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My workshop is an ongoing project started it back in 06 . Basically its a double storey garage adjoining the house and for the last few years i have used an ali ladder to get to my hand tool shop . After building a couple of stairs for a customer and having some material left over i thought...

I would like to make some moulding planes for myself . I have managed to source some quarter sawn beech , its air dried 7''x3'' and 6' long . Planning on leaving the beech in the workshop to dry further ,its roughly 20% mc now . Should i resaw nearer to the width of the planes form...

End of the first day and only now at 11.30pm have time to post.The day started 8.30 at Warwick collage in Royal Leamington Spa .Work on the ATC started at about 10 am after introductions and safety talk. Chris gave us bite size tasks that were easy to follow and if you got into difficulty at all...

I really like the design of this bench, a smaller version for site work would be good for me 8) http://youtu.be/XBvHT9TVXTo Cheers Bern :D

This job was completed today and was a joint effort between myself and Nathan {NO NAIL] Davies. MFC cabs MDF plinths , end panels , fillets and maple doors with birch ply panels. Its in an old welsh chapel near Cowbridge. Here is the sketch up that Nathan did. Delivered flat packed for on...

Just watched this video on the She Works Wood blog , thought i would share . http://vimeo.com/81240461 Cheers Bern :D

Had a good look at David Barrons tools at the Yandles show and fancied one of his little brass hammers for dovetailing , as i had spent way too much i didnt get one . While picking up some brass angle i spotted a small length of brass bar about 18'' long x 1 1/8'' and for £10 it was mine . So...

Just like to thank Steve for the leather for this strop that i picked up at Dr Bobs bash. Had a piece of granite splash back from a local kitchen showroom that had ceased trading and had to clear out the showroom. Cut to length and chamfered the top edge a little with the diamond tile saw...

After getting some flak with my last marking knife , made from an old chisel i thought i would buy a blade for my next version.After talking with Denab at the Yandles show decided to make one that is similar to the Lie-Nielson . So bought a very nice hand forged blade from Nick and some babinga...

At last Sundays Car boot i picked up an old bowling ball for the pricey some of £3 . After searching the forums and you tube for inspiration i decided on a traditional design not that far from the one Rod has made. Had some rather nice ash left over from a job i did in 2010 . Got it from a...

Started making a marking knife to go with my dovetail template today. Picked up an old Robert Sorby chisel last year at the car boot for 50p so thought i would repurpose it. I want to make it similar to the DB knife i have Set about grinding a point on the end first...

Made this little baby today out of some reclaimed sapele and ash. You can use it as a template to mark out your tails and it also could be used as a saw guide made it the same size as the tails i had to cut . Its a 1.6 pitch for softwood. Cheers Bern :D

Anyone else having problems with photo bucket ? I cant get in, been having this problem since last night.I am getting a white screen when signing in ? Cheers Bern :(

On my way home tonight i passed the rather grand house thats being demolished to make way for new housing .I had asked the builder that now owns the site if i could buy the yellow Cattybrook facing bricks of him and he said to ''Just call in on the site and get what you want as its going to be...

These Bessey clamps are great for securing timber to a halfords roof rack , they slide inside the hollow box section a treat . Put these on today to pick up 12 10ft lengths of 6x2 iroko but when i got to the timber yard it started pxxxing down so took the seat out of the old volvo and got...

Been asked to run out some skirting & arc to match this type of oak door. The clients came up with the design and wanted it made of popular and spray painted cream. Heres the popular stacked up on the crosscut ,all clean and tidy . Didnt take me long to get into a mess.No dust or chip...

Hi been tiling a mates kitchen floor today and as the screed was out of level i used these handy levelling thingees. Here 's the job there is a hump of about 25mm in the middle of the floor so had to use a big bed of adhesive. [/img] Thats as far as i got today i am really impressed...

As requested by Tom K here is the photos of my workshops ,Hope you find these interesting .Workshop no1 built about 20 years ago at the bottom of the garden when i moved in to our home.As you can see theres still a bit of work to finish off. It didn't take me long before i grew out of...

Hi I have just joined your forum and thought I would introduce myself - I am self-employed carpenter/builder with a small garage workshop. I have a real passion for woodworking and the restoration and collection of tools & machinery. My work tends to be kitchen and bathroom renovations with the...