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[thetyreman]

for a first box Sawdust=manglitter, that's pretty friggin good! your niece will love that

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

:shock: A first bandsaw box , it looks lovely , Your niece will love it , Good job

Thanks Blister! Not for the faint hearted, clocked about 25hrs, half of which was probably hand sanding! Hand carving the purpleheart hearts probably took 5hrs.

Apart from the visible cut lines I'm really pleased with it and was kinda sorry to see it go, but yes my niece loved it

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

And thanks Tyre Man

 

[TFrench]

Christmas present for my mum - oak bracket to display her tower of london poppy.

20161211_121017, on Flickr

 

[Setch]

Mahogany, ebony and pau ferro veneer box for an eclipse honing guide, Xmas present for my brother. True oil finish, knocked back to satin with steel wool.

 

[MrTeroo]

That's nice, you should have incorporated some stops into the lid or base at the correct distances to set it up for chisels and plane irons.

 

[custard]

Christmas present for my mum - oak bracket to display her tower of london poppy.

That's a smart solution to the problem of preserving and displaying a special artefact. The gothic styling works well and the grain is nicely symmetrical. A 6mm wide, 3mm deep hole in the base would have been useful to locate the bottom of the stem, but doesn't change the fact that what you've achieved is really commendable.

=D>

 

[Setch]

That's nice, you should have incorporated some stops into the lid or base at the correct distances to set it up for chisels and plane irons.

Yes! I realised this about 10 seconds after the last coat of Tru Oil went on!

 

[DTR]

Coffee table
Oak top - 400 x 600 mm - from waste bin British Hardwood; legs glued 4 x 18mm square Walnut also from BH

Phone table; scrap bin BH

I like that, all the more so as the wood came from the scrap bin =D>

made a propeller spindle thingy and a spoon/ladle just before Christmas, these were well received Christmas gifts

Great stuff. I might have a go at one of those propeller thingies; it's a step up from the paper aeroplanes my nieces keep asking me to make

Heat engine.

Awesome =D> I definitely want to build one of these one day. Probably a bit advanced for me yet though, I haven't even built a wobbler yet

 

[DTR]

That looks really nice, excellent use of magnet too. Are the washers superglued on?

Thanks. Yes the washers are just superglued on, nothing hi-tech here

That's lovely, was it from a pattern anywhere?

Thanks. No pattern I'm afraid, I was making it up as I went along

 

[DTR]

Mahogany, ebony and pau ferro veneer box for an eclipse honing guide, Xmas present for my brother. True oil finish, knocked back to satin with steel wool.

Lovely box =D>

 

[TFrench]

Christmas present for my mum - oak bracket to display her tower of london poppy.

That's a smart solution to the problem of preserving and displaying a special artefact. The gothic styling works well and the grain is nicely symmetrical. A 6mm wide, 3mm deep hole in the base would have been useful to locate the bottom of the stem, but doesn't change the fact that what you've achieved is really commendable.

=D>

Thanks custard - there is a corresponding hole it's sitting in to display it out at an angle. The gothic arch also reminded me of an artillery shell, which seemed fitting (I have my tower poppy in a WW1 trench art shell "vase")

 

[Beau]

Not remotely furniture related or classy but made this last week. Thing is with rough work it's very satisfying due to how much you get done in a short space of time. 1 day in the workshop cutting to length and few joints and a day and half to erect. 2 1/2 days work on a large piece of furniture and you would have hardly touched it.

 

[gregmcateer]

Perfect - My kinda finish!!

 

[gregmcateer]

At the risk of embarrassing myself in front of the scrollers,

He looks great, Nev. Really characterful.

And if he gets you a scrollsaw licence, he's pretty much perfect!!

 

[yetloh]

Mahogany, ebony and pau ferro veneer box for an eclipse honing guide, Xmas present for my brother. True oil finish, knocked back to satin with steel wool.

That's fab, a man after my own heart - I love making workshop items unnecesarily posh.

Jim

 

[Phil Pascoe]

An unnecessarily posh workshop box ... for an unnecessary workshop item?
(he ducks, covers his head and runs for the hills :lol: )




Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Beautiful little box.

 

[Penny]

My first experiment with Milliput:

 

[MrTeroo]

That looks nice. How is the Milliput involved?

 

[Penny]

That looks nice. How is the Milliput involved?

The two black lines. I cut a groove for the Milliput, let it harden fully, then went back to turn the top to get the sharp lines. It is finished with a glass tealight holder from Ikea.