Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Doris]

Fortunately I only own one book anyway. I got the support method from a furniture making book written in the late forties

I had no idea Nineteen Eighty-Four was about furniture making! I must read it again, clearly I've got it mixed up with something else. ;-)

lol

Castaway man with Wilson. Carved and whittled from spalted silver birch and walnut.

 

[Berncarpenter]

Scabbard made from reclaimed mahogany for my dovetail saw.

Cheers Bern

 

[devonwoody]

Nice work.

Have you made these sort of things before? Over the years I have found making a tool holder in timber can result in rusting of tool because timber takes up I assume some of the local humidity in a workshop. Perhaps your environment is different to mine.

Have others had any adverse effects?

 

[Berncarpenter]

This is a first, I have copied the design from a nice old back saw that was owned by a fellow student on the ATC class.

My workshop is nice and dry but thanks for the tip off , i will keep an eye on it .

Cheers Bern

 

[monkeybiter]

Over the years I have found making a tool holder in timber can result in rusting of tool because timber takes up I assume some of the local humidity in a workshop. Have others had any adverse effects?

I have made the mistake of leaving assorted bits of timber on my TS, only to find a 'shadow' of surface rust a day or two later on removal.

 

[DennisCA]

Outfeed table for my table saw, folds down, still a work in progress but it works and I've used it, also home made push sticks on picture, took the plans from Mathias Wandels site, like them very much, will make another pair of thicker plywood:

 

[navypaul]

bench for the kitchen from poplar with iroko and oak inserts, it has small castors set deep in to the base to allow bench to appear to float on the tiles

 

[mfarrar]

After two years of work in my spare time I finally finished this

 

[monkeybiter]

Two years well spent!

 

[Mikeee]

Made this over the last few days - Wh Am Oak veneered MDF for the sheets with solid Wh Am Oak face pieces - pocket hole joinery.

Finished with 3 coats of Danish Oil - first ever attempt at making and fitting draws, I need a little more practice at aligning the draw fronts.

I am still starting out with woodworking and this is my first ever cabinet so please critique away.

 

[Benchwayze]

Two years well spent!

And you can repair my Gibson any time you like! Lovely work, especially with the abalone.
Keep frettin'

John

 

[devonwoody]

After two years of work in my spare time I finally finished this

Nice work and the album at photobucket was a good source of your work as well.

 

[devonwoody]

Made this over the last few days - Wh Am Oak veneered MDF for the sheets with solid Wh Am Oak face pieces - pocket hole joinery.

Finished with 3 coats of Danish Oil - first ever attempt at making and fitting draws, I need a little more practice at aligning the draw fronts.

I am still starting out with woodworking and this is my first ever cabinet so please critique away.

You must be proud and satisfied, that is a good workpiece.

 

[devonwoody]

bench for the kitchen from poplar with iroko and oak inserts, it has small castors set deep in to the base to allow bench to appear to float on the tiles

I like your design and work on that piece

 

[devonwoody]

Outfeed table for my table saw, folds down, still a work in progress but it works and I've used it, also home made push sticks on picture, took the plans from Mathias Wandels site, like them very much, will make another pair of thicker plywood:

Yes interesting.

 

[DennisCA]

I guess not, I was very happy about when I had it done though...

 

[bexupnorth]

Made use of the three overhead cupboards left over from our eBay kitchen:

Added the top, valance, some paint and handles.

I'm pleased with the result, but more to the point so is our lass

Ade

 

[mfarrar]

Thanks for the comments on my guitar, yes I think it was worth the work in end. Bench what's wrong with your Gibson? I think repairing can sometimes be harder than making!

 

[Benchwayze]

Thanks for the comments on my guitar, yes I think it was worth the work in end. Bench what's wrong with your Gibson? I think repairing can sometimes be harder than making!

Hi MF...

I was getting at the fact your work is good enough for anyone to entrust a guitar to you. In my case, there'd be the distance factor!

The Gibson needs a couple of replacement frets, but the fingerboard is also 'bound', so any problems are magnified. Fortunately, I discovered that John Diggins is still working and is just the other side of the city, so I will probably take it to him. As you say, repairs are more of a problem than making, but to keep an expensive guitar in service, they are necessary. If only to give my son something worth selling, come the day! :mrgreen:

Cheers
John

 

[mfarrar]

Thanks for the comments on my guitar, yes I think it was worth the work in end. Bench what's wrong with your Gibson? I think repairing can sometimes be harder than making!

Hi MF...

I was getting at the fact your work is good enough for anyone to entrust a guitar to you. In my case, there'd be the distance factor!

The Gibson needs a couple of replacement frets, but the fingerboard is also 'bound', so any problems are magnified. Fortunately, I discovered that John Diggins is still working and is just the other side of the city, so I will probably take it to him. As you say, repairs are more of a problem than making, but to keep an expensive guitar in service, they are necessary. If only to give my son something worth selling, come the day! :mrgreen:

Cheers
John

I did have a lot of help on the build from a luthier, couldn't have done it on my own as this was my first woodworking project.

Replacing frets should be quite easy, if they aren't glued they come out quite easy with the right tool. Not sure about the fret binding, if the fret just sits ontop of the binding then I guess the fret wire tongue that goes into the fret slot is probably just removed where the binding is. If that's the case I can't see a guitar tech charging much, though I don't know what they generally charge.

Nice artwork by the way, I particularly like Autumn fire.