Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Doris]

Thanks chaps

 

[moosepig]

My first go at making furniture of any sort (so be kind!) - some plywood drawer cabinets for my workshed (it's not big enough to be a shop!) to fit under the "workbench" I made a while back from recycled wood. Two identical cabinets side by side (I don't have room to make anything bigger in one go!)

Full extension drawers for maximum storage The handles are made from recycled 2x4 offcuts and have grooves cut top and bottom for grip.

Only caught the woodwork bug last summer, quite pleased with how these turned out considering the cheapness of some of the tools used to create them. Also pleased with how much less clutter there is now that the drawers are full

Although generally the biggest drawer would be at the bottom for the most pleasing aesthetic, I decided that the big drawers would most likely house the heaviest stuff and I'd rather not have to lift that up from almost floor level - hence the bottom drawers are slightly smaller than those above them. It seems to work so far despite looking a bit odd at first glance. Also the drawer fascias are cut from one contiguous sheet - even though it's only knotty Wickes plywood I like the effect 8)

 

[Benchwayze]

This puts my old bank of shop-drawers to shame Moose. At first glance I thought I was looking at a bedroom fitment!

Nice one.

Cheers

 

[Adam9453]

This puts my old bank of shop-drawers to shame Moose. At first glance I thought I was looking at a bedroom fitment!

+1
They look very nice, its more pleasant to work in a nicely fitted out workshop I think. I do have to admit though that my workshop is far from glamorous right now. Second hand reclaimed plywood sheets for the interior wall boarding out complete with random splashed mud effect pattern is not exactly in vogue right now!!

 

[blackrodd]

This puts my old bank of shop-drawers to shame Moose. At first glance I thought I was looking at a bedroom fitment!

Nice one.

Cheers

+1 More for the above, very well done!
Regards Rodders

 

[moosepig]

Thanks chaps! They look better in these photos than in real life, my rubbish phone camera has smoothed out all the rough bits. It's bare wood throughout and certainly looks like shop furniture close up

 

[brianhabby]

The ukulele was built from a kit and decorated by me. The box was made from scratch. It was my entry into the PimpMyUke contest organised by Age Cymru for Men's Sheds in Wales. I took overall best pimped ukulele prize and our group also took the cup for best band.

 

[Adam9453]

both the case and uke look superb brian, you should be suitably proud of those

 

[Penny]

My latest piece. I turned the base from a random log in my workshop and the colours stunned me once it was waxed. I then fitted the electrics and made the shade. Very pleased with it!

 

[RogerP]

So you should be, it's nice interesting piece and well made. Amazing what's lurking in the woodpile!

 

[david123]

Made a magnetic wooden knife holder to compliment some kitchen wall fittings I posted on the projects forum a while back. Quite simple to make using 3mm by 10mm rare earth magnets, fascinated my granddaughter, I told her it was made out of a magnet tree.

Sorry about the poor quality of the photographs.

 

[gregmcateer]

Nice one, Dave.
Do please enlighten your g'daughter at some point!

 

[Bm101]

Nice one, Dave.
Do please enlighten your g'daughter at some point!

Lol, never tell, always keep them guessing! They have the rest of their lives to live in a rational world where they have to get up and go to work. My boy is five and he has to do homework everyday. Surely that's not right! Nice knife rack btw, sorry if i'm wandering, it just made me laugh.
God Bless Bill Watterson.

 

[Doris]

Just finished this trophy for a friend who's sun has just qualified as a tree surgeon.

 

[david123]

Nice one, Dave.
Do please enlighten your g'daughter at some point!

of course I will.........soon

Like the cartoon, made me smile

 

[david123]

Just finished this trophy for a friend who's sun has just qualified as a tree surgeon.

I like that lucky tree surgeon.

 

[mouppe]

I bought an 8lb maul head on Ebay for $11 and a big piece of hickory for $20.

Several hours later, and after a good workout on the shavehorse with a drawknife, spokeshaves and a knife, I have a 34" handle to suit the axehead. If you haven't worked with hickory before, it's really really tough on power tools, but hand tools work very well on it. So apart from roughing out the blank on the bandsaw I worked it all by hand and loved every minute of it.

The head was in fair shape and only needed a little work with a file. It's a maul, not an axe so sharpness is not desired or required.

 

[memzey]

Very nice - well done!

 

[xraymtb]

Very nicely done. I might need to add a shavehorse to my long list of projects! I've actually got a few axe heads lying around waiting for the day I get around to handling them.

 

[Racers]

Very nicely done. I might need to add a shavehorse to my long list of projects! I've actually got a few axe heads lying around waiting for the day I get around to handling them.

I know its cheating but I bought an axe handle from Amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... 1447098572

The quality was very good.

Pete