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Avon lathe. 48inch bed. Plus a set of Ashley Iles turning chisels , chuck and accessories as shown. No longer wanted as reducing workshop size. £350. Cash, buyer dismantles and collect. Postal code BD22. Cowling.

Up date on the progress on the dresser. Progress slow as I’ve been doing other things. At the moment scratching moulding for the doors before routing rail and stiles .

Still undecided on which moulding to go for. The larger bead ( scratch hook) is what I had in mind on the original design. Having got used to using it it’s quicker than my first attempts.

Thanks. Router cutter ordered. I’ve bit the bullet. Once I’ve put the beading on the side panels I can start the glueing!!

Thanks for your advise on this, another opinion is always good.The dresser is a large substantial piece (if the weight is anything to go by ). I have doubts that the bead might be too small and hence look out of place. I don’t mind putting in the effort to achieve the right look. I’m going to...

Ta, I’ll look into this , and have a think.

Think I’m there with the final design. Need to make decision ,scratch hook or router bit.

Thanks rogxwhit, I will now get the file out and modify the cutter.

Made a start on a test piece. Fashioned a cutter which I will need to modify to reduce the quirk. Took an hour to scratch a shape which is a bit of a worry as the final project with the upper part of dresser included will require about 15 or so feet of scratching ! I’m lucky to have a patient...

SScratch

Your right a smaller quirk would be much better. I am limited to the router bits I have available. Thanks, you have made me re-think. I will have a go at filing a cutter for a scratch hook I made awhile back for another job. The photo is of a glass door with bead that I’d like to copy. Can’t...

Thank rogxwhit, Yes, no interruptions ,clamps ready to hand . Jar an brush ready, Managed this time to add the photo of the beading sample I intend to route (before glueing) on the side panel fronts and also where the two doors close together . Yet to make thee doors.

My apologies for problems posting photos.

Photo of proposed

Update. Dovetails on draws finished, as yet unglued and no bottom. Just a bead on the front edge of the side panels to route (photo of the proposed bead test piece shown in the photo ). Then moving on to the bit of woodwork I hate, yes hate. Is it just me who hates this ? It always seems...

An update on progress of the dresser. Only the bottom plinth and the side panels are glued, the rest are free to take apart. I do hate glueing , it always seems a fraught exercise. The draws are beech fronts and oak sides.

Thanks for all comments. Pencil and paper has always been my first choice (probably an age thing ) when planning a project. Didn’t want to get tied up learning new digital stuff. Also prefer to put the cash into the wood itself. I do find that my first sizing / spacial awareness is in imperial...

I’ve been wanting to construct a dresser for years. I’ll post progress as I go. Ash, Beech ordered from British Hardwoods ,and I’ll use the odd bit of oak that left over from other projects. Here are the photos of sketches of the proposed dresser. I just use them as a guide and things may...

Opps, need to upload photos of jewellery boxes

Bit of a lockdown project. Three jewellery boxes made for my daughters took me about as long as lockdown to make. Using Cherry and ebony inlay.