Dr Al

My first proper bench! All planed by hand from construction timber :D I was tired of breaking my back bending down to a particleboard...

This pencil-case sized box is my take on a Japanese toolbox. The toolboxes are typically made with extremely simple construction...

I think this is the first thing I made that didn’t go wrong in any way. I found a plane in an emporium of sorts: I was obviously...

Took a break from the Farm boy engine. Back playing with wood for a couple of days. No, not logs for turning but rather for a log burner...

Thanks Yes, I did that: the tips are hollow ground which (assuming it's ground with the bit near the tip on a tangent to the grinding...

Yesterday, I made a couple of screwdriver blades (if that's the right word). A lot of the old Stanley planes have slotted (yuck)...

Thank you. Yes. I printed it out on a piece of paper and stuck it to the wood with masking tape, then used a knife to transfer the...

In extension of my introduction - built during Covid lockdowns as distraction from the worrying things going on outside. Needed to get...

Yesterday and this morning I made (just using hand tools as usual) my fifth one of these leaf tea caddies: It's made of American...

I have just completed my first attempt on “traditional” woodworking: a small medicine cabinet. As a beginner hobbyist woodworker, It was...

What a fantastic piece of work, the amount of planning ahead of time to design and build something that detailed must have been...

My take on Pekovich Tea Box not my finest work but I learned a lot whilst making. All hand tools

A prototype Backgammon Board involving Cherry, Birds eye maple and ABW. The workshop lighting makes the photographs come out pale...

Thanks both. @Dan Adamson, I started mid-2020 (Covid pandemic woodworker!). Initially it was mostly power tool stuff (table saw...

I haven't posted anything on here for a while, but I thought some people might be interested in an update on the travel tool chest /...