Various woodwork projects
Items:
A desk for my daughter
A desk for my son
King-size bed
End-grain chopping board
Computer keyboard wrist rest
A shoe rack for the family
Rough 'n' ready spare room bed
Pipe filling tray
Pipe tobacco cellaring cases
Pipe rack
A bed for my daughter
A desk for my daughter (2016)
Poor man's jointer - double-sided stickytape and a strip of sandpaper |
The first join |
Second join |
Third join |
Second layer |
Top slab |
Completed top |
Improvised clamps for the leg brackets |
Varnishing the top |
The leg brackets before roundover routing |
Fitting the legs |
Clamping the legs |
Stained legs |
Bookshelf frame |
Bookshelf components |
Assembled |
Installed |
A desk for my son (2017)
Clamping the slabs for the desktop |
Clamping the leg bracket frames |
More progress on the leg brackets |
Leg brackets complete |
Clamping the bookshelf frames |
Bookshelf frames complete |
Staining the bookshelves black |
Staining the desktop |
Assembling |
Installed. Note the barely-visible undershelf for a "tower" computer |
King-size bed (2016)
Routing the insides of the leg frames to accommodate the bedhead and foot panels |
The sides |
Varnishing |
Assembled |
With mattress |
Ready to go |
End-grain chopping board (2017)
How predictable - convert a hand circular saw to a table saw, and what is the first project?
Many mistakes were made, and the pictures don't look as impressive if one zooms in... |
But it is functional, and will probably last a long time |
Computer keyboard wrist rest (2017)
A simple use for a beautiful piece of Blackwood
The figure just glows beautifully, and shanges with your viewing angle. |
After seeing it, my wife ordered one for her computer. |
A shoe rack for the family (2018)
The powers that be favour the entire family's footwear holding being stored by the front door.
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Too big? Not full? |
Trust me, it won't be for long... |
A rough 'n' ready bed for the spare room (2018)
Executed with less than customary effort in pine with tassie oak slats.
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Pipe filling tray (2018)
Made from lovely but impractical Huon pine.
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So soft you can carve it with a piece of sandpaper, and with corresponding durability issues. |
Lots of hard lessons learnt in this one. |
A series of pipe tobacco cellaring cases (2018-19)
Made from cheap pine and plywood
I was experimenting with different finishing techniques. |
The golden-hued one was my first successful attempt at French polishing. |
A pipe rack in Huon pipe and Tasmanian blackwood (2019)
An experimental design
Roughing out the pieces |
Initial fit up in a jig frame |
After shaping |
Finished with shellac and furniture oil |
I like the way it turned out, though there are a few things I'd do differently if I made another one |
In use |
A bed for my bird-loving daughter and her partner upon moving out of home (2020)
A litany of disasters
This project features every silly mistake that it's possible to make. Incorrect measurements meant the design had to be changed mid-flight. A pastiche of cover-up over cover-up. But if you don't look too closely the end result is... adequate. |
I'm starting to suspect some vestigial over-protective/territorial instinct deep within my reptilian hindbrain was subconsciously attempting to sabotage the whole endeavour. |
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