Digital photography has been a real boon to my woodworking. I find it no end of help to take work in progress shots; it makes me stop and think about what I'm doing for a start, and it also makes an excellent record of a piece for the recipient. It's also handy to have a shots of various techniques and so forth to assist in forum discussions. I use a Fuji Finepix A330 at the moment, with tripod and plenty of practice with the self timer...
This page is always very much a work in progress - I hope! Check back frequently for updates; especially if the weather's been too hot or cold for the workshop. Newest stuff at the bottom.
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The Gallery
And to start, not step-by-step at all. But rather a gallery of various things I've inflicted on the world over the years. Hopefully the difference between the older ones and more recent stuff will be clearly visible...
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The Music Stand of Myth & Legend
So long in the making, this present for my elder nephew's 18th birthday took on legendary status... The blow-by-blow account that started it all.
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Competition Coffee Table
It may have taken me a while to get round to making it, but when I did, this table resulted in an unexpected bonus...
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Veritas Spokeshave Kit
All the agonising detail of making one of these wooden shave kits. Fancy something different? How about the Round Sole Remix?
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Veritas Spokeshave Handles
Round handles on spokeshaves just don't suit me; luckily there's an option to make your own.
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Replacement Plane Tote
This may have been a bit of a drastic step to take with a new plane, but much of it applies to replacing any rear plane handle.
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Sixpenny Side Tables
My folks' Golden Wedding Anniversary to mark; a pair of somethings seemed appropriate.
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Walnut and Cherry DVD and Video Storage
Someone rather over-stated this one by describing it as a "Media Cabinet". All I know is it's practically overflowing already.
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Cleaning a Brace and Bits
Largely an experiment in using citric acid, but other cleaning hints therein for your viewing pleasure. Not strictly a project per se.
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Benchtop Bench
In an ideal world you could have workbenches of different heights for different tasks. For the less-than-perfect world I really live in, a bench-on-bench seemed to fit the bill for close-up tasks.
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Putting a wooden plane back to work
Another not exactly bona fide project as some think of them, but it's gotta go somewhere...
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Spokeshave Scraper
A long term inmate on the Tuit List finally got parole when I wanted something to take my mind off chair-making .
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Making & Fitting Hammer Handles
Some have argued it's a waste of time and perhaps they're right. Great spokeshave practice though, and nothing like making an orphan hammer head work again.
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Welsh Stick Chair
Coming Soon
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Making Best London Pattern Octagonal Chisel Handles
The lengths someone will go to to turn a motley collection of old chisels into "Ooo Ahhh" material...
For Italian speakers, Antonello of the has done a translated version in a PDF - details for acquiring the download .
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