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Had a couple of orders recently and I thought I'd show you... Finished last night, a customer ordered this bench from oak... From an offcut I made this clock... Not sure if I have already shown this item or not... and while waiting for glue ups to cure and varnish/wax to dry...

Made this last weekend. All cut from one lump of tulip wood (4" x 4" x 3' length) using the bandsaw. I tried to keep the grain matching but if you look at the top section, the left hand piece I managed to put in the wrong way round, it was late though. It has 5 drawers and a lid/compartment on...

Just need some advise, anyone ever had their bandsaw start cutting on a line then wonders off to the left as though the blade is twisting itself? I've fitted a brand new tuff saw blade (1/4" for doing tight corners) but when I cut in a straight line through some 3/8 oak the blade seems to...

Bought this last week and I just have to say its absolutely fantastic. Feels strong and powerful. Made life a lot easier. Screwfix have it in at £89.99 at the moment. Powerful sander with rapid sheet changing system and dust box. Supplied with 6 sanding sheets and carry bag. 450WHook & Loop...

A 'potential' customer has been enquiring about me making a bench for their dining room for a little while now. Keep ringing me and asking various questions and emailing me various links to sites that have benchs on that they like the style of. Anyway, Wednesday (yep, 1 week before xmas day!)...

Newly made Cherry dining room bench. Gonna have lots of bums on it over it's life, what product would be an ideal finish for it? I have some furniture wax I use on oak things but I think there maybe a better product more suited to furniture than that. What about any of the following...

I'm starting a dining room bench but instead of the customer wanting oak she wants it made from Cherry. Now cherry isn't something I buy much of so I'm looking for a supplier. does anyone on here have any planed cherry they'd want to sell me? These are the lengths needed... 3x 1350mm x...

Here's a question some of you might know the answer to... My village has a pub. The landlord bought the pub about 5 years ago and tried to change it into a house. This was refused and he was told he couldn't change the business into residential and it was serving the community. So he shut the...

I've had this scroll saw a year now, I reckon I've done about 5 or 6 projects on it, nothing too difficult. To be honest, I really don't see the point! It's more frustration than it's worth. A typical scroll saw session goes like this... 6mm MDF, start the scroll saw and begin the cut...

I use bowl blanks for other things than turning bowls. How can I remove the anti splitting wax that the blanks are covered in without mounting on the lathe? this stuff...

My first attempt at a simple bandsaw box. A simple procedure, took me an hour from start to glue up. The procedure is as follows... Cut a slice off the top Cut a slice off the bottom Cut a slice off the back Cut the middle bit into 3 take the block out for the drawer and slice the front off...

I regularly visit my grand parents but every now and then when I get there I get invited into the cellar. The cellar holds lots of memories for me as a kid as I could play in there for hours on end. To a young lad it was like an Aladdin's cave . Every tool for every job was in that cellar...

I went to buy a bandsaw blade this size : 88" 14tpi 3/8" depth and after much looking on the shops internet catalog I found one with this description: 88" 3/8" depth, 6 skip what on earth is skip? 6 skip?

In Whitby over the weekend and I had a rummage around the boot sale and this is what I can home with... First up was a couple of screwdrivers, a round file and a little gadget that takes a drill bit and can be used by hand (not sure why?) Then I added to that these 2 hand drills... all...

I've started to put together a range of wooden toys. This will include 4 types. 1. Racing Car 2. Truck 3. Car 4. Bus So far I have completed 1 & 2 as prototypes. 1. Racing Car - Made from oak, wheels and axles are beech. Glue to fix the axle into the hole was Standard PVA 2. Truck - Made...

I've been asked to make the following... What I am after if possible, is a breadboard. Our friend is being ordained at the end if June and we want it to have his name, date if ordination and if poss a verse about the loaves and fishes. Now Pyrography was mentioned and as I'm useless at writing...

I made this coal yard for my mum's Hornby train set. All to scale... where the coal carriage is stood is where the track would be... The 'office' is made from MDF then veneered with walnut veneer to give the effect of it being a wooden hut type office. The coal in the bunkers is...

i have a friend who is thinking of joining one of the big driving schools as an instructor. basically you pay a fee up front and they put you through your instructor badge and you get a franchise. does anyone know anyone that is an instructor for either RED, BSM or The AA? friend has a few...

I've been asked to design and create a range of kiddies toys. These need to be solid wood, painted and have wooden wheels. I've never used this type of wooden wheel and axle pegs before so I was seeking some advice. How do I fix the wheels/axles to the body of the toy? Not sure if I need to...

Just finished making this big clock for our new conservatory. 18" diameter, 1" thick. Started with a piece of 12mm MDF and cut a 18" circle from it, then made each piece to fit until I had this... This had to 'go with the decor' in the conservatory so it was washed with paint and I had...