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[skeetstar]

Two of these, replacements for an old vehicle. Only the hubs were reusable, which I’ve taken back to bare wood and made good.
Ready for the tyres now, then off to the paintersView attachment 181280

Great workmanship. How did you join the rim sections to each other?

 

[MorrisWoodman12]

Two of these, replacements for an old vehicle. Only the hubs were reusable, which I’ve taken back to bare wood and made good.
Ready for the tyres now, then off to the painters

I believe the traditional woods for the hub, spokes and rim are respectively elm to resist the splitting forces at the hub, oak because of its strength under compression and ash for its springiness that will give a modicum of suspension. Are they the woods you have used? I too would like to see the tyre being put on.
A traditional craft slowly being lost, so sad. However you've made a fantastic job.
Martin

 

[Doug71]

An Oak table, nice straightforward job, it's a bit Rag 'n' Bone Brown so something different for me.

Customer is having a new kitchen and asked if I could use the the old Oak top from the island and some Oak from a surround that was taken down to make a table.

What we started with

There were already 2 legs but I had to make 2 more

Used dominoes to fix it together

I was just going to use metal worktop type brackets to fasten the top on but customer wanted buttons, Domino is great for cutting mortices for these

All done, unfortunately didn't get a photo of it the right way up

Nice fun little job and always good to repurpose stuff

 

[duke]

An Oak table, nice straightforward job, it's a bit Rag 'n' Bone Brown so something different for me.

Customer is having a new kitchen and asked if I could use the the old Oak top from the island and some Oak from a surround that was taken down to make a table.

What we started with

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There were already 2 legs but I had to make 2 more

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Used dominoes to fix it together

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I was just going to use metal worktop type brackets to fasten the top on but customer wanted buttons, Domino is great for cutting mortices for these

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All done, unfortunately didn't get a photo of it the right way up

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Nice fun little job and always good to repurpose stuff

Great job Doug ! are you putting a finish on it or leaving it for your client to do?

 

[MorrisWoodman12]

An Oak table, nice straightforward job, it's a bit Rag 'n' Bone Brown so something different for me.

Customer is having a new kitchen and asked if I could use the the old Oak top from the island and some Oak from a surround that was taken down to make a table.
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All done, unfortunately didn't get a photo of it the right way up

It's DEAD!!!! You've killed it.

 

[steve355]

Some success with my CNC, for anyone who
has been following that.

Cutting brass end plates for my “next generation” of moulding planes went well.

Engraving them will require more work though - several snapped bits.

Most importantly, I have it cutting O1 for plane irons. Frankly I didn’t think it would work at all without significant modification.

It took 20 mins but that’s very much quicker than the miserable job it is using my previous tools. Basically for a pair of moulding plane irons I have set aside a morning.

It didn’t quite make it through for various reasons but it is so close that light can be seen. That’s good enough for me. Massive success. Movie at the end.

 

[Hornbeam]

Walnut and ash occasional table 600mm high by 580mm OD
The legs are made from tapered laminates. see write up here
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/a-nice-set-of-curved-legs.146641/
The top in 2mm band sawn veneers cut in a 16 piece starburst pattern on a 15mm birch ply core. The edge lipping is solid walnut with a 4mm ash inlay

 

[Doug71]

Great job Doug ! are you putting a finish on it or leaving it for your client to do?

I try to avoid the finishing side of things so the client or their decorator will be doing it, think it might be getting stained quite dark or maybe just the top stained and the bottom painted.

 

[NickDReed]

Today is the culmination of 3 weeks of actual work and 2 years of collecting reclaimed materials to make my new work bench.

Don't judge the mess please

 

[Orraloon]

Good sturdy bench there.
What mess? My work space would hardly ever be that tidy.
Regards
John

 

[supertom44]

I've been making a lot of laser cut boxes lately and they often require a little persuasion to assemble, so I made myself a mini mallet to help. Was a really enjoyable project and great way to use up some smaller scraps I had lying around.

 

[mickthetree]

My uncle wanted to split his Fender 2x12 amp into a head and cab to make it lighter to carry. Still need to add a finish and front panel.

Hes going to fit the spring reverb tray in the bottom too.

 

[Simo]

My latest build.. 4 string, short scale, fretless bass. White Limba body with a English Walnut top. English Walnut neck, Ebony fingerboard, lined with Maple.

 

[Orraloon]

My latest build.. 4 string, short scale, fretless bass. White Limba body with a English Walnut top. English Walnut neck, Ebony fingerboard, lined with Maple.

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Very nice indeed. I really like how that neck blends in.
Been thinking on having a go at a bass for a long time now. Whose hardware and pickup did you use.
Regards
John

 

[Simo]

Very nice indeed. I really like how that neck blends in.
Been thinking on having a go at a bass for a long time now. Whose hardware and pickup did you use.
Regards
John

Thanks. The hardware is made by Hipshot. It's an 'A style' aluminum bridge and the tuners are the USA made Hipshot Ultralites. I wound the pickup myself.. it's a split-coil design with Alnico 3 magnets.

 

[Orraloon]

Thanks. I will check Hipshot out. Don't know if I am up for winding my own pickups however.
Regards
John

 

[Doug71]

Another nice easy job, display cart for the local deli.

Love jobs like this, no fixed sizes and no fine joinery. I just make it up as I go along using up off cuts that aren't good enough for the kind of stuff I normally do.

Used up some nice quality Whitewood

Think we achieved the slightly rustic look.

I treated it with some Eco preserver, it's like a powder that you mix with water which makes the wood go grey and weathered looking in just a few weeks. I've used it on softwood posts before and it worked well but I didn't like what it did to some Oak on the cart, it turned bright blue, guess something to do with the Tannins.

 

[HOJ]

@Doug71 That's neat, I could probably sell a few like that around where I live to all the veg, egg and flower sellers, and that's just down my street.

 

[Carruthers]

Today is the culmination of 3 weeks of actual work and 2 years of collecting reclaimed materials to make my new work bench.

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Don't judge the mess please

Looks great, nice job

 

[Harry581010]

Here's the joiners trestle. Not something I'll be keeping because it's just another task on the course but working out the 3 differently rotated crosses felt like it was giving my brain a hernia. More practice finishing which I got horribly wrong on this but the glue ups have improved