>Rosewood and burr Walnut jewellery box.
>I have had a bit more time on this today, in between coats of polish for the fire surround. So I thought I would fit the stringing and split the box. I have taken the corner out with a cutting gauge, and a shoulder plane. This is how I cut the mitres for the stringing, I’m […]
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>Some Wooden Moulding Planes
>I thought I would show you some of my more unusual moulding planes, I have about 20, and most are hollows and rounds. But I do have a few that maybe of interest. I used to use these, when I worked at the company that took me on as an apprentice, we would make very good quality reproductions of […]
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>Little Repair Finished
>Not a very glamorous job, but I really like it. I think I might make a couple similar, maybe bar stool size. OK I got the seat leather out from the press, I was a little worried in case the edges would be as stiff as a board, these worries were unfounded, and the leather is […]
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>Little Repair
>Its not always making fine furniture and fittings you know! As I work for myself, I very rarely say no to these little jobs. Generally because they can be dropped onto when I’m waiting for glue to dry, and you never know when these little jobs might lead onto bigger jobs. This one has been […]
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>Oak Fire Surround again!
>I knew for most of the day I would be at the spindle/shaper today, so I locked the doors, turned the stereo up, took the phone off the hook, and concentrated on the job at hand. This is the machine I have the utmost respect for, one mistake on here, means at best a ruined work-piece, at worst […]
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>Fire Suround IV
> first thing to do this morning, was to get the panel out of the press, and check it was OK. I’ve always worried when doing panels in a press, because I can’t see what’s going on underneath, I always think there will be a catastrophic failure somewhere on the panel. But today the veneering gods […]
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>Oak Fire Surround III
> First job this morning, was to make sure this little lot were fed and watered. With all the livestock we have, and a huge veg patch, me and all my siblings are pretty much self sufficient. It takes me about 1/2 hr in the morning, to do my share of the chores. First job […]
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>Oak Fire Surround II
> Made a start on gluing some of the component part’s for this fire surround yesterday, the first of which is the 65mm thick Mantle. I am using the domino for this, as I don’t think biscuit’s penetrate deep enough for such a thick piece of timber. I’m using 8×50 dom’s for this, with a row at the top […]
Take a Tour>Another Saw Mill
>Spent some of the afternoon today, looking at another saw mill that is only 9 miles from my shop. We are sadly lacking sawmills/timber yards in Norfolk, so as soon as someone tells me about one that I haven’t heard of(that’s 20 mins down the road), I like to make some time to go and visit […]
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>Oak Fire Surround
>Received this order last week from the same clients I was doing some site work for. It needs to be done fairly quick, as I have had to take a week off before starting another job. As with most things I make, a trip/call to the timber yard is my first port of call, after doing […]
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