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[stuckinthemud]

Doors, always trim the doors. Can’t really tell from the photo but sometimes shimming the hinges with thin card can help on wonky frames

 

[Hornbeam]

Portfolio case for a photographer.

SOS hinges look very neat

 

[Fitzroy]

Getting on with the new sash bay window in the attic. All the timber is milled up to the correct size, lots of hamster bedding!

Using unsorted redwood for the whole build and really pleased with the quality so far. Pretty tight rings and lovely and resinous, shed smells delightful.

Fitz

 

[Cabinetman]

Getting on with the new sash bay window in the attic. All the timber is milled up to the correct size, lots of hamster bedding!

Using unsorted redwood for the whole build and really pleased with the quality so far. Pretty tight rings and lovely and resinous, shed smells delightful.

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Fitz

That timber looks pretty good to me.

 

[Dauph]

Yesterday and this morning I made (just using hand tools as usual) my fifth one of these leaf tea caddies:

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It's made of American black walnut with mitred (at the bottom) dovetails and the same simple hinge I've used on all the other ones. I've now made three with "TEA" carved into the top (all American black walnut), one with "KEEMUN" carved into the top (made of cherry) and one with "EARL GREY" carved into the top (ABW again). The Earl Grey one (of which I can't find any photos at the mo) was a present for my parents, the Keemun one is (predictably enough) for Keemun, which is what I mostly drink (weak and black). The bigger one of the existing "TEA" ones holds English breakfast tea, the smaller one has different things in depending on what we trying at the time (currently Darjeeling). The new one will also hold Keemun tea but is for me to take into work.

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With that done, I had a fun little session using my little home-made block plane to make a load of shavings out of maple, walnut and cherry so that I could take an arty photo of it, which I'm going to get printed on a mug as it'll be a bit more interesting than the one I have at work at the mo:

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Those are lovely. Did you carve the lettering by hand as well?

 

[Dr Al]

Those are lovely. Did you carve the lettering by hand as well?

Thank you. Yes. I printed it out on a piece of paper and stuck it to the wood with masking tape, then used a knife to transfer the lines and a couple of chisels to form the shape.