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[paulrbarnard]

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
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I’d put a glass top on it and sell it for £500 on Etsy

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I nipped over to see a friend on his canal boat and Butty.
He makes his living by making tradition toys.

I was allowed to play in his workshop.

So I made a box.

Filled with some black plastic blanks.

Set up his small work top CNC machine, went for lunch.

A bit of white paint, from a paint pen.

Apple fed bees wax is bringing the grain up.

Finally, some water slide transfers

 

[Ozi]

As I’m getting longer in the tooth & generally work by myself I thought I’d done with kitchens that was until a good friends son & daughter in law bought what has turned into a nightmare for them.
My friend was going to help them sort the kitchen that was until the building firm they employed to remove the wall between the kitchen & dining room found more horrors than a little, at this point I got the “could you just” phone call
First up an old chimney breast had been removed but not the hearth which consisted of very rough broken up concrete was simply carpeted over to hide it, so first up was to remove that.View attachment 180775

New joists & mr chipboard flooring was installed, next up the original kitchen floor which was covered with vinyl flooring turned out to be very damp quarry tiles these were dug out.

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Then a membrane & insulation installed

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After which a fibre reinforced screed was laid

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The concrete floor in the extended part of the kitchen was solid enough but turned out not to have a damp proof membrane under it & whilst it wasn’t showing any noticeable damp it was decided to apply a liquid damp proof membrane.

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This then had a thick covering of self levelling compound to bring it up to the level of the new kitchen floor which was higher than the original as with the wall removed the wooden dining room floor was higher than the old kitchen floor

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Most of the walls were showing signs of damp, luckily my friend knew a specialist damp proofing firm which saved me an awful lot of work as they sorted the damp & plastered both rooms.
After a few weeks of two dehumidifiers running I was finally able to get the kitchen fitted along with herringbone flooring & skirting.

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There were many other numerous problems along the way but thankfully they are all sorted I just needed to refit the new radiators once the decorator has finished.

Beautiful job

 

[duke]

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

Nice robust bench and has a dual purpose as a side feed table for the table saw!

 

[HOJ]

I posted these elsewhere, I needed a stack of slats for a project, so lots of small tenons to be cut, 76 in total.



40 in this part:



And the rest are used in the another section.

The bigger picture, I make a 2 or 3 Oak garden benches in a year, typically like this:



This one is a different, in that It will fold up, ideal for putting away come the winter, this is all dry jointed, if I get time, will be cleaning up and gluing together this week.

The intended result:



The seat folds up:



And the front legs/arms fold in:



The seat will have a SS continuous hinge connected to a rail running the width of the back frame and the front legs will have a parliament hinge connected to the back leg, with a catch under the arm rest to lock it to the back leg.

 

[Jason Wheeler]

“Converted” a van tail lift into a wheelchair platform lift for my better half so she can enjoy the top of our garden (stairs, wheelchairs and alcohol not being a great mix!! Can’t upload full video as too large.

 

[Jason Wheeler]

16 x 200mm M14 bolts through 6mm steel plates into Victorian very hard bricks, with the plates welded to the lift frame

 

[Jason Wheeler]

Add the word “disabled” or “accessible” to anything and the price becomes crazy - this was a way cheaper solution to the problem and mechanically it’s a lot simpler too - I did have to reduce the size of my bar a bit though, which still hurts!!

 

[Orraloon]

I posted these elsewhere, I needed a stack of slats for a project, so lots of small tenons to be cut, 76 in total.

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40 in this part:

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And the rest are used in the another section.

The bigger picture, I make a 2 or 3 Oak garden benches in a year, typically like this:

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This one is a different, in that It will fold up, ideal for putting away come the winter, this is all dry jointed, if I get time, will be cleaning up and gluing together this week.

The intended result:

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The seat folds up:

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And the front legs/arms fold in:

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The seat will have a SS continuous hinge connected to a rail running the width of the back frame and the front legs will have a parliament hinge connected to the back leg, with a catch under the arm rest to lock it to the back leg.

You are getting plenty practice at M&Ts then.
I did a bed headboard like that and found the glue up a bit tricky. Must have been down to the last minutes before the glue set up. Lining up all the tenons with the holes was kind of stressful. Got there but a close run thing.
Regards
John

 

[Crazy Dave]

Living next to a hospital has its disadvantages and one of them is visitors wanting to park for free somewhere. Returning home to find some numb nuts parked outside my garage inspired my to design and print this. Hoping the neighbors will want one too as we all suffer the same inconvenience.

 

[gregmcateer]

Living next to a hospital has its disadvantages and one of them is visitors wanting to park for free somewhere. Returning home to find some numb nuts parked outside my garage inspired my to design and print this. Hoping the neighbors will want one too as we all suffer the same inconvenience.

My brother came back from work and someone had actually parked on his one car drive. He assumed it was his Mrs friend and just parked across the front of the drive as nowhere else nearby. 30 minutes later a knock at the door and a guy asks him to move his car. Bro tells him nah, having my tea, I'll move it when I'm ready. He said don't knock again in less than an hour, otherwise it'll be 2 hours more.
Never happened again

 

[Crazy Dave]

My brother came back from work and someone had actually parked on his one car drive. He assumed it was his Mrs friend and just parked across the front of the drive as nowhere else nearby. 30 minutes later a knock at the door and a guy asks him to move his car. Bro tells him nah, having my tea, I'll move it when I'm ready. He said don't knock again in less than an hour, otherwise it'll be 2 hours more.
Never happened again

The unfortunate guy who parked outside my garage had to come back the next day because I blocked him in and wouldn't answer the door to him. He left his mobile number on my windscreen so I rang him at 7.00am to tell him that I've moved my car.
I'm not normally such a nasty bar steward but I was feeling ill and had a bad day so this was the last straw.

 

[Max Power]

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

A dowel is usually used but I now use a domino

 

[Max Power]

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

ThanksThanks and yes those are the woods used, unfortunately I was on my own putting the tyres on so didn’t get a chance to film it, but will endeavour to next time

 

[Max Power]

Fitted the steel channels and the rubber tyres

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Hand whittled bit of beech, into a hammer shaft.

Going to be fitted to a head for a Men In shed member with hand issues.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Is it to early for Christmas Jokes?

Hoe. Hoe. Hoe.

Why?

Three pens.
The ink well and nib, liberated from pens in a certain shop.

The metal bits, found in a scrap yard.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Cherry and Birch Masur jewellery box

 

[Phil Pascoe]

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Hand whittled bit of beech, into a hammer shaft.

Going to be fitted to a head for a Men In shed member with hand issues.

Beech is not a good choice for a hammer hilt as it transmits shock. That's why thy're normally ash or hickory.

 

[supertom44]

Cherry and Birch Masur jewellery box

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Stunning build!
What hinges are they?