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[Sawdust=manglitter]

Got in some reps doing butterfly/bowtie/dovetail keys (who knows which term is correct!?). As usual i overcomplicate things for myself, so the design and shape i came up with was far from straightforward to do. As well as hogging out as much of the waste i could with a 1/4” bit on a plunge router, i needed to use every single one of these chisels, as well as a scalpel!! Hopefully they’ll look good once the epoxy is dry and it’s planed down…

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They dont actually look too bad after flattening! Slab on left has nothing on and slab on right has some white spirit to see what it might look like with finish on. Obviously the slabs are Oak, but the keys are Gabon Ebony

 

[Stigmorgan]

So today I continued sanding and finishing the plate I started yesterday, here's a pic of before it was removed from the bench and a few of the finished items,

also thought I would have a go at making a baby rattle from a bit of oak, I mounted it between centres, cut a tenon on each end, parted it in the middle, hollowed both pieces leaving a tenon on one of them, put some plastic beads in and glued the two back together, next time I'm out there I will finalise the outer shape then decide what I'm going to do for the handle and the finish, I intend on it being a gift for a teacher at school that is expecting her first baby in April, not sure what finish to use though

 

[Citracal]

Small kitchen table in rippled ash for work.

 

[starlingwood]

Superking bed in oak. Domino got a load of action. Slats were beech. Finish osmo polyx. Designed on sketch up. Headboard upholstery sub contracted to sofa and chair company of London, very good job they did. Need to make matching bedside drawers now. Lights led strip on a twin motion sensor and dimmer.

 

[blackteaonesugar]

Gurt big bench for a Solihull Restaurant. Got to be upholstered/painted etc yet.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Gurt big bench for a Solihull Restaurant. Got to be upholstered/painted etc yet.
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Oh my, what a long one you have

 

[paulrbarnard]

A follow up to the geared heart pendent I made for my wife for valentines day. I decided it needed a box.

 

[Garno]

A follow up to the geared heart pendent I made for my wife for valentines day. I decided it needed a box.
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I got Mrs G a 1kg tin of CoffeeMate

 

[Adam W.]

Nice one Garno.

 

[FlatlandsF7a]

Finally finished the matching bedside table for the spare room. Only my second attempt at mitred corners (they have dowels inside for strength), and I'm pretty pleased. Mostly pleased because it looks like the first! Still need to work on my dovetails, but they're getting better and no-one is going to look too closely at these (apart from you people....).

600x400x400mm made from one board of 50mm roughsawn oak resawn to a finished 25mm board (outside) and a 15mm board for insides and drawers.

 

[kinverkid]

I got Mrs G a 1kg tin of CoffeeMate

I've booked us a table but I'm not sure if she likes snooker. May have to resort to billiards. I'll update you if I have any fingers left intact.

 

[Jameshow]

I've booked us a table but I'm not sure if she likes snooker. May have to resort to billiards. I'll update you if I have any fingers left intact.

I've got her a Stanley no5.5 I hope she likes it!!
I certainly will!!

 

[kinverkid]

I've got her a Stanley no5.5 I hope she likes it!!
I certainly will!!

Sparntly shy doedsnt lke euithr snoonkr or bulliiurdfs.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Think yourselves lucky you only have valentines day to worry about, I also have her birthday to worry about tomorrow and this year is the BIG half century . She thinks I've forgotten, she's gonna be gobsmacked when she finds out I've arranged a surprise party at the pub across the road

 

[Doug B]

Managed to get the doors hung from last week, I’m pleased with how they turned out as the frames were all over the place.

the last couple of days I’ve spent converting my old Axminster LPHV extractor into a cyclone, the original machine.

The new set up.

I hadn’t got any extra room so managed to juggle the bits around & keep it all on the original mobile base. I’ve definitely lost a little suction but there’s still plenty to clear the thicknesser so I’m well pleased.

Whilst I was doing this I also added remote on off switches so I can now control the extractor from the DOL switch on the machine or from the other end of the workshop.

 

[Jameshow]

Think yourselves lucky you only have valentines day to worry about, I also have her birthday to worry about tomorrow and this year is the BIG half century . She thinks I've forgotten, she's gonna be gobsmacked when she finds out I've arranged a surprise party at the pub across the road

My Mrs is on the 20th and she's a right one to buy for no hobbies just working and holidays....

 

[kinverkid]

My Mrs is on the 20th and she's a right one to buy for no hobbies just working and holidays....

Can't you treat her to a couple of days picking sprouts in Belgium?

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

I started work on a loom bench for my best beloved.

Thus far I've designed it, bought rough sawn Ash (to match the loom), planed and thicknessed it, and rough cut the four legs. I haven't yet worked out how to actually build the thing, but a start is a start.

 

[mikej460]

I was trying to overtake a couple but they were weaving all over the road, I wound down my window and shouted 'oi you two...get a loom!'

 

[Stigmorgan]

My Mrs is on the 20th and she's a right one to buy for no hobbies just working and holidays....

Mines the same, only thing she really wants is a summer house but I just can't be arsed to build one and can't afford to buy one.