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Foot Stool #6: Assembling
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Foot Stool #5: Cutting the mortices in the legs
The Turpentine is such beautiful timber but it was very brittle and hard which made this job a bi...
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Foot Stool #4: Some carving for the top
This is for my wife Heather, say no more! Still some finishing to be done.
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Foot Stool #3: Timber for the legs
Our club is very fortunate to have a few shipping containers of timber for the members to use and...
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Foot Stool #2: Gum nuts
I have had a go at filling the carved out section for the gum nuts with epoxy. Only a small job I...
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Foot Stool #1: The Top
Hi all, I have been asked by my wife to make her a small foot stool and I had some hardwood of...
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Triple trumpet stand #3: The non wooden bit
I think you’ll agree the Purple Heart gives them quite an interesting look, the fri...
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Triple trumpet stand #2: Three turned pieces together
I finished turning these pieces at our clubs regular display day at Australia’s Pioneer...
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Triple trumpet stand #1: Before and after
The glued together Birch ply, Australian hardwood piece and Purple Heart alongside one of the...
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Outdoor table #7: Finished and assembled
Here is the table assembled where she will be living. It will be in the extremes of the Aussie we...
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Outdoor table #6: Fitting the rails to the legs
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Outdoor table #5: Finishing the table top
My first attempt at bread board ends by hand. It was tougher than I thought and I would give one ...
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Outdoor table #4: Ends going on
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Outdoor table #3: Legs
I retrieved this timber from getting thrown out and have used it for the legs, it is just Merbau ...
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Outdoor table #2: Table top together
I was thinking of doing a river table but don’t have time to get that finished so have ...
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Mesopotamian Lap Harp #4: Some final pics
I have finished this now and it was quite an interesting project, here are some pics of getting h...
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Outdoor table #1: Cutting the breadboard ends
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Outdoor Table
I have been asked to make a tough outdoor table which will not be under any cover from th...
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Mesopotamian Lap Harp #3: #3
Some hand made tuning pegs.
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Mesopotamian Lap Harp #2: 2 setting out the strings
I didn’t mention the soundbox is Banksia and the top is Ash. I definitely wont be using Ban...
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Mesopotamian Lap Harp #1: Mesopotamian Lap Harp 1
I have been asked to make an ancient Lap Harp and given a few photos to go by, not much really so...
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Coffee table #1: Some pics of my daughters coffee table
Hi all, I was asked by daughter #2 to build a coffee table of her and her partners design. ...
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Hand Plane Restoration #1: Stanley No4
In the old days in the UK a carpenter’s tools used to passed on via a trade scheme to a you...
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-Op Christmas party 2017 #1: Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op 2017 Display
Here are pictures of some of the items displayed at my wood club’s Christmas party today, w...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #11: All Done, thanks for looking
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #10: Together at last
Just a few finishing touches and wedges to put in for the woodwork to be finished, then t...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #9: Shoji screens coming together finally haha
I still have a bit of work to do on them but I can see the end of the road. I have used all tradi...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #8: A few more pics
Fitting the blossom corner pieces Pinning the legs to the horizontal shelf supports with e...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #7: Update cutting shelves
Hi everybody and a very happy Christmas to you. Here are some pics of todays work. ...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #6: Decorative corners
Again I am a virgin with the scroll saw but made some 3 ply from my stash of cedar and had a go a...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #5: Butterflies
I thought I should put a couple of butterflys in the cracks underneath the top. This is my first ...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #4: Update
Hi folks, It’s been a while but here are some pics of the work I have been doing on the ...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #3: Slow but steady progress
It’s taking me a while but I have finished shaping the four legs for the cabinet/stand I am...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #2: Cutting the mortices in the slab
I first drilled through the slab with a forstner bit to take away a lot of the material, this was...
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Cedar Entertainment Unit #1: Sizing and Marking Out
Hi all I have purchased some beautiful Red Cedar and am going to try my hand at some larger jo...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #7: All finished
Thanks for following, you can see the final pics here – http://lumberjocks.com/projects/235866
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #6: Almost finished
Hi all After about twenty coats of marine varnish I rubbed it back to 400 grade and then polis...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #5: Starting the finish on the Table Top
Hi all I have decided to go with a one pack marine varnish with the table top and have put on ...
