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Last things that I finished building were decking and large planters for on the decking. I had built a deck when we moved in to this...

As Stigmorgan said " beautiful ", the contrasting wood look great.

A small pencil box (loosely) inspired by Japanese toolboxes. Walnut and spalted beech, finished with Danish oil.

Some years ago I did the Hobbiton movie set tour of the hobbit village in New Zealand. Mr Jackson wanted everything to be as authentic...

I’m planning to build an outdoor hut styled as a Hobbit House, with curved roof (shingles or shakes?) & roof facings also curved. The...

As mentioned the extractor on the outside will remove valuable hot air during the cold months and you will need to have air from outside...

Dimensionaly the drawer sizes aren't too bad, I've made bigger, but the material sizes are way over the top, not surprising the runner's...

Fauteuil en bois A chair designed by Ettore Bugatti based on the Adirondack Like the Adirondack it's surprisingly comfortable Made in...

Not sure, but I believe the reasonable force to protect your property applies. Did you enjoy your trip into the swamps. In 1987 we did a...

Maybe but much worse has happened to thieves around here, we have many kilometres of logging roads around here. The perp will not be found.

@Dr Al I would be right chuffed if I could even make them in my fully equipped workshop.👏

A set of four boxes, all made with hand tools only (although some of the timber had previously been resawn on a bandsaw). They were...

I love his admonition about the bat as a potential weapon, and promptly advises best use !! Of course, you only have it beside the door...

On a slight tangent regarding police intervention, two of our fields are separated by a unused rail bed. We have about 7 acres fenced in...

I worked with someone who could never resist stealing other people's food. One day he ate a whole bar of laxative chocolate that had...