Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Stigmorgan]

Metal worker as well..you're just showing off now lol. Nice work!

I think of it more as metal origami

 

[wiley198]

Just finished this despite the weather outside. Next step...removable MFT worktop to go onto it as and when needed.

 

[rob1693]

Jewellery box for eldest granddaughter for Christmas, made from top off this chest of drawers that belonged to her great grand parents, no idea what wood it is apart from lid rim which is oak

 

[Blackswanwood]

Another box made from the offcuts pile … ABW and Laurel.

 

[Doug B]

It’s been the sort of day to go hide in the workshop & turn the heating up so that’s what I did.

First off I made a few 4mm thick MDF plaques

After that this waney edged Chestnut needed breaking down

From the looks of things at some point in its life it got in the line of fire.

Managed to get the sections I needed machined up, eventually these will be a garden gate.

 

[JSW]

Question if I may @Blackswanwood, is that cutting mat you have in your pics a semi-permanent fixture on your workbench, remove when necessary?

 

[Blackswanwood]

Question if I may @Blackswanwood, is that cutting mat you have in your pics a semi-permanent fixture on your workbench, remove when necessary?

It’s on there when I’m cutting veneer, lining and finishing boxes. Alongside doing boxes I’m also making a cot at the moment so I just slip a piece of hardboard under it so it can be easily lifted with any box stuff to clear the bench quickly for a bit of joinery!

 

[JSW]

It’s on there when I’m cutting veneer, lining and finishing boxes. Alongside doing boxes I’m also making a cot at the moment so I just slip a piece of hardboard under it so it can be easily lifted with any box stuff to clear the bench quickly for a bit of joinery!

Hadn't thought of that! I think I see a purchase in the near future, what size would you recommend, 4'x3'?

 

[Stigmorgan]

All these gorgeous boxes and none of you signed up for secret santa, I'm gonna have to make sure you're all on the naughty list

 

[Bruce Mack]

I made this for my grandniece.

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

I made these wands for my little wizard and witch grandchildren, just have to make Olivander style boxes for them now which I think may take longer than making the wands!

 

[Blackswanwood]

Hadn't thought of that! I think I see a purchase in the near future, what size would you recommend, 4'x3'?

I’d go for the biggest one that fits on your bench … they seem to be sold in paper sizes and mine is A1.

Cheers

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

Hadn't thought of that! I think I see a purchase in the near future, what size would you recommend, 4'x3'?

I recently bought one of these:

Grip Mat

 

[JSW]

I recently bought one of these:

Grip Mat

My workbench(es) are more assembly tables (2x 1200x900 bolted together lengthways) than traditional benches, the tops are sheets of 25mm Egger non slip chipboard flooring, edged all round with timber. Pretty much everything I make is functional stuff rather than something like the lovely boxes that @Blackswanwood makes. As such the Egger tops can be a little unforgiving, which is why a cutting mat might be a halfway house toward something that is a tad kinder to the project being worked on. Grip mats are ok, I have a few, but don't really work as a secondary/removable worktop. I might experiment with just a sheet of hardboard or 6mm MDF, and if that doesn't pan out move up to a cutting mat.

 

[pulleyt]

Here's my take on a schwibbogen using a pattern I bought online and adapted a pack of flickering led candles as the light source, now sitting in our front window.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Another one from the offcuts pile ... Cherry and Yew with an experimental Sycamore inlay ...

 

[JSW]

Another one from the offcuts pile ... Cherry and Yew with an experimental Sycamore inlay ...

That's it. I quit

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Remind me not to make boxes, I think that box is brill

 

[JSW]

[sigh]

Ok not to be outdone

This afternoon's effort, experiment in home made T track/Hold down, offcut of 10mm Birch Ply Ikea bed slat

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

My day is sorting out the house ready for Christmas