Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Hornbeam]

Second box is ash with a wenge veneered lid. Handles are wenge which are fitted with the smallest (4mm) dominoes. Finish is 3 layers of acrylic lacquer and bison wax. I find acrylic doesnt tend to yellow the ash as much as some finishes

 

[Adam W.]

Very tidy work.

 

[Stevekane]

Nearly there with the mad tulip mania chair.


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Now with ears......


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Nearly ready to be released into the wild...Very different, but both were a joy to make.



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I think they look really great and I like that youve used wood thats not perfect to give character, Im sure once they are polished they are going to look fantastic. The arrangements with the seats where they are dropped over spindles seems to me to be very strange but Im assuming this was the method of construction in ?? the 1600s ?
Steve

 

[Adam W.]

That's right the seat design is very English 17th century. I think they will unfortunately end up being painted black/blue, as that's what they want.

 

[Stevekane]

Oh dear, Im sure they will still look good,,,I suppose thats the problem with the work your doing, I see it as art, damian hurst pickles a shark and no one would consider painting it yet your work is fair game,,,history buffs would Im sure be able to explain it in terms of Arts and Crafts,,,in fact I bet its a debate thats been going on for a long time?
All the best,
Steve.

 

[Adam W.]

There's not much that I can do about it, but it would be a shame if they painted them and then didn't like it.....Never mind.

 

[rogxwhit]

Now with ears......


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Nearly ready to be released into the wild...Very different, but both were a joy to make.



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No matter how authentic, it is an odd detail, the seat dropped over the front posts. As long as I gaze at it, it still strikes the eye as a discontinuity ...

Adam I would like to be nosey and ask if the horse-head is to be cast in bronze?

 

[redefined_cycles]

I think I finally get more of an understanding of what 'wood-turning' actually is after seeing the bowls
Anyway, mine isn't a breakthrough of a 'thing'. But managed to figure out how to store lots of 'compiled' timber.

Still need to figure out a way of making it safe. There's 6ft peices but I think I need a little brace in the centre...

 

[Graham Brazier]

Just finished and given to the boss for our 25th wedding anniversary

I’ve used this forum for ideas and methods to make this box , first one ever for my wife LOL

deffo read and re read custards lining thread which was great

So thanks to you all , now she feels guilty for having a pop at me for spending so long in the garage / workshop

American burr walnut veneer on the top
Solid American walnut and maple for the sides
Pink sued on the inside
Rubio monocoat
hardware from ProKraft
Few mistakes hear and there but adds to its uniqueness LOL

Now my 5yr d daughter wants a box , o well of to the garage I go

 

[Adam W.]

No matter how authentic, it is an odd detail, the seat dropped over the front posts. As long as I gaze at it, it still strikes the eye as a discontinuity ...

Adam I would like to be nosey and ask if the horse-head is to be cast in bronze?

I think it's best not to wonder why, but to just enjoy the design and note how styles change over the years. The next chair I'm making is a scabelli from Lacock, which is even stranger and completely impractical.

I'd like to get the horse head cast in bronze, but my brother in law who is an expert bronze caster is very ill at the moment, so I won't ask although he may offer to do it anyway.

 

[niall Y]

That will be a great challenge. I made a couple of the more simplified versions of these many years ago. No carving, though , but the hoof-like feet and the round dishing to the seatt was still there

 

[rogxwhit]

!!!!!

 

[Padster]

So - I've been messing with a router sled but have posted that in the Jigs thread, but I wanted something to show for the time spent in the workshop so made a couple of 'leveche' pens

Regards

Padster

 

[Hino]

Made this out of a salvaged Elm slab (with a large crack and quite a bit of cupping), with Oak legs made out of an old table top.


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[Graham Brazier]

My first door using rail and style cutter made for a bathroom cabinet and a shelf to cover the WC system

Going to add a finger groove in the edge to help with opening the door

All made from solid Elm ,two different boards bought at different times

All from around Cambridgeshire from the rustic wood yard

I’m surprised in the different colours the elm was at the wood yard from brown to s reddy brown

 

[Jarno]

Made this out of a salvaged Elm slab (with a large crack and quite a bit of cupping), with Oak legs made out of an old table top.


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That bowtie looks great! Might have gone for a thinner top, or chamfered on the underside to give a bit more lightness, so it is more in line with the thickness of legs, but still, the top really has character,nice one!

 

[Adam W.]

Finally, they are out galloping around in the wild.......

Would you believe it, my wife now wants one. So that's another little thing to do for the dark winter.

 

[rogxwhit]

Made this out of a salvaged Elm slab (with a large crack and quite a bit of cupping), with Oak legs made out of an old table top.

Don't suppose you ever saw the elm tree this top came from, but looking at the end grain it must've been a grand old thing!

 

[Adam W.]

Yes, lovely wood, is elm.

 

[Hino]

That bowtie looks great! Might have gone for a thinner top, or chamfered on the underside to give a bit more lightness, so it is more in line with the thickness of legs, but still, the top really has character,nice one!

Thanks. I did consider doing a chamfer, but decided against in the end.