What are you making today?

[Lonsdale73]

A mess. No change here!

 

[Bm101]

I've been making banister rails from hand made component parts.
Most people aren't aware that traditionally, banister rails were formed from separate parts which are then glued up carefully.
In these days of machinery and spindle moulders it's an almost forgotten art that I'd like to share on here.

Step 1.
Assembling the parts. You can see I've already cut the grooves for the side pieces.

Step 2.
Dry fit and check. You can see that I'm making two different styles of rail here. I've carefully dyed and finished them previous to gluing to suit the different styles.

Step 3.
Mid glue up on one rail. Using hide glue gives a little more open time.

Step 4.
I've nipped the end off on the bandsaw to tidy it up. And we're all done! A quick wax and it's ready to be hung.
Cheers
Chris

 

[D_W]

Hoping to dovetail the top and bottom of a case and get the shelves fitted to it. Top is half blinds, bottom through, and the shelves I haven't decided - either dado or partial or full length dovetails cut into the case sides. This is the top (the whole thing is two of these cases, a bigger one on the bottom and a smaller on the top - back is tongue and groove, it'll sit in an 8/4 cherry base with a cove, doors on the fronts and moulding or base will cover all of the dovetails (no exposed joinery).

https://i.imgur.com/YNMqRCb.jpg

 

[Roland]

A second, taller bench for my workshop