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As well as making oak frames, I also dabble with oak for a hobby. :) Much more to follow, including the full making of this 3.6m high pole.

This was a project that I carried out at the beginning of the year.

This is a little project that I'm doing for my self, and is a WIP. :) This a quick sketch of how it should look when finished. And this is some of the oak. Section size is 215mm x 215mm Finished posts and one of the bottom plates.

What with one thing and another I haven't been around for quite sometime. To get back on track, here is a garage project that I finished today. The plans were drawn up using a brick build which was just too costly, so a traditional green oak frame build was decided upon instead. I was then...

I've been taking a quick review this evening of some of the projects that I have completed over the last year, both paid and unpaid. It isn't a bad amount considering that other than for one job, all work is completed by me, with no outside help. In no particular order other than the last...

From this green oak beam, with an overall length after extension piece added of 4,600mm x 200mm x 200mm. First two cuts... To this...

Does anyone on here own one of the following Veritas dowel makers, and if so, where did you buy it? . http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.a ... ,180,42288 Sadly the UK supplier can only sell what's listed on the Veritas website, so doesn't have this particular model. Lee Valley are...

To keep up with all of the usual maintenance jobs on the house that we have spent the last two years renovating, I could with buying either a double or triple extending ladder, which needs to have a working height of 9.6m. Any recommendations of where the best place to order one would be, and...

Back in August, I made one of my yearly trip to Switzerland, and went into a woodcarving shop with the sole intention of buying just one chisel that I required for my oak framing. The downside was that I have been slowly getting the urge to take up wood carving as hobby, and not only did I end...

We about to move into the house that we have been renovation for the last year or so, and one of the first things on my 'wish list' of gadgets to buy, is something to look at this stunning view with. The distance to the horizon is approx 20miles, and I am at a loss to know whether to buy a...

As a bit of fun I've been using any old junk wood or trees that I have knocking about, to make garden features and art work in the garden of the house that we are about to move to, and this leads me to the following.. Last week when I came into work, there had been a fresh delivery of timber and...

Amongst two other jobs that I have been carrying out this week in the workshop, I've also cut out the following project to house rabbits! :D I knocked the main frame up at the beginning of the week, but still have the rafters and bracing to cut. Today has been spent chilling out in the sun...

To use in conjunction with my oak framing company, I'm considering buying a MAFELL Z5E 240V 305mm capacity portable bandsaw, but to be honest after a quick Google search, I'm pretty horrified at the near on 3K + vat cost of the machine. Can anyone recommend a suitable dealer to purchase both...

My daughter is obsessed by horses, and she kept pestering me to make somewhere for her to keep her toy horses. So on a day when work was slack, I knocked this little stable block up for her. It made a change from doing oak frames! :lol:

Here you go PeterB, now you'll know its the same Eddie! :lol: Today's project is an OTT swing that I've just finished making in my mother-in-laws garden for my daughter. It all started last year, when I was going to throw out an oak plank that had cupped. Like you do, I suddenly had te...

Sorry the photos have gone AWOL. I'll try again later! :( Sorry if this is very long, but hopefully it could be useful for anyone considering building a shed, workshop, or garage. I don’t normally photograph each stage of garage construction, but as the following was carried out at my...

Whilst on my hols last year, I spotted an unusual looking carving that had been carried out on some supporting members of an old timber framed building. Upon my return to this country I decided to quickly replicate it, and the following photo was the result. I'd be interested to know if there...

Being new to this forum, it would appear that my photos are being picked up as spam, but here goes anyway! I started this BBQ area a few months ago, but having to fit it around my regular work means that whilst the main construction is now complete, I still need to brick pave the floor, wire...