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Almost everything I make will be from reclaimed timber. A few years ago a couple of buildings were being repaired and refurbished. Some of the Oak timbers which could not be re-used came to me complete with ironwork embedded. These nails and hand-chased bolts would have been hand-made in and...

I've had this wood for many years but I don't know what it is. The pieces I had and some I still have are no more than 50mm wide by 200mm long. It turns like oak and at close inspection the grain is very similar to oak. So, my feeling is it is an oak species of some kind. Could anyone put me right?

I have this piece on my lathe to turn a new handle for a tiller on a friends narrowboat. I chose it because it looked interesting and I only have this one piece which was originally 80mmx80mm by around a metre long and was used as what I think is called a bearer (the wooden spacer on the back of...

This morning I collected a pile of Hawthorne and Elder from a Freecycler. His two young daughters help and the youngest asked what will I do with it all. I said some of it I will turn into pots and small bowls but much of it will be for next years fire. She asked if I would be making any wands...

While reacting to the Parkinson Perfect Vise post with my Freecyle acquisitions, I was wondering if anyone else out there would be interested in posting their own lucky free-finds from the same or similar sites. I'll kick off with the photos I've just uploaded. A Parkinson Perfect vise, sickles...

I built what was supposed to be a temporary garden bar in the hope of celebrating my 60th birthday in 2020 and my wife's in 2022. It was to be called Dans shed because that's what it is made from 'Dans shed' (a neighbour). But, we have a peacock that visits during most of the day and likes to...