Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Brian18741]

Well impressed with the bed Brian, that'll look smart with the contrast of the beech. I made an oak one for a bedroom in the rental we're doing up at the moment but I think I'll steal that idea for the other room.
What set up did you use for the slats, they look quite deep from what I can see on the photo?

Thanks! The slats were a 2x10 I think, that I ripped down to 2" square and made a frame from. The side rails have a rebate cut in them that the slats just sit on. They are attached with this hardware from Hafele. Surprisingly sturdy, and that's for a super king size, 6' mattress!



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[n0legs]

A pair of walnut bedside cabinets for the good woman and I. Ebony dowels and handles, all my own work.
They still need some more polishing

 

[Brian18741]

Lovely. The dowels create a really interesting pattern on the sides!

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[ScaredyCat]

that's a good start @scaredycat, remember that if there are no mistakes, you never learn anything, we live in a society obssessed with perfectionism and never making mistakes, but that's not how you master anything, that tool cabinet looks good to me so far, don't be too hard on yourself.

Yeah I know where you're coming from. I've never had any kind of training ( although I watch a lot of Youtube videos) so I appreciate my mistakes. My next thing should be better

 

[Ttrees]

Had some fun getting used to the lathe
Just messing, but some things learned

 

[Bm101]

A pair of walnut bedside cabinets for the good woman and I. Ebony dowels and handles, all my own work.
They still need some more polishing

Shall I put me glasses on or what mate? Help me out and post a picture I can see! Look fantastic but I'd like to see them close up NL's! I'm not the coastguard Bud. Don't even own binoculars.

 

[John15]

A pair of walnut bedside cabinets for the good woman and I. Ebony dowels and handles, all my own work.
They still need some more polishing

Very nice NoLegs. Walnut is a beautiful wood - wish is wasn't so expensive.

John

 

[DTR]

Finally made a proper planing stop for the workbench:





No WIP thread, as it's just a stick

 

[monkeybiter]

Ha ha first piccy I thought 'it's just an offcut sat on the bench'. That'll be easy to trim when it wears, and better than planing toward one of those metal fold-down planing stops threatening to chip the plane.
Have you received your first 25% royalties for your selfie yet?

 

[NazNomad]

Nothing too special.

Oak box and horseshoe made from the Randomwood Tree.

 

[Mike Jordan]

The camera really lies here, the barley twist has a pronounced taper from wide at the base to narrow at the top,
but not in this photo.
And now for the wine,

 

[Mike Jordan]

This one is a little better.
The real problem is buying a camera with a brain bigger than mine !

 

[Bm101]

Try taking the photo closer from a lower vantage point looking up slightly even better if you can aim a lamp at the top of the stem . Might help Mike.
Very nice btw.

 

[Mike Jordan]

Thanks, I've worked out that the sheet of ply used as a background is leaning at an angle with the top further away, so the the camera flash has thrown a longer shadow at the top and made the barley twist look parallel.
Mike.

 

[ScaredyCat]

If an effort to understand wood grain more I made a cutting board. No electricity was used (by me) in the making of this board wood came from eBay seller as offcuts all varying heights etc. I laminated them and, rather than cut the individual pieces to be the same height I just planed them down after the glue had dried. I generated a bucket load of shavings in the process. Oddly from the pictures the edges don't look straight, but they are.

 

[undergroundhunter]

Nothing too interesting, just a couple of new shooting boards.

I have been prepping this board for my next project though

 

[NazNomad]

Never owned one of these, and I had a 4'' square length of Chestnut hanging around.

 

[ScaredyCat]

Never owned one of these, and I had a 4'' square length of Chestnut hanging around.

I presume you turned it, rather than it was hewn?

Very nice however the result was achieved.

 

[NazNomad]

yes, it was turned.

 

[custard]

Oak box and horseshoe made from the Randomwood Tree.

That horseshoe isn't easy, especially when it's as well made as that.

=D>

How many hours did it take?