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Wardrobe for a very small bedroom (1.85m x 2.4m) and fold down desk, bit of a budget build.

You can see the wall steps back about 300mm at the top so used this area for full depth hanging space.

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Got to love MDF

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Plinth to go around the bottom yet.

Got a bed with drawers under to make next as they have bought a slightly shorter than normal mattress (1.8m) as a standard mattress is just too long to fit between the walls.
 
I like the book holder. That was always the issue with reading in the bath; the book would get wet or my arms would get tired. Singing in the shower is a good alternative. :giggle:
I imagine it'll be a phone on it most of the time rather than a book. But whatever stops her singing......
 
Had the whole afternoon in the makerspace today so produced 2 little creations, firstly a little paperweight with dish for paperclips turned from the offcut of walnut from my previous creation sanded to 320 then abrasive paste and wax,
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and then I cut a piece of spalted Sycamore and made a chunky walled deep bowl sanded to 320 and finished with walnut oil.
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Any shelving inside?

No shelving. The original quote I gave them had shelving/dividers etc but they were on a bit of a budget so just went with a hanging rail behind the tall doors and used a chest of drawers they had behind the second pair of doors, it actually worked quite well.

They did splash out on some nice knobs from "From the Anvil", I often give customers one of their catalogues to look through for ideas and they normally end up ordering stuff out of it. Not cheap but really nice quality and I do think quality ironmongery makes a big difference.
 
Something a little different, never tried a green man before. I take my flex cut tools away with me on hols, this took me two hols but only doing it sporadically when we had nothing planned or the girls were just chilling - I finished with Danish oil this week when we got back.

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A piece of walnut gifted to me by our tree surgeon has been sat on my shelf for a few months now and today it called to me so I found a centre and took it to the bandsaw the split between solid and softer light wood kept this one out of balance the whole time but I managed to get clean enough cuts that any minor marks left behind were easily sanded out, finished with abrasive wax then diamond hard wax, absolutely in love with this one.
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Lovely bowl and thanks for the judiciously placed tailstock, though I'm wondering why you thought it necessary to strip for the photo's?
 
Something a little different, never tried a green man before. I take my flex cut tools away with me on hols, this took me two hols but only doing it sporadically when we had nothing planned or the girls were just chilling - I finished with Danish oil this week when we got back.

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Padster
Lovely

Are the flexcut tools the best starter option?

Or these narex?

https://www.workshopheaven.com/nare...Ufv_2J1-GZmxOqYPSDyqVkU8GnCqQ38RoCLBoQAvD_BwE
Or these

https://www.jacksonsart.com/jas-pre...Z-wMq8wzsgkQ9BZpm6RBOPaiehJgMNLRoCXS4QAvD_BwE
 
Thanks.. are flexcut the best starter option.... honestly I don't know any different, they are all I've used but research before I bought them seemed to suggest they'd be good, and I like to get the best I can afford and buy once, I also thought because they were 'known' if I didn't take to it I may get a better second hand price...

I started with (and still use) this set... 11 piece starter and also bought strop set to keep the very sharp tools sharp!

Since then I have a few more and even a pocket version that I can take if I don't want to carry all but have an option.

HTH

Padster
 
Couple more creations today, a cake stand from P.E Bench wood for our P.E teacher who is leaving and a Sycamore vase for another teacher who is retiring
 

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Ran out some redwood cladding this afternoon

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This is for a garden room I’m building for the GLW, it’s south facing & I wanted something with a good overlap on the t&g & couldn’t find anything at my local merchants I was happy with so ran this out of some sawn redwood


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Its 21mm thick & the t&g 15mm deep on the front face so hopefully this will stand up to the baking sun we seem to be getting.
 
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