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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...

I have been busy with a lot of things recently so have not been posting here much… still drop in and have a look but….. This is a Lazy Larry that I made for my wife as an anniversary gift….26 years of marriage… Timbers used… purple heart, silver ash, tasmanian myrtle and tasmanian blackwood as a...

This little bit of frivolity is still not counted in the 150 which is just off track at the moment… am building an entertainment unit for a plasma TV using New Guinea Rosewood and a coffee table in Queensland Red Cedar. Made from Silver Ash with thin arced stripes of New Guinea Rosewood. Just...

The name refers to the way the pattern looks to me,. This board is made from the last strips of the timber I bevel rip cut to make some Tumbling Block Endgrain Butcher Blocks. When I ripped the wide boards these were the pieces left over so I just did a glue up and then cross cut and rolled and...

Actually there are more than eleven stripes but there are eleven striped boards… these were made a few weeks ago for the market inventory… Various sizes and various timbers…including Silver ash, purple heart, euro walnut, euro wild cherry, tassie myrtle, tassie blackwood, queen ebony and new...

Actually took a few days…and there are 12 large and 5 small… Here are a few boards… some finished some not… but hey… they are from the timber in my last wood gloat… the curly [quilted] Queensland Maple and some other timbers I had lying around… They include Jarrah, Silver Ash, Purple Heart and...

This is the latest design from Lazy Larry Woodworks. I was inspired by 'Nahm' on 'This Old House', when I saw the border of a parquetry floor in a 4 storey walkup Brownstone in Brooklyn. You can find inspiration everywhere. Timber used are New Guinea Rosewood, and European Wild Cherry for the...

I wanted something special for number 100. ..Cut on the Torque Work Centre from New Guinea Rosewood and then laminated onto a large board of Silver Ash. Just on 5' long. This will be on the stand at the Working with Wood show in Melbourne next month.. Remember if you are there to come and say...

Just playing around with designs. I cut some Tasmanian Blackwood and some Silver Ash with a 70 and 80 degree bevel and glued them up alternatively from the centre and then cut and rolled to make a butcher block endgrain board. Mirrored but with a negative image! Nice for a small cheese board or...

To take it one step further why not endgrain tumbling block boards..? Timbers…NG Rosewood Silver Ash and Purpleheart,, end grain of course!! Bevel cut at 60% docked and glued up individually.

Made two at the same time. I actually made too much blank and if I had glued it up as one board would have been unbelievably large. These are primarily for cutting bread,or serving.. bread boards not chopping boards, as they are all long grain., Silver Ash and Tasmaninan Blackwood as always, no...

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...

Just a silly reference to where it all started.. cutting boards… and yes they are addictive … as is this site… This is fairly simple design using Silver Ash and Tasmanian Blackwood… Cut the ends on a bandsaw using a curve cutting jig on the circle cutting jig… Rounded over all edges with a 1/2...

From the last pic on my last blog post comes the simply sushi board… Curves cut on the Patron curve cutting jig…and a small dipping bowl… the bowl sits in a small round hole cut with a forstner bit.. To be a little different and to make these easier… I used a blank tealight holder and cut a...

First post. Lazy susan I made for a friend after making a cheese board with the same inside pattern. His wife was over the moon with the cheese board and wanted the matching lazy susan.Just love the corrogated effect in the middle. The timber used is Silver Ash , New Guinea Rosewood and Pacific...

Took the ZIGZAG pattern one step further and made it into a coffee table. Legs, aprons and border are all Tasmanian Blackwood [Acacia melanoxylon] Inset is Queensland Southern Silver Ash [Flindersia schottiana]and Tassie Blackwood with accents of Purple Heart [peltogyn pubescenc] Just a little...

This is not one of the 150 so I am posting it.. to see how it was made go here

Most of the 'Woven boards' I have seen have a dark weave and a light background so me always being different..reverse the order ..dark [purpleheart] background and light [silver ash ] weave with accents in both timbers. I simply love these boards and am forever grateful to the LJ site and the...