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Just another variation on the time honoured cutting board… playing around with angles and stripes… Purple heart and Silver Ash with Silky Oak edging on the long side. The last pic as usual is a teaser of a few new endgrain chopping boards…Pattern #1 and a variation of Pattern #4 from McLeanVA...

I had the drunken weave done, for it seems like for ever… last week I decided to finish it… added a ring border.. for the Hands On Expo in Brisbane on the week end…. I had a piece of one hundred year old Silky Oak… Lace Wood… Grevillea Robusta… ok Drilled a hole in the centre and fitted it to...

Simple bandsaw box comprising of two pieces of local 'Ironbark' with a piece of Silky oak in between them. Very basic, very simply made, not a lot of time involved. A great project to pass the time while waiting for glue to dry on other projects

This is a shallow bowl turned from silky oak; I think its marketed as lacewood in america. this one is turned with a bead on the rim. This is the first project I've used my light tent with. it made a big difference but I'm still learning how to get the best results with it. 180mm across by...

These boxes were made of lacewood (silky oak) with mitered joints and birch keys. The top is opened by pressing down on one end, which makes the other end flip up an inch. Was a great learning experience, and the path is detailed in my blog Yes, the miter joint is awful in the closeup (I would...

Hey there boys and girls… I delivered the first of these boxes… then I got an order for another… then Someone visited the home of the first customer and wanted one for her man too.. These are the second and third versions… different felt in the base… but basically the same design.. just a...

This is the 3rd medals box I have made of my father's medals. This one is for our nephew, my father's grandson. It's made from a silky oak tree cut down in the village where we lived, so there is some significance there. There is no joinery in the wood. All routered out and shaped from a single...

hey everyone, this is my first go at a natural edge bowl turned from silky oak which I think is marketed as lacewood in the US its 70mm tall by 130mm wide (about 3 by 5 inches) the finish is EEE Ultra Shine and Shellawax thanks for looking comments and critiques welcome

Another older project. A friend at work commissioned this for her Husband.. a chess fanatic. The legs and apron and border are New Guinea Rosewood… the board is Silver Ash and NGR with surround and inlay of QS Silky Oak,,, the inserts are proud of the table. Again M and T joinery with timber...

I made some sliding top pencil boxes for two of my grandchildren recently using my Gifkin jigs for the dovetailing and shaping. Now I have just finished these three for the other grandchildren. The logos were printed using a offset inkjet method and finished with a wiping varnish mix including...

The last of a small production run of man boxes.. this one has a removable lining… black felt covered MDF…just in case they want a change…

This is the easel commissioned from the local craft market a few weeks ago… made entirely from recycled silky oak. I have written a quick blog about the construction… I used half-lap joinery and glue with dowel pinning. Unfortunately I mistook the clients request for it to be 4 feet or 1.2...

If you want a different finish for the inside of your lidded box or you want a way to have a simple screw top lid for your box why not just fit a plastic container inside your project. There are advantages for doing this. Plastic is easy to clean & has a polished smooth surface Plastic is...

The goal for this piece was based on the need for a small corner table for the TV to sit on. As is often the case with my work the material dictates the design. The top is half of an old bed head. It was panelled to a lower portion. The curve was the original curve of the top of the bed...

Inspiration came from the top piece. I don't buy slabs but it was only $50 and I wanted to make a side table to go under the TV for all those extra bits and pieces. The VR hood lives here too but it was away for the photos. The top is Camphor Laurel, which is a beautiful smelling timber and...

This is the new design I have been working on lately.. in-between blogging about my trip… Slanted Woven Dished Made from recycled silky oak aka lacewood with silver ash and purple heart… of course.. Was a lot of fun glueing this sucker up I can tell you… but the results are worth all the...

I made this small box for my Grand Daughter Peyton this past Christmas. It is made from Oak, splines are Walnut, inside is covered in Dark Blue Velvet. Small hinges support the top for opening/closing. I stenciled her picture to the lid (graying out her pic to get this style), placing a brass...

This was a commission job I did from a very rough sketch. Beautiful silky oak all through

I built this bed platform to match my brother's existing bedhead as his previous ensemble was an international size and new ensembles were too high for the bedhead. This was my first project built since woodworking at high school, the complexity was limited by my tools and abilities but I was...

This is my take on the now famous Picnic Wine Table… one made from Camphor Laurel, one from Silky Oak…[both the top and the support are from matching timber]... You may also notice I have changed the design to include an oval top and holes in the support. Having the holes are not purely...