Post a photo of the last thing you made

[vibraphone]

First post, may as well be this
French oak, 32mm thick shelves with 10 cupboards beneath, finished in tung oil.
Waiting on handles to arrive.

 

[DTR]

First post, may as well be this
French oak, 32mm thick shelves with 10 cupboards beneath, finished in tung oil.
Waiting on handles to arrive.

Wow

 

[turnamere]

Coffe table inspired by the Roubo Workbench:

The wood is douglas fir offcuts left over from constructing the roof trusses and purlins from our extension build

The top is made with 2 pieces of 9"x4", I used a plywood spline in a routed groove to aid alignment, jointed the edges carefully and glued together. The legs are 4"x6". The timber had been kicking aroung my garage and generally getting in he way whilst I waited for a flash of inspiration; which came from Chris Schwarz's excellent workbench books. Initiall flattening and cleaning up of the timber was done using my router with a flat bottom Wealdon bit and a home made jig. The remainder was hand tools. I finished with 3 coats of Osmol Polyx satin and 3 further applications of beeswax.

SWMBO is delighted with the end result

 

[cgarry]

Coffe table inspired by the Roubo Workbench:


The wood is douglas fir offcuts left over from constructing the roof trusses and purlins from our extension build

The top is made with 2 pieces of 9"x4", I used a plywood spline in a routed groove to aid alignment, jointed the edges carefully and glued together. The legs are 4"x6". The timber had been kicking aroung my garage and generally getting in he way whilst I waited for a flash of inspiration; which came from Chris Schwarz's excellent workbench books. Initiall flattening and cleaning up of the timber was done using my router with a flat bottom Wealdon bit and a home made jig. The remainder was hand tools. I finished with 3 coats of Osmol Polyx satin and 3 further applications of beeswax.

SWMBO is delighted with the end result

I love that! I have been kicking around ideas for my own coffee table build hoping inspiration would strike. However, I think I shall go with something similar to yours.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[woodenstx]

Coffe table inspired by the Roubo Workbench:

The wood is douglas fir offcuts left over from constructing the roof trusses and purlins from our extension build

The top is made with 2 pieces of 9"x4", I used a plywood spline in a routed groove to aid alignment, jointed the edges carefully and glued together. The legs are 4"x6". The timber had been kicking aroung my garage and generally getting in he way whilst I waited for a flash of inspiration; which came from Chris Schwarz's excellent workbench books. Initiall flattening and cleaning up of the timber was done using my router with a flat bottom Wealdon bit and a home made jig. The remainder was hand tools. I finished with 3 coats of Osmol Polyx satin and 3 further applications of beeswax.

SWMBO is delighted with the end result

A sublime bit of work there!
that looks familiar from a Clans thread

 

[John15]

Vibraphone,

I like your bookcase style with cupboards below. Also what's good is a space for the TV.

John

 

[turnamere]

[A sublime bit of work there!
that looks familiar from a Clans thread

Hi Stuart,

small world, any further with your finish dilema? Looking forward to seeing the result once your post count is up.

 

[mouppe]

Been meaning to make this for about ten years. Finally got round to it. Only took 3 hours- why did I wait so long?!!! It's on little wheels and has about 35 clamps on it so far and room for plenty more.

 

[mouppe]

I added leather to my vice a long time ago but over time I realized it was too thin and didn't really provide any benefit. A couple of days ago I relined it with tooling leather which is about 3mm thick. This has the advantage of being able to compress a little and thus provide better grip, especially if your jaws do not close perfectly parallel. It also prevents marking the wood more easily as it has some give.

I used yellow glue to attach it and bevelled the edges. Edge bevelling reduces the chance of snagging the leather which can pull it away from the jaw over time.

Benchcrafted supply suede for their Moxon vices but I think it is also too thin.

 

[John15]

Where did you get the leather from Mouppe?

John

 

[mouppe]

Where did you get the leather from Mouppe?

John

From a lady that makes dog collars! Hence the bright colours.

 

[John15]

Ah, I don't know any ladies that make dog collars. Anyone know of a leather supplier? Lots on ebay but it's too thin.

John

 

[mouppe]

Why don't you glue two pieces together?

 

[RogerP]

Ah, I don't know any ladies that make dog collars. Anyone know of a leather supplier? Lots on ebay but it's too thin.

John

Have you checked this seller's items?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Leathercr...c7ea1e&var=&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&_ssn=jondo1

 

[John15]

Thanks Roger. I actually tried again putting 'thick' leather in the search box and found some.

John

 

[woodenstx]

First and last pair of things I've made

And the bench, many 12mm dowels to hold that

 

[Doris]

A cake stand I carved recently from softwood then painted. So big someone banged their noggin on it.

 

[blackrodd]

After a while, I did manage to tear my gaze from the scrummy cake display and look at the stand.
And I'm glad that I did, excellent job, You certainly come up with some clever designs, And I do like the eeb,
on the base.
What paint finish was this? looks almost glossy.
Regards Rodders

 

[John15]

I'll take the cake, if that's OK.

John

 

[JanetsBears]

There was a stand? I didn't notice anything other than cake!