Post a photo of the last thing you made

[rob1693]

Good point … his tool marks look much better than mine though

I'm no robert thompson, but here's something I left the tool marks in a present I made this was coupled with some walnut utensils

 

[Jameshow]

1.6m workbench for one of our men's shed chaps
C24 timber which was surprisingly decent worth it over c16 tbh.

 

[Eshmiel]

If you have an interest in Robert Thompson you will probably enjoy this.



The workshop is a few villages away from where I live and you can watch them at work from a viewing platform using pretty much the same methods. I've not seen anyone wearing a tie or smoking a pipe though!

A good vid! Thank you.

The adzing - got to be a dangerous thing to learn, eh? That razor-sharp blade swinging between one's ankles; one moment's inattention; a scream, hop and topple! Whitened faces and technicolour yawns all 'round.

Once upon a time, a long time ago and far away, I spent time in the South Cumbria woods learning various coppice work things in the company of various other novices. Stool making was one activity and this involved adzing the seats as The Mouseman workers adze everything. Seeing as how no one wants one leg a foot shorter than the other (geddit) we were all made to wear leggings made of old sacks stuffed with straw. Myself I suspected that these were but cosmetic, as the adze seemed likely to laugh in the face of a bit of straw as it headed for an ankle or even a whole shin.

Luckily everyone was careful. I had me camera at the ready in case they weren't but, as you can see, no Big Bandages were needed.

 

[HamsterJam]

Have you ever heard of a captain's table? No, neither had I.

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This is the underside, but it is an oval coffee table sized table where all 4 sides fold up into a tray so it can be quickly carried away. Note on the right hand side, I believe at some point the side was turned over, as there are those two small brass hinge supports (which became a small issue later). The only examples of this sort of table I could see online were for sale for around £2,000.

So a client wanted a base made for it, but crucially it could not be fixed to the table as the whole point is that it can be lifted away, so with nothing to refer to and no previous examples to look at, away we go!

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I had recently bought some lengths of recycled oak skirting board/architrave, which I felt would be perfect for the rail, so I cut to length, sanded and (after this photo, obviously) mitred. Because of the tables framing, I had to cut dados at each end and in the middle of the side pieces, and very small dados in one of the end pieces to accommodate the brass hinge supports as well.

Once this was all done it was almost possible to pick up the table top by the rail alone, as the fit was nice and tight.

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The legs were from another piece of oak I had to hand, this is at dry fit stage. The two legs that were at the hinge support end had to have a small piece taken away to allow for the hinge support to go fractionally beneath them.
I decided that I didn't want any screws etc, so used 4 dowels per leg to fix them to the frame.

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Staining came next, and i got really close to the original colour with a blend of these two stains, as individually none of my stains (I have quite a few) were close enough. It was important to the client, and to me, that the frame looked the same age as the table top so once applied, I wiped off as much stain as possible to give a aged patina look to it all. I'm very happy with the final result of the staining.

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So here it is, almost finished. Feet to be added, a bit of buffing of the legs (and dusting of the table top) and finally, 50 years after my client's mum bought the table top at auction, it becomes a very interesting and useable coffee table.

Nice work. As others have said, not dissimilar to a butlers table where the legs would usually be a folding design, allowing the already laid-out table to be easily transported and quickly deployed in a random location.

 

[BCS1980UK]

I am building drawer inserts for the Ikea carts that I have on my workshop and wanted to find ways to get my two-year old twin daughters involved.
So, we just had an amazing father-daughters morning decorating drawer fronts:

 

[Bruce Mack]

Here is my display case for a willow sapling that I pruned from the stump of a large willow. It is held together with screws and construction staples.

 

[Cabinetman]

Here is my display case for a willow sapling that I pruned from the stump of a large willow. It is held together with screws and construction staples.

Nicely made, but I have to ask, why? Sentimental reasons? Necklace tree?

 

[Co1]

Nicely made, but I have to ask, why? Sentimental reasons? Necklace tree?

I thought it was a bird feeder!!

 

[paulrbarnard]

Here is my display case for a willow sapling that I pruned from the stump of a large willow. It is held together with screws and construction staples.

It will prevent beaver damage nicely.

 

[Bruce Mack]

Ah, you have me, Cabinetman. Willow was an annoying offshoot of her old man, a twenty-five-year-old willow tree that towered over our barn and had dropped 2 heavy boughs in different years. It was near the end of its life span and had to be felled and removed in many large pieces. When the arborist left, he said other willow trees could grow from the stump. Willow did grow exuberantly amid trash growth of all kinds. My wife wanted it all gone. I complied but felt guilty when I saw her beauty too late, but she was also sinister. She slept in the barn for months losing color and life before I took her into my shop to examine her for display. I had no purpose in mind when I placed her on a base. The holes for 2 limbs were a conceit at first but later portals for her escape, to what purpose I don't know.

 

[Bruce Mack]

Nicely made, but I have to ask, why? Sentimental reasons? Necklace tree?

oops, see above reply

 

[Eshmiel]

Here is my display case for a willow sapling that I pruned from the stump of a large willow. It is held together with screws and construction staples.

I believe that you have committed a cruelty to willow-brash, caging it like that, which oughta be illegal. Anyway, I've reported you to The Druids for not allowing that bit o' tree limb to rot freely under the rose bush.

Perhaps, though, you could give it a new life as a ladle, carved green then dried out near the cooking stove, where it can anticipate its happy new life tasting soups and broths?

 

[Cabinetman]

Old man willow! Best placated and caged, well done.

 

[rob1693]

New planter for green house 2m long x 600mm wide x 500mm deep
Made from reclaimed studding off a job

 

[isaac3d2]

I am building drawer inserts for the Ikea carts that I have on my workshop and wanted to find ways to get my two-year old twin daughters involved.
So, we just had an amazing father-daughters morning decorating drawer fronts:

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Two year olds did that? Where are the finger prints and the blobs of spilt paint? LOL

 

[BCS1980UK]

Two year olds did that? Where are the finger prints and the blobs of spilt paint? LOL

Two and a half years in two weeks time, to be honest.
I was expecting chaos, hence I have covered everything in masking tape, plastic and cardboard, but in the end it worked out and we just had lots of fun.

 

[Eshmiel]

Last kind of things I made ...... well, sort of. There's bowls and scoops too (later).

For one year and one month I are been mostly making greenwood things, especially spoons and other kitchen implements. I made so many that I had to make shrink pots to put them all in.

This first phase has been larnin' the axe, knife (straight and hooked) and other tools/stuff to do with more intricate carving of green wood items. Its also been about larnin' the characteristics of green wood: grain, ease or otherwise to work various timbers, storing, drying and even spalting. The next phase will be improving the form, elegance and decoration of such things.

Here's the shrink pots first:

 

[Eshmiel]

Here's the spoons, spats et al:

 

[Phill05]

Last kind of things I made ...... well, sort of. There's bowls and scoops too (later).

For one year and one month I are been mostly making greenwood things, especially spoons and other kitchen implements. I made so many that I had to make shrink pots to put them all in.

This first phase has been larnin' the axe, knife (straight and hooked) and other tools/stuff to do with more intricate carving of green wood items. Its also been about larnin' the characteristics of green wood: grain, ease or otherwise to work various timbers, storing, drying and even spalting. The next phase will be improving the form, elegance and decoration of such things.

Here's the shrink pots first:

That's an interesting piece on the back wall, can I ask for a close up please - please

 

[rob1693]

That's an interesting piece on the back wall, can I ask for a close up please - please

Not a close up but I've edited photo ,not sure what it is but it's a beautiful thing I'm also curious