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[BentonTool]

Thanks for this @BentonTool. I have some more framing to do around the house, so will take a look at this more when I get around to those projects. I haven't really looked into shooting boards yet, but they keep cropping up so it's probably about time I investigate.

BTW, if your joint if off for any reason, you can plane it true by adding a few shims under either end of your work-piece (against the fence). I keep a box of outdated business cards just for this purpose.
If you build furniture with hand tools, a shooting board is a God-Send. You will wonder how you ever got along without one.

 

[danst96]

Made a few "things" in the past few weeks, including a very basic bench hook for hand-planing and a router jig for experimenting milling rough wood flat.


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I've also "upcycled" or converted this old wine rack into a better wine rack...

I bought it off Face-ache Market-scam for *cheap*, and it was originally built with these rubbish (in my view) bottle shelves, which I cut out...

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...and replaced with a square grid of matching wild mango recycled from another piece of furniture bought from the same place for the specific purpose of doing this job.
Turned out looking like this:


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Original rack had space for 12 bottles (which is quite frankly not enough!!!) and had an open back.
Upcycled version has 20 slots and has a solid back panel.

It replaces a pine rack that had a 24 bottle capacity, but this mango one now matches the rest of the house furniture. It's rustic - a bit bent/twisted and split in a couple of places - but that means my "less than perfect" handiwork fits in with the overall aesthetic

What wine is the top 5 bottles that look the same? Good looking project!

This is my wine rack, didn't make it but the bar cabinetry, bar top, arch and dining table is all my doing.

 

[BCS1980UK]

I had this Veritas mitre box guides for months and was always procrastinating making a mitre box.
This week I decided to use an old lamination offcut to make it:

 

[kinverkid]

Been trying my hand at a bit of metalwork. After breaking my ring mount (ooer missus) I thought I might make another. Lesson learned: it was supposed to be for a 60mm dovetail jaw. It is 60mm one side but I didn't take into account that due to the dovetail the other side would be just over 50mm. So I'm not going to tell anybody and just say it's for my 50mm jaws. I'll make another one for larger jaws.

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

What wine is the top 5 bottles that look the same? Good looking project!

This is my wine rack, didn't make it but the bar cabinetry, bar top, arch and dining table is all my doing.

Those are my favourite inexpensive wine from Tesco - Mucho Mas.
The rest, except for a 19 Crimes, are from Laithwaites including Rex Mundy, El Bombero Carinena Reserva, Cabalie, Il Papavero, Le Prince de Courthezon, Stones & Bones.

Lovely work on your furniture

 

[BCS1980UK]

A keepsake box for SWMBO. Spalted beech and cherry:

 

[Blackswanwood]

Using up a few more offcuts … Hard Maple and Mahogany keepsake box. Finished with Chestnut Hard Wax Oil.

 

[Blackswanwood]

ABW and Laurel keepsake box. Lining and inlay are sycamore. I wouldn’t normally have used this combination (as I’m using up offcuts it’s decided by what is in the pile) but it works.

 

[BentonTool]

ABW and Laurel keepsake box. Lining and inlay are sycamore. I wouldn’t normally have used this combination (as I’m using up offcuts it’s decided by what is in the pile) but it works.

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Beautiful inlay work!

 

[BucksDad]

@Blackswanwood Beautiful work as always. Have you done any detailed build threads on your boxes? How long does it take you to make one?

 

[BentonTool]

Using up a few more offcuts … Hard Maple and Mahogany keepsake box. Finished with Chestnut Hard Wax Oil.

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@Blackswanwood Beautiful work as always. Have you done any detailed build threads on your boxes? How long does it take you to make one?

And please comment on your Hard Wax Oil finish...

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

@Blackswanwood Beautiful work as always. Have you done any detailed build threads on your boxes? How long does it take you to make one?

I Echo this.

We ( Me ) need a project thread with step-by-step photos.

 

[BentonTool]

I recently got back into the shop (since retirement) and re-discovered my table saw, lathe, hand tools, and especially the band saw. I have been re-sawing much of the spalted wood I had saved in the shop over the years. I need projects for these attractive but smaller pieces of timber:

 

[Hugh M.]

Sorry to lower the tone/standard but, I made a frog.

Not hardwood as the book suggests but some nice PAR redwood with plenty of rings in it. I ended up rounding the edges with a rasp and sandpaper rather than a router table.

 

[paulrbarnard]

Sorry to lower the tone/standard but, I made a frog.

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Not hardwood as the book suggests but some nice PAR redwood with plenty of rings in it. I ended up rounding the edges with a rasp and sandpaper rather than a router table.

Love the action

 

[Steliz]

I made a few of these a couple of years ago and they were quite popular as gifts so I made some more.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Sorry to lower the tone/standard but, I made a frog.

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Not hardwood as the book suggests but some nice PAR redwood with plenty of rings in it. I ended up rounding the edges with a rasp and sandpaper rather than a router table.

Awesome!

 

[Blackswanwood]

@BucksDad @BentonTool @Hypnotic Chimera

Thanks guys. Combining the response into one ...

Chestnut Hard Wax Oil - great product that I was introduced to by @Terry Smart who makes it!

I used to use Osmo but found it to be "gloopy" and took quite a long time to dry. The Chestnut product is very easy to apply, build up coats and having done a side by side comparison gives a better finish.

These boxes are relatively quick to make as there is no hardware. The ones I am currently finishing have been done in batches which also speeds things up - not allowing for drying and set up time there is probably ninety minutes hands on work on each one. I'm talking to a charity shop about making a couple for them which I can replenish as they sell them ... I've no illusions of grandeur over my work but I just want to be sure they are not being sold for £2!

I have a commission for a jewellery box with tray and hardware that I will be starting in a couple of weeks. Happy to take pictures as I go along and post them in a thread.

Thanks again for your kind comments.

 

[Bumble]

I am struggling to make a straight cut with a handsaw. My cuts go in every direction but straight. I do practice but ten out of ten times I have to fix with the plane or just recut with the table saw or mitre saw.

So I made a magnetic saw guide with some bits from a kitchen cupboard that was demolition waste, I think it is beech.

The good news is now I can handsaw *machine cut straight*.

The bad news is now I think I can handsaw *machine cut straight*.

I hope a few hundred cuts later, I will benefit from muscle memory and will get better!

 

[paulrbarnard]

I am struggling to make a straight cut with a handsaw. My cuts go in every direction but straight. I do practice but ten out of ten times I have to fix with the plane or just recut with the table saw or mitre saw.

So I made a magnetic saw guide with some bits from a kitchen cupboard that was demolition waste, I think it is beech.

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The good news is now I can handsaw *machine cut straight*.

The bad news is now I think I can handsaw *machine cut straight*.

I hope a few hundred cuts later, I will benefit from muscle memory and will get better!

Muscle memory is a wonderful thing and it certainly develops with use. That said what saw are you using. A badly set saw can wander all on its own.