I had some offcuts of walnut which I thought would be useful to practice making hinges with… Once I’d finished the hinges they had to have a home, so I planed some more walnut, some pippy oak, and made a box for them to go on.
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This was made as a gift for a friend, the shorter sides are purple heart and the front, lid and back pieces are maple – the front piece has a purple heart wave running through it. This was the first one I made using barrel hinges, which was nervous work as when I tried one on a sample of wood it was a one way process, the hinge went in but they don’t come out again (so there could have been a lot of swearing if it went wrong at…
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I had an idea for a lamp quite some time ago now, bought the electrical bits, then paused for far too long; so the other day I decided to give the lamp idea a go. It has different rivers cut down each face to let out a ‘river of light’ 😉 Luckily with it being a prototype it doesn’t really matter that the light itself goes off at a slight angle – no idea why as it’s a new light fitting and new tube. The rivers I picked are ones…
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This one took a while as I could only work in short bursts. Made out of Sycamore (apart from the pen tray insert and tenon pegs which are walnut wood). There’s a 1946 farthing set into the lid, as this is a 80th birthday gift 😉 the pen was also turned from the same Sycamore.
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Well, more precisely one small step… This is a small step to be used in the kitchen to reach those higher shelves, made as a housewarming gift for a friend. It’s made from oak (with the exception of two small walnut pegs), the joints are all hand cut as I wanted to try and see if I could do them all without assistance 😉 the text on top was engraved on the laser. I decided to add some rubber feet to stop it sliding around. Dimensions are 36cm wide, 16cm…
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