Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Suffolkboy]

I love crusty bread , but the crumbs go everywhere when I cut it, so I decided to make a breadboard that catches the crumbs as I cut the bread. Beech with a beech faced ply base. The grid is jointed using half lap joints. The grid lifts out for emptying the crumbs.

Not so thick Mike.

That's a great idea.

I'm going to steal it BTW.

 

[thick_mike]

Not so thick Mike.

That's a great idea.

I'm going to steal it BTW.

I can report that it works a charm too. I’m really pleased with it.

 

[Droogs]

Very nice Lazarus, though I did think the last one was an avacado at first.

 

[Roland]

Klein style headless guitar. The body is shelf off cuts glued together, I presume sapel.

 

[thick_mike]

Klein style headless guitar. The body is shelf off cuts glued together, I presume sapel.

It would be nice to see some more photos of this. Control cavity on the back? Pickups look interesting too

 

[Dr Al]

Finished my first "proper" woodworking project today:

More details in the thread all about it.

 

[MikeG.]

That's a first-ever project, folks. Dr Al deserves a huge pat of the back.

 

[thetyreman]

that's really good for a first table dr Al, I would have made the aprons a bit wider, but part of that could be the camera angle, cheers, Ben.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Cherry and Birds Eye Maple jewellery box.

Not the last thing I made but I got a good old fashioned letter today from the person I made this box for saying how much she likes it and asking if I could make one for her daughter

 

[Trainee neophyte]

Cherry and Birds Eye Maple jewellery box.

Not the last thing I made but I got a good old fashioned letter today from the person I made this box for saying how much she likes it and asking if I could make one for her daughter


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That's pretty!

 

[Roland]

It would be nice to see some more photos of this. Control cavity on the back? Pickups look interesting too

Mike. There are two control cavities, one behind the switch and the other behind the volume and tone. Cavities and covers are cut with the same template, so they fit exactly. Covers are held in place with neodymium magnets, which are a lot neater than screws. There’s a build thread here. I’ve added pictures of the cavities and covers just for you.

 

[thick_mike]

Mike. There are two control cavities, one behind the switch and the other behind the volume and tone. Cavities and covers are cut with the same template, so they fit exactly. Covers are held in place with neodymium magnets, which are a lot neater than screws. There’s a build thread here. I’ve added pictures of the cavities and covers just for you.

Definitely need to switch that cross grained control panel

Been ages since I read a build thread on a guitar. It’s how I started getting interested in woodwork; reading AJCoholic‘s threads over on Harmony Central EG years back (haven’t been on there for years either). Might get myself distracted and disappear down that rabbit hole for a while soon.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Watch box using figured sycamore, birds eye maple veneer, king wood inlay and emerald green pig suede lining

 

[MikeG.]

What's king wood?

 

[thick_mike]

What's king wood?

It’s wood that you drop on your toe!

 

[Blackswanwood]

What's king wood?

I need to learn how to turn autocorrect off!

Kingwood aka Dalbergia cearensis!

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

My wood lathe chuck key is much too short for turning larger items, or when using the cole jaws, so decided to get some metal lathe practice and made a new longer chuck key. I know brass isnt the most durable of materials for this purpose, but it should hold up fine.

 

[Fitzroy]

Along with my big wooden screw were a couple of old hand screw clamps. They were very corroded and unmovable. Managed to get one moving with penetrating oil, time, and perseverance. The other I had to cut the jaws to get the nuts exposed to an ample dose of heat.

Original jaws on the one I got moving seem to be some fine grained hardwood, looks like the mahogany I repurposed from an old wardrobe. New jaws are from a piece of DougFir, not sure it’s hard enough as I hear creaking when I clamp the up tight.

Interestingly the screw bar is 1/2” acme lead screw, which allows fast opening and closing and lots of clamping force.

Fitz

 

[NickVanBeest]

Almost done creating a workbench for my 2.7 x 1.8 meter shed...

 

[MikeG.]

That is the dinkiest little thing!

A summer-only workshop, I reckon.