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[Fred48]

Made myself a Paul Sellers router plane. Had a piece of beech I'd earmarked for this kicking around for over a year. Finally pulled my finger out over the weekend and got it done.

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Beautiful quality

 

[Andy's Shed]

Made myself a Paul Sellers router plane. Had a piece of beech I'd earmarked for this kicking around for over a year. Finally pulled my finger out over the weekend and got it done.

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That looks great I was watching one of Paul's videos a little earlier today, one where he's using wooden spokeshaves. I'm collecting a couple of them tomorrow.

 

[Doug71]

I have been meaning to make a cabinet to go under the extension table of may panel saw for ages, the saw is next to my spindle moulder and I often end up dumping spindle moulder related things on the table which isn't ideal hence the need for a cabinet.

I was getting rid of an old desk which had a drawer unit at the side when I realised the unit would actually fit perfectly under my saw!

I know I didn't make it, I just painted it grey and added castors but the thing is it probably fits better than if I had actually made it

 

[Wildman]

left over iroko handrail made into plant pots

the extreme heat this week sure has caused a few splits an shakes, I'll leave them to weather naturally.

a laundry basket skip

had to buy the lorry for £1.50 when I saw it in the charity shop

We are gonna need a bigger lorry

 

[Adam W.]

Underway, a 17th century chair panel.

Finishing off stuff which has been neglected for a year or so.

 

[paulrbarnard]

Underway, a 17th century chair panel.

Finishing off stuff which has been neglected for a year or so.

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A replacement panel or the whole chair?

 

[Jaydee]

Underway, a 17th century chair panel.

Finishing off stuff which has been neglected for a year or so.

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Amazing work

 

[Adam W.]

A replacement panel or the whole chair?

New chair, I think you've seen the rest of it before.

I have to finish that picture frame behind it afterwards.

That's ADHD for you, loads of good ideas which never get finished. Gives me something to do for when I retire though.

Silver lining and all that.

 

[Wildman]

I went back and rounded off all the corners with a spokeshave, here's the completed stool finished with de-waxed shellac.

perfect for the ladies. Not designed for men obviously, ha ha

 

[ola c]

Writing desk for a customer. European ash, grain matched drawer cut out from front apron via a few steps. Turned out quite nice. I tried my best to keep the apron height down but still having a usable drawer height, as a tall apron on a writing desk is not desirable. Recessed 15×15mm solid metal bars (final picture) on the inside above and below the drawer to keep these thin (18mm) and long sections straight over time, drawer bottom mounted from below to maximize usable drawer height.

 

[Wildman]

Saw this -- not sure where ?

Made this from off-cuts

Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture.

 

[Louisvn]

Dear Carmonius, the writing desk is an excellent piece of work. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[Yojevol]

Writing desk for a customer. European ash, grain matched drawer cut out from front apron via a few steps. Turned out quite nice. I tried my best to keep the apron height down but still having a usable drawer height, as a tall apron on a writing desk is not desirable. Recessed 15×15mm solid metal bars (final picture) on the inside above and below the drawer to keep these thin (18mm) and long sections straight over time, drawer bottom mounted from below to maximize usable drawer height.
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Lovely job. What method did you use to get the grain match on the drawer front?
Brian

 

[harkar97]

I have made this video regarding a sled that uses digital means for measuring lengths and angles. I hope some might find it interesting.
YouTube Video link

 

[ola c]

Lovely job. What method did you use to get the grain match on the drawer front?
Brian

Thanks! I started with an over wide apron (approx 10mm material outside the bars), routed grooves for the metal bars and screwed these in place. With the bars in place I could after that go really thin on the dimension, sent the apron through the planer a few times until I had about 1.5mm thickness outside the bars.

Followed with ripping the front into 3 pieces, then replaned the ripped faces, cut away the drawer front part and then glued back together. I chose a board with very straight grain in the areas where the drawer was cut away, if wavy grain here even only a saw blade thickness would give a mismatch.

I have build videos for this but didn't want to spam this thread with those.

 

[PeteHB]

Thanks! I started with an over wide apron (approx 10mm material outside the bars), routed grooves for the metal bars and screwed these in place. With the bars in place I could after that go really thin on the dimension, sent the apron through the planer a few times until I had about 1.5mm thickness outside the bars.

Followed with ripping the front into 3 pieces, then replaned the ripped faces, cut away the drawer front part and then glued back together. I chose a board with very straight grain in the areas where the drawer was cut away, if wavy grain here even only a saw blade thickness would give a mismatch.

I have build videos for this but didn't want to spam this thread with those.

Can you post a link to the videos please, I am about to make a Hall / Sofa table and on a few practice attempts the join is visible even though the grain is a good match, in your picture as Eric Morecambe used to say "you can't see the join"

 

[ola c]

Can you post a link to the videos please, I am about to make a Hall / Sofa table and on a few practice attempts the join is visible even though the grain is a good match, in your picture as Eric Morecambe used to say "you can't see the join"

OK, the front apron cut out is done starting around the 16min mark in this video. But, for the joint to be invisible some luck and the right board for the job is needed. Grainmatch on the sides of the drawer is the "simple thing" since this is predictable, to have it invisible in the rip lines a bit luck is needed. One trick to play with here is that you can shift the short pieces outside the drawer sideways to match the grain as good as possible (not too far out though as then the drawer front will be too short, inwards you're free to move them without any constraints more than that the drawer will be smaller the more you move them). You can also shift the narrow pieces above and below the drawer individually, with the same constraint.

Another way to make it is veneer, that makes life a bit easier.

 

[Cordy]

Cheers @

Wildman​

 

[Adam W.]

Nearly done with this now, just the ears and a bit of shaping on the crest to do tomorrow.

It'll be nice to have some space in the shed.

 

[BCS1980UK]

This is a collaborative effort with @Gandalfs Staff. Inspired by the Octavian Dan YouTube channel, it’s a low workbench designed for use in my kitchen. While the Council reviews my planning submission for constructing a workshop at the end of my garden, I can work on this bench. Once I’m done, I can store it in the cupboard under the stairs. Although there are a few finishing touches left, such as the vice faces and chamfering the sharp edges, it’s already fully functional. Many thanks to @Gandalfs Staff for letting me use his workshop and building this with me.