Kneehole Desk
Kneehole desk This is one of two desks that I have to make, I’m doing this one first as the other was ordered at a later date. It will be made from English White Ash to match the two wardrobes I recently made. Onto the timber I selected for the top, this needs to finish […]
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Festool New Toys…
Festool New Toys. I’ve been looking for a quicker and cleaner way to sand all my face timbers for some time, and with out splashing out on a decent wide belt sander I decided to take a look at the festool route. I consulted the gods at woodworkuk, Plus I checked out Paul-Marcel’s site and […]
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Dovetails
Dovetails by Norfolk Cabinet Maker Mark Rhodes. This isn’t a how to cut dovetails, but just how I cut dovetails. I still like to be able to say to my clients that all dovetails are cut by hand, and for 99% of the steps that is still very much true. However I have no wish […]
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Lie Nielsen Planes
Lie Nielsen Planes. I’ve been somewhat sceptical about premium planes for a number of years, thinking they offer the same as a well fettled Stanley or Record. That scepticism was somewhat shattered today when I took delivery of two Lie Nielsen planes, a 60 1/2, and a 042. These are of course based on Stanley, Record, and […]
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Chunky Side Tables
Chunky side tables. Made a start on the four breadboard ends for the top’s today, these are for some small but chunky side tables I’m doing this week. Here is the process in full.. First I need to mark where the shoulder line will fall, I do this with a marking knife(home made), but it […]
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