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blackteaonesugar
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Made a Wheel of Fortune, spinner wheel for a local gaming company.
Ten points if you guess what colour comes up before watching the video
Ten points if you guess what colour comes up before watching the video
Alpha-Dave
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This is a ‘Yarn bowl’ made as a gift for a friend of the Mrs who knits. To allow the ball of wool to roll around, it needs to be as smooth as possible on the inside to avoid snags, so much care needs to be taken when finishing that part.
There is a dip in the rim where there was a defect in the wood and leaving a dip seemed better than lowering the whole rim.
The piece of firewood this came from (sycamore I believe) was quite unattractive, but I’m very pleased with how this turned out. Danish oil and buffed-wax finish. Definitely some interesting spalting radiating out from the pith.
There is a dip in the rim where there was a defect in the wood and leaving a dip seemed better than lowering the whole rim.
The piece of firewood this came from (sycamore I believe) was quite unattractive, but I’m very pleased with how this turned out. Danish oil and buffed-wax finish. Definitely some interesting spalting radiating out from the pith.
Alex H
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Ridiculous prices, lack of available stock and no choice of size forced my hand 
(not the greenhouse!)
(not the greenhouse!)
Pen for lovers of "Game of thrones" or "Skyrim"
This is a heavy pen
Awful photo's (sorry)
Gold waves acrylic
sanded to 600 grit with abranet
Sanding pads to 15000 grit wet and dry
Polishing compound
5 hours over 2 days
This is a heavy pen
Awful photo's (sorry)
Gold waves acrylic
sanded to 600 grit with abranet
Sanding pads to 15000 grit wet and dry
Polishing compound
5 hours over 2 days
Terry Fogarty
Member
Stand for my new Dewalt dw735.
90×45 structural pine, 9mm mdf, domino and pocket holes.
90×45 structural pine, 9mm mdf, domino and pocket holes.
That’s brilliant!
Phill05
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Nice job done correctly (just lately had some discussions with so called fitters about how to hang a braced door they had no idea)
bourbon
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Not made, but fixed. I volunteer at a repair café. near me.
Kirsten Ramsey, (of the repair shop) eat your heart out. This came into the repair café on Saturday. It was one of the poppies from the art installation at the tower of London in 2018. I fixed one as it had all the pieces. This one had two chunks missing I had to rebuild the petals
Kirsten Ramsey, (of the repair shop) eat your heart out. This came into the repair café on Saturday. It was one of the poppies from the art installation at the tower of London in 2018. I fixed one as it had all the pieces. This one had two chunks missing I had to rebuild the petals
Terry Fogarty
Member
Thanks. It was made to look similar to my jet machinery.
Stigmorgan
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Made a basic centre finder out of a scrap of acrylic, cut it to 2mm smaller than my lathe can take, added a few lines 1inch apart from centre, still need to drill a few holes to mark the circle, it's not perfect but it will do the job.
If we're talking about L&B doors, here's a stable door I made for the cellar of my office outbuilding.
The top bit has to open outwards as the interior floor level is slightly below the top of the door and the bottom bit inwards due to the steps.
As the door was to be stained black (Sadolin Classic Ebony) I pre-stained all the joints before assembly so as to not get white lines in summer when the door shrinks a bit... I used simple lapped joints with a couple of mm expansion gap between the boards. All SS screws/coach screws.
It's a beast - about 1.35m wide, 2m high and made from 1" rough-sawn tanalised timber. The top was fiddly to get it to open properly, being recessed into an arch and having to open over the top of the steps.
The top bit has to open outwards as the interior floor level is slightly below the top of the door and the bottom bit inwards due to the steps.
As the door was to be stained black (Sadolin Classic Ebony) I pre-stained all the joints before assembly so as to not get white lines in summer when the door shrinks a bit... I used simple lapped joints with a couple of mm expansion gap between the boards. All SS screws/coach screws.
It's a beast - about 1.35m wide, 2m high and made from 1" rough-sawn tanalised timber. The top was fiddly to get it to open properly, being recessed into an arch and having to open over the top of the steps.
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Stigmorgan
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Did a little thing with a piece of Hawthorn again, from the same branch as my last piece, there are a few bits of tearout and tool marks that I couldn't sand out but I'm pretty happy with it, sanded to 320 and finished with Danish Oil
Jameshow
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Made this a couple of years back to improve safety using my portable saw due to a near miss with a 8 x 4 sheet of 18mm plywood. I now cut large sheets with a circular saw into more manageable pieces and find this table extension excellent for long lengths, it’s knock down for easy storage +has adjustable feet .
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Stigmorgan
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Last 3 jobs done since 7th February.
Variety is the spice of life.
Raised pitch of studio roof. Loved this job because my son was visiting and we had a day on that roof together. You can’t tell how cold we are up there in this picture.
Bathroom cab built in for a regular customer…
Loadsa shelves for a new customer ready for their painter…
I have one more set of units ready to install but then I’m starting a heritage building renovation which will probably take the rest of the year. So except for the odd visit to make mouldings and a few cabinets for this job I won’t be in the workshop much in 2022. So keep posting your projects on this page to make me jealous.
Variety is the spice of life.
Raised pitch of studio roof. Loved this job because my son was visiting and we had a day on that roof together. You can’t tell how cold we are up there in this picture.
Bathroom cab built in for a regular customer…
Loadsa shelves for a new customer ready for their painter…
I have one more set of units ready to install but then I’m starting a heritage building renovation which will probably take the rest of the year. So except for the odd visit to make mouldings and a few cabinets for this job I won’t be in the workshop much in 2022. So keep posting your projects on this page to make me jealous.
