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Whips and leather next.
Not making exactly, but re-making this nice old door. Somebody removed the mullions and stile from the door and fitted some truly vile "stained glass-esque" glass.
The design and measurements were taken from a neighbouring house with an unmolested original door. Took way, way longer than I quoted, but was an interesting job, and should look really nice once it's glazed and painted.
The design and measurements were taken from a neighbouring house with an unmolested original door. Took way, way longer than I quoted, but was an interesting job, and should look really nice once it's glazed and painted.
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Good job, did you know in advance about the old letter box hole under the finger plate, or was it another ‘pleasant surprise’?
There's the voice of bitter experience!
I knew I'd find "something" under there, but I was banking on an old hole from a rim cylinder.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
These things always take longer than you think. I fitted an oak door into a wonky masonry gothic arch recently and it took an absolute age.......What a nightmare!
I walked away once it was swinging on its hinges and the "joiner" (a loose term in that particular outfit for someone with a router) who took charge, him being a supervisor of dubious skill (see another thread), still hasn't managed to finish it six weeks later.
Phil Pascoe
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Nice job - people don't realise how long these things take. I rebuilt the bottom 1/3 of a fair sized box frame window - I'm sure I could have built a new window quicker.
johnnyb
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I made this to order for my daughter, but have no idea what to call it!
A table table? A tabletop table? A buffet shelf? Ideas welcomed.
It is Oak, 90cm long, 25cm high and 26cm wide on lockable, folding hinges so packs flat. The plan is you put it lengthways down the middle of your dining table at Christmas etc to take the overflow of dishes, but wine glasses and other stuff will fit beneath.
Here it is opened:
and closed up for storage or as a charcuterie board:
Yes I know my workshop is messy!
A table table? A tabletop table? A buffet shelf? Ideas welcomed.
It is Oak, 90cm long, 25cm high and 26cm wide on lockable, folding hinges so packs flat. The plan is you put it lengthways down the middle of your dining table at Christmas etc to take the overflow of dishes, but wine glasses and other stuff will fit beneath.
Here it is opened:
and closed up for storage or as a charcuterie board:
Yes I know my workshop is messy!
johnnyb
Established Member
I was about to suggest how tidy it was tbh!
This would be courting disaster in my house! I do like the idea of a family civilised enough to use such a thing without tipping dishes off it onto the wineglasses below!
That’s a nice idea. Looks great too
johnnyb
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ColinDeVelen
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What hinges did you use? I struggle to find good hardware here in Cz.
To be honest, they weren't great quality just cheap and available! They've done the job nicely though, and I would use the same ones again.
I bought them on eBay from this seller, but they have now gone up in price. A set of four lockable hinges is now £5:19, I paid less than £1 a hinge.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175317123148
bourbon
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As is usual with Me. Once I make one thing, I have to make more to see if I can get it better.
New double glazed sash for my kitchen window, made the lower one a while back but winter’s coming! Pleased with the progress in my joinery over the years, tight fit straight off the saw and clean joints in softwood I always find harder.
Fitz
The mitre came our lovely but I’d overcut the shoulder somehow, filled with a slip of wood and some wood dust and glue.
Fitz
The mitre came our lovely but I’d overcut the shoulder somehow, filled with a slip of wood and some wood dust and glue.
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Nice re-cycle, also love the holder for the hacksaw below the metalwork vice - nice touch and so handy!!
Stigmorgan
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Wanted a challenge today so decided to use a few small chestnut burls, first I put between centres and turned a small tenon on each one then took a waste block and turned a hole that the tenons would fit tightly into then turned them into 3 xmas tree decorations, then took a scrap of spalted oak that I had kept and turned a 4th decoration. All sanded to 320 then finished with hard wax.
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Stigmorgan
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