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Lumber yard closing
I just went to a fantastic timber yard that is closing down in Wauchope, https://www.google.co...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #4: Glass and starting the finish
I have given the underneath and the leg a couple of coats of laquer and the burl looks great. ...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #3: Ready for the glass
Yep I am going pretty slowly with this but thankfully it is because I have some work! Being a fre...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #2: Leg
Hi all Here are a couple of pics of the leg for my table. As said before it is Sequoia, I have...
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Yellow Box Burl Coffee Table #1: Flattening the burl
Hi all My next project is another burl coffee table, this one is a beautiful Yellow Box (Eucal...
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Bonsai stand #7: Fitting the burl
Hi all, Here of some pics of fitting the burl to the stand. I intended using a router right wa...
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Bonsai stand #6: The finish
I am just brushing on lots of coats of finish on at the moment. I am using Feast Watson Satinp...
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Bonsai stand #5: Glue up and starting the finish
Today I shaped the legs and glued the frame together along with starting to get some finish into ...
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Bonsai stand #4: Cleaning up the joints
Although the joints are nice and tight I am going to glue them up when done.
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Bonsai stand #3: Cutting stand joints and finish sanding the face of the burl
Fitting the frame to the legs The face of the burl, it has been rough sanded with a be...
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Bonsai stand #2: Preparing the burl and cutting material for legs
Hi all, yep the hands are still sore!!! I hit the gnarly underneath with a wire brush to clean...
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Bonsai stand #1: Cutting the burl
Remind me not to try this again by hand. This Aussie Redgum burl is HARD, it took me about 3 h...
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New project
I just found this beautiful yellowbox burl and couldn’t resist buying it. I think it will m...
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Mini trim planes #1: More plane inspiration from Mads
My latest tools are these tiny trim planes. Again thanks Mads Felding for the inspiration.They ar...
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Scobie Box #4: All finished now
Thanks for looking at the blog, I know it was a bit sparse but I was working against the clock. I...
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Scobie Box #3: Gluing up and starting to add finish
Gluing up was quite an interesting time with so many pieces to go together at once. I did the end...
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Scobie Box #2: Ftting the base
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Scobie Box #1: Cutting out the frame and panels
I am trying my hand at a small Neil Scobie designed box, I am finding it quite a challenge and th...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #7: The Superfoot winning entry
Hi everybody, Back in the initial entry to the making of my flute I talked about the competiti...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #6: Some of the entries to the 'super foot' competition
The super foot; Some of the entries. (Sadly I took these pics before all of the entries we...
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op, Expressions in Wood 2014 #5: last post of my favorites
There were a lot more that were worthy of being posted but I don’t want to wear you all out...
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op, Expressions in Wood 2014 #4: Some favourites 2
The tolerances in this bearing are unbelievably small, A really nice trumpet replica ...
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op, Expressions in Wood 2014 #3: Some favourites 1
Welsh Love Spoon by David Stanley, David also won the ‘Super Foot’ competition that I...
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op, Expressions in Wood 2014 #2: The Tables
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Hawkesbury Woodcraft Co-op, Expressions in Wood 2014 #1: Setting up
Hi all, I think a blog is the best place for this article, my wood club had it’s annual ...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #5: Finished
Hi everybody, I have finished the flute now and I am very happy with how it has turned out. ...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #4: a stand and starting to apply finish
Hi again, I had some material left over so have made a simple stand and have applied 4 coats o...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #3: Shaping
Just some pics of shaping the flute, I have given it a blow and it has a really nice sound so I a...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #2: Making the flute
I have a couple of pics so far. I had to make a join in the timber so I dowelled it together at t...
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Native American Indian Flute with an Australian twist #1: The Block with an Aussie touch
Hi all, My woodworking club has a competition each year called ‘The Super Foot’...
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River Red Gum Coffee Table #4: Gluing legs
I thought this was going to be awkward and it didn’t dissapoint. I did another dry run usin...
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River Red Gum Coffee Table #3: Legs
Busy busy, Just trying to have another dry run at getting the legs together, a final bit of aj...
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River Red Gum Coffee Table #2: Levelling table top and making legs
Hi again, It’s been a while as I have been away but here is my progress on the table. ...
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River Red Gum Coffee Table #1: The beginning
Hi all, I was travelling home from an Australian town called Coonabarabran and just as the roa...
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My First Box Attempt
Hi there, I have been doing bits,n pieces of woodworking for years now and after recently find...
