Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Doris]

The last thing I carved for my cousins wedding present.

Well done, I wish I had carving skills

Thanks. Give it a try sometime.

 

[sitefive]

Does look like euro sockets, Good going to make, stain, paint and fit the hangers and unit in a day.
Sounds more like Maillee! looks nice though.
Regards Rodders

good eye, euro socket that is,not going to spend the summer in the ''lovely'' uk weather.
the most time consuming part was going to shop and choosing the hangers , the rest can be done in less than an hour if you take out the paint drying process , it's just 4pieces of sticks screwed together :roll:

 

[richarddownunder]

Well, its not really woodwork, but it has a got a bit of wood. Yew in fact which was ridiculously expensive and full of splits so only a fraction of it was usable. Still, the usable bit looks quite nice.

Cheers
Richard

 

[monkeybiter]

V. nice, I like the shape as much as the wood, looks very 'holdable'/ergonomic.

 

[ColeyS1]

DTR post video or it never happened
Here's a few other bits I've finished in the last week

I wanted a bp enamel sign for ages and one finally came up on ebay which was relatively cheap and localish. It must have sat outside for a while as a lot of the edges were rusty and sharp. At some point it must have been used as target practice cause it was full of bullet holes ! The easiest way to overcome it (and the picture rail being in the way) was to make a frame to cover the nasties.

The thing weighs a ton so I thought better be safe than sorry so allowed for plenty of fixings behind the cartridge screw caps. Even though I epoxied the joints and reinforced the corners with metal brackets the sign being so warped and bowed soon caused one joint to snap, followed by another, followed by another. It was quite an experience feeling the tension in the metal pull the poor frame to bits luckily the metal brackets held it all together until it got fixed back to the wall the frame was left sawn with a couple licks of bedec msp paint
Coley

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[ColeyS1]

Green oak planters, very wet ( note unpegged joints and boards squeezed up tight)

I left them in the shed for 3 weeks and couldn't believe how much the boards had shrunk !!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought leaving them out in the rain would cure it but they haven't swelled up much at all yet.

I did the tongues 7mm but even now there only in the grooves by about 2mm- shame really - live and learn :?

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[memzey]

They look really nice! A&C style I see. How thick are the leg posts and rails if you don't mind me asking? They look roughly 3" and 2" respectively. There's a place near me that does green oak sleepers I was thinking of resawing for something similar.

 

[richarddownunder]

V. nice, I like the shape as much as the wood, looks very 'holdable'/ergonomic.

Thanks. Yes, its quite comfy shape to hold I feel, so its the design I think I have settled on to make a small batch of them. This knife-making business has been a bit of a distraction from real woodwork though. Need to get it out of my system so I can get on with the jewellery box I started 6 months ago!

Cheers
Richard

 

[DennisCA]

I really like those planter boxes, been looking at designs online but nothing has "popped" for me until now. I'll definitely be making something in those lines, though in something cheaper than oak!

 

[ColeyS1]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

How thick are the leg posts and rails if you don't mind me asking? They look roughly 3" and 2" respectively.

That's about right for the section sizes. If you pm me your email I can send you the sketchup file if it's any use
Coley

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[Doug B]

Small Oak table made to go with two insanely cheap Oak IKEA chairs

 

[Benchwayze]

A nice project Doug. I do like the chairs especially, and I wouldn't mind making a trial chair in pine. I have the oak for a table, but I need a full dining size; to " 'show off' the extension, instead of filling it with PC junk!" says SWMBO. it would also avoid stowing dining chairs in unoccupied corners. (I think she's right about the dining chairs, as it happens!)

Nice work Doug.

John

 

[Zeddedhed]

Just delivered this bathroom mirror cabinet in American Black Walnut. Customer very pleased. Result.

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[Adam9453]

very nice zeddedhead, looks lovely.

Is it solid american black walnut or veneered?

 

[Zeddedhed]

Thanks Adam.
The carcass is solid, as are the internal shelves and dividers which you can't see. The back panel is 13mm veneered MDF as are the doors behind the mirrors.
Finished with 4 coats of Osmo Polyx clear Matt

 

[Billy Flitch]

Two saw totes spalted cherry, one coat BLO then shellack Tenon saw sharpened and set X cut 12 tpi.
Two chisel handles styled after London octagonals wood Plumb one coat BLO then shellack.

 

[custard]

Just delivered this bathroom mirror cabinet in American Black Walnut. Customer very pleased. Result.

Very smart. If you've got any off-cuts sell them a matching towel rail (but finish with poly as Walnut bleeds into damp white towels).

http://www.heals.com/furniture/bathroom ... orage.html

 

[n0legs]

Just delivered this bathroom mirror cabinet in American Black Walnut. Customer very pleased. Result.

Very very nice, really starting to like this walnut stuff =D>
Hopefully they'll be returning customers

 

[n0legs]

Two saw totes spalted cherry, one coat BLO then shellack Tenon saw sharpened and set X cut 12 tpi.
Two chisel handles styled after London octagonals wood Plumb one coat BLO then shellack.

Lovely work Billy =D>
Those handles gorgeous.

 

[cgarry]

After many weeks of practice, I finally joined two bits of scrap oak together without being too unhappy with the result!

And here is the same joint with some of its more ugly predecessors.

I am definitely still learning this particular skill, but hopefully I have made most of my share of bad dovetails so that I might now be able to make a few good ones. I suppose I should come up with a project that has some dovetails in it...

Cheers,
Chris