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[Garno]

1st Solo effort at making a pen.

Rocket Bullet Pen
Wood :- Acacia
Finish :- Burnishing cream followed by 2 coats of friction polish

 

[starlingwood]

Pair of bedside tables to accompany the bed I made last month. Lovely project and extremely pleased with the result.

 

[Fitzroy]

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Pair of bedside tables to accompany the bed I made last month. Lovely project and extremely pleased with the result.

That’s why I love making furniture, you get exactly what you want for the space you have. Great bed and units.

 

[Garden Shed Projects]

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Pair of bedside tables to accompany the bed I made last month. Lovely project and extremely pleased with the result.

The tables and bed look really smart. What are the drawer runners, why all the controls?

 

[Doug B]

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How do you apply the Haddonwood moniker on the drawer box is it a heated stamp or pyrography, very neat.

 

[starlingwood]

The tables and bed look really smart. What are the drawer runners, why all the controls?

I don't know really it's just what come with the runners. They are Hettich Quadro V4 silent. You can tweak them so that the drawer front sits perfectly in the opening.

 

[starlingwood]

How do you apply the Haddonwood moniker on the drawer box is it a heated stamp or pyrography, very neat.

It's a brass custom made branding iron. I heat it up with a torch then hold it for a few seconds, it's takes a bit of practice. Custom Wood Branding Irons & Leather Stamps UK | Brand Your Crafts Now! | Outpost Workshop
Give him a logo and about £80 and he sends you a brass branding stamp. Adds a professional touch!

 

[Garno]

It's a brass custom made branding iron. I heat it up with a torch then hold it for a few seconds, it's takes a bit of practice. Custom Wood Branding Irons & Leather Stamps UK | Brand Your Crafts Now! | Outpost Workshop
Give him a logo and about £80 and he sends you a brass branding stamp. Adds a professional touch!

Nice find, they look like quality branding stamps.

 

[rob1693]

Shaker style wall clock first project at New workbench used as a training exercise housing joints stub tenons grooves floating panel all done with a chisel stanley 71 record 4/12 and 044 and a handsaw did use a holesaw for clock insert

 

[robgul]

It's a brass custom made branding iron. I heat it up with a torch then hold it for a few seconds, it's takes a bit of practice. Custom Wood Branding Irons & Leather Stamps UK | Brand Your Crafts Now! | Outpost Workshop
Give him a logo and about £80 and he sends you a brass branding stamp. Adds a professional touch!

Don't want to pull the rug from under this supplier - but about £15 for the engraved stamp from China, in about a week or so - I made my own "iron" from a bit of 8mm studding and an old file handle (but I have subsequently bought an electric iron which gives greater heat consistency - again from China)

 

[Peri]

That's really nice, Peri.

Have you got any WIP photos, or diagrams showing the construction process? I've read that the squares can be a real pig to keep neatly together.

Cheers

Greg

Not for that one, but I'm making a new project (a games board for a pub) that's very similar, I do have a few for that, I'll post them up soon

 

[Jonzjob]

This is my version

It's going to be a games box. Chess draughts and back gammon when I finally get to it again. The board pieces are a Batternberg cake sliced and glued to a band saw box

 

[Jonzjob]

I forgot to say that the box is parana pine and the squares are black walnut and holly. I will be putting a black walnut edging around the box edge.

 

[gregmcateer]

I forgot to say that the box is parana pine and the squares are black walnut and holly. I will be putting a black walnut edging around the box edge.

So when you put the squares together, are they super thin veneers stuck together then stuck to the base, or do they float?

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Completely rebuilt and modded Thorens TD150 turntable. I've had the original for almost 40 years, and re-plinthed it, along with innumerable modifications to arm and base.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[Jonzjob]

So when you put the squares together, are they super thin veneers stuck together then stuck to the base, or do they float?

I made up a piece like a Batternburg cake of the walnut and holly. Then cut thin slices, about 1/16th" thick, and they were stuck to the box.

The first itme I tried that method was on a chess baord and when it dried on the 1/4" thick ply to my horror it warped the ply as the glue dried. So I tried it again on the dreaded MDF, once again about 1/4", and it warped again. So it got chucked in to a corner and forgotten. Several years later I was having a bit of a clear out and found the board AND it's now flat!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The first I tried that method was on a chess baord and when it dried on the 1/4" thick ply to my horror it warped the ply as the glue dried. So I tried it again on the dreaded MDF, once again about 1/4", and it warped again.

Did you veneer both sides?

 

[gregmcateer]

Did you veneer both sides?

Is that the answer? I like it!

 

[Jonzjob]

On the ply, yes I did put a thin veneer on the underside, but it didn't do any good. On the MDF, No I didn't veneer the back. I got got fed-up with it and chucked it at the back of a shelf. Several years later I found it again and it was flat!

 

[kinverkid]

I made this for my wife's nephew and his partner. They are having their first baby later in the year. It does need one more rub-down and final coat but I just thought I would take the photographs while the sun was out. It's made from reclaimed brand new oak kitchen cabinet doors which were never installed at my friends house and a couple of long pieces I had lying around. An 800x400x50mm mattress is on order.
I followed the plans provided in Woodworking Projects but I understand the same plans have been printed by other magazines too.