runners, why all the controls?
Doug B
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How do you apply the Haddonwood moniker on the drawer box is it a heated stamp or pyrography, very neat.
starlingwood
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I don't know really it's just what come with the runners. They are Hettich Quadro V4 silent. You can tweak them so that the drawer front sits perfectly in the opening.
starlingwood
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It's a brass custom made branding iron. I heat it up with a torch then hold it for a few seconds, it's takes a bit of practice. Custom Wood Branding Irons & Leather Stamps UK | Brand Your Crafts Now! | Outpost Workshop
Give him a logo and about £80 and he sends you a brass branding stamp. Adds a professional touch!
Nice find, they look like quality branding stamps.
robgul
Barry Bucknell is my hero
Don't want to pull the rug from under this supplier - but about £15 for the engraved stamp from China, in about a week or so - I made my own "iron" from a bit of 8mm studding and an old file handle (but I have subsequently bought an electric iron which gives greater heat consistency - again from China)
Peri
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Not for that one, but I'm making a new project (a games board for a pub) that's very similar, I do have a few for that, I'll post them up soon
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This is my version
It's going to be a games box. Chess draughts and back irate person when I finally get to it again. The board pieces are a Batternberg cake sliced and glued to a band saw box
It's going to be a games box. Chess draughts and back irate person when I finally get to it again. The board pieces are a Batternberg cake sliced and glued to a band saw box
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I forgot to say that the box is parana pine and the squares are black walnut and holly. I will be putting a black walnut edging around the box edge.
gregmcateer
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So when you put the squares together, are they super thin veneers stuck together then stuck to the base, or do they float?
Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)
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Completely rebuilt and modded Thorens TD150 turntable. I've had the original for almost 40 years, and re-plinthed it, along with innumerable modifications to arm and base.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Regards from Perth
Derek
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I made up a piece like a Batternburg cake of the walnut and holly. Then cut thin slices, about 1/16th" thick, and they were stuck to the box.
The first itme I tried that method was on a chess baord and when it dried on the 1/4" thick ply to my horror it warped the ply as the glue dried. So I tried it again on the dreaded MDF, once again about 1/4", and it warped again. So it got chucked in to a corner and forgotten. Several years later I was having a bit of a clear out and found the board AND it's now flat!
Did you veneer both sides?
gregmcateer
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Is that the answer? I like it!
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On the ply, yes I did put a thin veneer on the underside, but it didn't do any good. On the MDF, No I didn't veneer the back. I got got fed-up with it and chucked it at the back of a shelf. Several years later I found it again and it was flat!
kinverkid
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I made this for my wife's nephew and his partner. They are having their first baby later in the year. It does need one more rub-down and final coat but I just thought I would take the photographs while the sun was out. It's made from reclaimed brand new oak kitchen cabinet doors which were never installed at my friends house and a couple of long pieces I had lying around. An 800x400x50mm mattress is on order.
I followed the plans provided in Woodworking Projects but I understand the same plans have been printed by other magazines too.
I followed the plans provided in Woodworking Projects but I understand the same plans have been printed by other magazines too.
