Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Jameshow]

https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/category/epoxy-resins
These guys have been around along time.

West is the best but pricey.

Cheers James

 

[Henniep]

Toy box in Oak, paint 'n' ply

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Beautiful. Like the design, functional and very attractive. Nice work mate!

 

[Smike]

No worries, I think as long as its 100% walnut oil it doesn't matter if its sold for cooking, in fact that's what makes it ideal as a foodsafe finish

Hi all, newbie here. First homemade tool, following the great Paul Sellers' instructions (although modified as I could only get 12mm steel). I'm very pleased, and it even cuts well! (excuse the state of the workshop....)
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Looks great. I’m a follower of Paul Sellers too. Going make one of these next year

 

[Stigmorgan]

So today when I went out to my makerspace all I really knew was that I wanted to turn a piece of Iroko (pretty sure that's what it is) that I rescued from a pallet, I find it to be a pretty nice wood to turn and sands very easily so finishing it doesn't take long at all, the piece was roughly 200x100x100mm and I just started cutting, next thing I know I've got a Christmas tree on a round base, I friction polished with clear furniture wax and it was done, start to finish this took maybe 90 minutes. The staining from the nails isn't great and it also has a crack running through the height of it on the other side but as a scrap piece I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Corset]

Not very exciting but made this wall and shelf unit in english cherry and some maple mdf back panels. Took a while but i am fairly happy. The 41/2 metre worktop was challenging to make

 

[Cabinetman]

Not very exciting but made this wall and shelf unit in english cherry and some maple mdf back panels. Took a while but i am fairly happy. The 41/2 metre worktop was challenging to make

You are too self deprecating, that is really good, quite American in style, love the black strings, were they dyed or is it black timber? Ian

 

[Jones]

my daughter bought her epoxy from Germany for her new coffee table......
got a horrible surprise from Customs ......
She bought it from eBay UK.....thinking the price covered all duties.....

Is there somewhere in the UK that sells the stuff, after all there's lots of glass fibre boats about.....

East coast fiberglass

 

[Corset]

The stringing is back dyed cherry/sycamore. I was trying to go for a more elegant trim than just rounding over

 

[Stigmorgan]

Not very exciting but made this wall and shelf unit in english cherry and some maple mdf back panels. Took a while but i am fairly happy. The 41/2 metre worktop was challenging to make

Very very nice love those two stools too.

 

[Mike.R]

A kitchen, first coat of paint, worksurfaces arriving next week.

 

[akirk]

It's a toybox.

Mind you, some folk start them early.

need to lay down the port young

 

[KevinLycett]

Just some drawers for our kids' craft stuff, but the first complete piece of furniture I've made:

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This was before the base was fitted:
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The base prior to fitting to the drawers
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Lovely base

 

[Baball]

Lovely base

Thanks Kevin. It was the first time using hardwood and I was quite pleased with the results, although without any hand tools or a planer some of the joints aren't as tight I'd like (the photo strategically conceals them ).

 

[Droogs]

Spent the weekend making these wall cabinets from scrap bits of MDF, pine, ply and oak. Needed to rejig my tool storage for less clutter,about halfway done. Just started on fitting maple lipping and spent 7 hours working out how to make a parallelagram under cabinet drawer that tilts towards you for easy access to the contents. Pretty chuffed at how it is working out so far. Pity the walls are as straight as a chicane and have stupid angle like 67 degree corners

 

[baldkev]

my daughter bought her epoxy from Germany for her new coffee table......
got a horrible surprise from Customs ......
She bought it from eBay UK.....thinking the price covered all duties.....

Is there somewhere in the UK that sells the stuff, after all there's lots of glass fibre boats about.....

Epodex and glasscast are popular. I preferred the epodex.
I also used multiple pours.... a shallow first pour shows where the leaks are to be fair, it was a first attempt

 

[Droogs]

my daughter bought her epoxy from Germany for her new coffee table......
got a horrible surprise from Customs ......
She bought it from eBay UK.....thinking the price covered all duties.....

Is there somewhere in the UK that sells the stuff, after all there's lots of glass fibre boats about.....

I use these chaps

https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/

 

[blackteaonesugar]

Lovely toy box. I like the anti finger jam cut outs,
But what are the U shaped bits on the dividers ?

They're just so you can get a purchase on stuff like crayons or paint brushes or whatever other small stuff gets shoved in the tray

 

[TRITON]

https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/category/epoxy-resins
These guys have been around along time.

West is the best but pricey.

Cheers James

I'm a bit of a fan of those syringe epoxy kits you get from the £pound shop. Was in the town getting some xmas shopping and ,as theres no shop near me took to opportunity and bought 10. They are very handy for small jobs and so easy to mix.
Of all the glues available for home use, they're about the best as they work really well and set really quickly.

 

[DavidConnelly]

Did a hammer forging course in Edinburgh. Great fun.

 

[clogs]

Mike R
thats a stunning job.....I wont ask how long it took......
I'd love that for my house......truly....
only prob our place gets rented out in the summer (we live in a big caravan) and it would get trashed or the finish would......
we're putting a new kitchen this winter and expect to replace it in 5 years......!!
but this time we'll use a Granite worktop, heavy on glasses but the renters can't burn or ruin it....
I hope.....lol