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As a newbie, I hope no-one minds me posting a WIP thread in here.
I've just moved house and need some new furniture. Having had my wallet shocked by the price of decent hardwood furniture I thought I'd try making some.
Now, I haven't done any woodwork since I was a boy messing around in my dad's shed So I decided to take it slowly and start with something that didn't require a 'perfect' finish .
I'm building a chest based partly on plans in Doug Stowe's "Rustic Furniture Basics".
I picked up the wood (4 planks of 6x1 sawn oak and a waney edged bit of what looks like beech) about a week ago and have been letting them settle in the utility room:
I then stole my father's circular saw and ripped them down to width
A bit of work with the handsaw then left me with what seemed like a lot less wood than I started with - where does it all go?
I treated myself to a small planer/thicknesser from Axminster after reading the reviews on here, so it was time to try my purchase out!
It works beautifully!
I've just moved house and need some new furniture. Having had my wallet shocked by the price of decent hardwood furniture I thought I'd try making some.
Now, I haven't done any woodwork since I was a boy messing around in my dad's shed So I decided to take it slowly and start with something that didn't require a 'perfect' finish .
I'm building a chest based partly on plans in Doug Stowe's "Rustic Furniture Basics".
I picked up the wood (4 planks of 6x1 sawn oak and a waney edged bit of what looks like beech) about a week ago and have been letting them settle in the utility room:
I then stole my father's circular saw and ripped them down to width
A bit of work with the handsaw then left me with what seemed like a lot less wood than I started with - where does it all go?
I treated myself to a small planer/thicknesser from Axminster after reading the reviews on here, so it was time to try my purchase out!
It works beautifully!