Your favourite thing you have made from reclaimed timber 🤔 📸
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Sachakins
The most wasted of days is one without woodwork
No trees here. I found this lying in middle of mother-in-laws living room.Marvelous what you can make from a reclaimed tree well done
So being such a good son-in-law, I removed the trip hazard while she was out....
Keith 66
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My favorite thing i have made from recycled timber, The first Cigar box guitar i made & still my go to guitar, Recycled Ritz Casino Habana cigar box, through neck was cut from a pitchpine bed rail found washed up on the sea wall in Benfleet creek about 50 years ago by my Dad & i. Fretboard is flame figured hard honduras mahogany from Barclays bank in Leigh. Of all the CBGs i have made it has the best tone & i have been chasing it ever since! Its the one on the left
Doug71
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Some friends converted a barn behind their house into a garage, gym and outdoor entertaining space and asked me to use some of the old barn roof timbers to make this table and benches.
Their design and certainly not fine joinery but I like the fact it was part of the old barn.
Their design and certainly not fine joinery but I like the fact it was part of the old barn.
Orraloon
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Nice. Have you found they are another of the habit forming parts of woodwork? I am tripping over the barn things around my place. I only now make them for other people. Well thats the current plan but likely there will be some back sliding.
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John
Dragon's head made out of reclaimed mahogany I saw left outside someones house for about a week. This is the only decent photo I have of him pre finish but with a thick layer of epoxy on his tongue.
stuart little
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Here's mine: I made this pedestal desk from reclaimed 'mahogany' from dismantled conservatories for building model ships on. The drawer fronts are reclaimed oak, but the carcases are bought tulip wood. The inset panels are oak-faced MDF (purchased). Too much to move to photo the top, which consists of a mahogany frame divided into 4 panels of oak-faced MDF. The drawers house my tools.
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duke
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The patience you must have for your hobby is beyond me. I admire your skill.
Musicman8
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Some bread peels. My nephew was working on converting some Victorian houses and one of them had to have the Redwood stairs replaced. I ended up with the salvageable pieces. Most of the inserts are pieces from the 'that might come in handy' off-cuts bin.
Redwood, Oak and Chestnut.
Redwood and Wenge
Redwood and resin insert.
Redwood and Walnut
Redwood and Oak floorboard that was cut down in 1522.
Redwood, Chestnut and ?
Redwood, Oak, Chestnut, Walnut and something red.
Redwood, Oak and Chestnut.
Redwood and Wenge
Redwood and resin insert.
Redwood and Walnut
Redwood and Oak floorboard that was cut down in 1522.
Redwood, Chestnut and ?
Redwood, Oak, Chestnut, Walnut and something red.
duke
Established Member
Those are very nice shapes. I did have a scroll saw a few years ago, but could never get on with it. I sold it and sometimes I think I should get another one, but this time spend a bit more on it so that I feel comfortable with it.
Yojevol
Clocking on
Here is my most memorable object made for Deerhurst Church from reclaimed oak:-
It's an altar made from redundant Victorian oak pews. It was made to commemorate the millennial anniversary of the murder of St Alphege in 1012.
St Alphege started his religious journey in the Priory, which is now known as St Mary's Church Deerhurst, and went on to eventually become Archbishop of Canterbury. He was 'boned' to death (see the link) by a bunch of drunk Vikings.
The altar design (not mine) is based on a medieval travelling altar. It's the sort of thing the an army would have used for a service on the eve of a battle. The reeded design on the 4 faces is a copy of the columns on an ancient masonry feature in the church:-
I had the pleasure of meeting the 104th Archbishop, Rowan Williams, when he came to consecrate the altar in 2012. He was/is a great scholar of the early history of Canterbury and knew of the connection with Deerhurst and it was he who suggested we commemorate the anniversary in some way.
For me the most interesting bit of woodwork was the 'bulrush' design for the sides. It was all done with router cutters, specially bought for the job, and MDF patterns:-
I had a single set of patterns which were indexed along to each of the 7 positions (28 in total!)
Brian
It's an altar made from redundant Victorian oak pews. It was made to commemorate the millennial anniversary of the murder of St Alphege in 1012.
St Alphege started his religious journey in the Priory, which is now known as St Mary's Church Deerhurst, and went on to eventually become Archbishop of Canterbury. He was 'boned' to death (see the link) by a bunch of drunk Vikings.
The altar design (not mine) is based on a medieval travelling altar. It's the sort of thing the an army would have used for a service on the eve of a battle. The reeded design on the 4 faces is a copy of the columns on an ancient masonry feature in the church:-
I had the pleasure of meeting the 104th Archbishop, Rowan Williams, when he came to consecrate the altar in 2012. He was/is a great scholar of the early history of Canterbury and knew of the connection with Deerhurst and it was he who suggested we commemorate the anniversary in some way.
For me the most interesting bit of woodwork was the 'bulrush' design for the sides. It was all done with router cutters, specially bought for the job, and MDF patterns:-
I had a single set of patterns which were indexed along to each of the 7 positions (28 in total!)
Brian
Candle/Spill box
Some more 'nephew donated' timber. This is Oak from premises built in the 1520s. It later had a refurb in 1735 where the building was extended. So, these floorboard off-cuts are from either or both of these eras. It's held together with glue and dowels and there's a piece of brass rod inserted for the hinges. I also kept the original ogee on the lid.
Some more 'nephew donated' timber. This is Oak from premises built in the 1520s. It later had a refurb in 1735 where the building was extended. So, these floorboard off-cuts are from either or both of these eras. It's held together with glue and dowels and there's a piece of brass rod inserted for the hinges. I also kept the original ogee on the lid.
Can we have some pictures of the ships please, the one we can see looks really good.
