Post a photo of the last thing you made

[MARK.B.]

That is quite impressive ,really like the way you have used the natural form of the wood with just enough resin to not only fill the void but it actually enhances it in a good way

 

[Hugopuk]

View attachment 107859After finishing the coffee table the room was too cluttered and a replacement hifi stand was the answer.

Stand is from Scottish sycamore, a big gnarly bit with voids and worm holes. Piece was treated and all holes epoxy filled. Also a big epoxy pour in the top cavity.

Legs mortised into the base, drilled out on the drill press then finished with a chisel. Compound angles so was pleased with how the joints turned out.

The shelves are 10mm toughened glass slotted into slots cut on the table saw, they have a 5cm cantilever and seem plenty strong enough. There is a recess in the back where a power bar is attached. The leg mortises, rear recess and the shelf slots were designed such that there is a 40mm uninterrupted spine to the piece to ensure its strength.

I was concerned over ensuring the piece was vertical and shelves horizontal and coplanar. Cutting all the slots on the table saw sled ensured they were coplanar and I made some spike feet to give some adjustment and allow the piece to sit on the floorboards through the carpet. The feet are a detail I rather like, and we’re fun to make. Insert nuts in the legs and 6mm machine screws with heads removed and thread filed away in the drill press.

I approached the build much more free form, sketching on my bench and laying out angles by eye. Which was a refreshing change to my normal sketch up and measure to death.

Cable management wasn’t thought about enough and there are lots of bubbles in the two epoxy pours. Need to learn for next time.

Comments, questions and criticisms welcome!

Fitz
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Really appreciate the complexity in its simplicity, it looks fabulous.

 

[Noho12C]

We moved in our new house in Dec, and the garden gates needed to be replaced. First one is finished and the lock was installed today. Made of American white oak, mostly with hand tools.
The posts (green oak) still need to be varnished...

Fun project, but quite hard work : tough timber for hand tools, fairly heavy (the door frame is 40 mm thick). Let's hope it ages well !

 

[Noel]

We moved in our new house in Dec, and the garden gates needed to be replaced. First one is finished and the lock was installed today. Made of American white oak, mostly with hand tools.
The posts (green oak) still need to be varnished...

Fun project, but quite hard work : tough timber for hand tools, fairly heavy (the door frame is 40 mm thick). Let's hope it ages well !

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Looks very well, what varnish did you use on the gate?

 

[Noho12C]

Looks very well, what varnish did you use on the gate?

Thanks ! I used To deal outdoor varnish satin. Didn't do a good job to be honest, I never really use varnish... But should protect the wood from the British weather

 

[PaulArthur]

A little different from my normal things, and I certainly usually don’t make things in the rain, but this is probably more useful that many of the things I make... shame it’s at the mother in law’s rather than at my house though...

 

[rob1693]

Got a nice used ib8 oil stone off ebay for £8 plus p+p, had an off cut of hard wood off a door frame thought I'd make a box/holder for it

 

[MarkDennehy]

Just wanted to make a nice simple small bowl.
5"x3" chestnut, finished with poppyseed oil and yorkshire grit and hampshire sheen wax on the outside.

 

[Jameshow]

Build a rabbit hutch from the previous run and some 1/2" ply.

After a 50 mile ride this morning so pretty jiggered!

Cheers James

 

[seaco]

Mud kitchen for my granddaughter.

 

[Illy]

Based on an idea I saw on the internet. Oak and walnut plus some fancy acrylic offcuts I picked up being sold off at the Harrowgate show.

Remember when we could go to shows and buy tools we didn't need !

 

[Britman]

Nothing special really. Very simple Dog Jail

MR-MDF
Bars from wardrobe poles.

 

[Chris152]

For my lad. As you can see, it's been hanging around for a while. I based it on a pic I saw on the net, not sure I've got the knot right but he'll let me know quick sharp if its wrong.
Steamed beech with paint and oil. Joints are just butted and glued, a few screws where the weight's held.

 

[Droogs]

Nothing special really. Very simple Dog Jail

MR-MDF
Bars from wardrobe poles.


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I reckon my mutt would pay to sleep in that gaff, so would most Japanese businessmen come to think of it

 

[Britman]

I reckon my mutt would pay to sleep in that gaff, so would most Japanese businessmen come to think of it

Ohhh nice little side line I could start. Would I have to dress up as a Geisha Though?

 

[Amateur]

Always have a well defined drawing to start off with....non of that sketch up palava something simple

 

[Amateur]

Then get cracking.

 

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[Cabinetman]

Don’t do computer drawing but I need a great deal more than that when I start ha ha I’m presuming it’s a trick of the photograph – the shelves on the left-hand top bit?