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    Advice on how I could have done better please

    I completed this walnut bowl yesterday trying out a ‘galleried’ base idea I had been pondering on. I had predicted the weak area of short grain on the edge of the base and inlaid a strip of bamboo in a groove before hollowing out the base . This basically worked as reinforcement. However I...
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    3 way crotch bowl

    For no particular reason I decided to turn this a bowl out of a piece of Ash I put away about 8 years ago. Should have taken a photo before I started !! Great care had to be taken with 3 ‘branch bases’ flying round initially. The 3 way crotch meant it was turning into the end grain at the...
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    12kg Bog Oak

    Today for my 70th birthday I have been given a 12kg lump of Bog Oak! Probably a 1st for birthday presents . At the moment I have no idea what I will decide to make with it , it needs a lot of thought ! But hopefully one day I will post the outcome .
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    Ash Bar Stool

    Finally finished the first of 4 Ash bar stools today . The design stage went thru many variations, but ended up with a style that presented me with a challenge at every stage. But thinking about it all my wood projects seem to push the boundaries. The steam bent hoop backs went well, with 4 out...
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    Mishaps and how to cope

    In a way this links to my post yesterday…… Over the years I have realised that with any practical task , and the breadth of my materials experience is very ‘broad’, that mistakes or accidents happens. The skill of a competent crafts person is shown by the decisions made on how to overcome the...
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    Bowls ball bowl

    For some reason I decided to challenge myself and turn a bowl from a Lignum Vitae bowls ball, and the aim for it to be as thin as possible and end grain . I never turn ‘straight forward’ bowls and very rarely with a flat top… Well I suppose I failed really as in the attempt to make it thin I...
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    Dyson workshop blower - recycled vac.

    This is proving to a pretty successful quick recycling idea. The blast is staggering with no restriction of filters and the small nozzle diameter. So useful clearing dust/shavings or whatever. Not very 'pretty' but a quick experiment. Had to improvise the switch onto the opposite side of the...
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    Door construction, raised & fielded / Shaker

    About 45 years ago when we moved into our present property I decided to make a traditional raised and fielded Ash front door and side panel. For the first 20 odd years I managed to maintain the outside with a good quality Sikkens varnish, but Ash over time when in full sun and rain looses its...
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    My Oak Trug

    As with my other recent posts it’s curves again , not steam bent this time, just 2.5mm straight grained oak. I was really pleased how my Electra Beckham 260 coped with that !!
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    My waterfall river tables

    In my previous post ‘My Chair’ I mentioned it was designed from practice bends from another project. A few years back I came across river tables as we all did ! And some mitred them at 45 deg and call them waterfall river tables. That design frustrated me … the 90deg sharpe edge didn’t seem I...
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    My Chair

    Hi all , this is my first posting, so to introduce myself l will show my latest finished project. It’s actually made from surplus pieces from a previous project which had a big influence on the design of the chair . Also in the video you can see a previous oak floor project , 43M.sq. of waney...
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