Woodworking
Bench hook – Mini Woodworking Project
A bench hook is a simple project that teaches many woodworking skills and helps you when sawing. There were no free plans with instructions so I wrote some.
Posted in: Beginners, Woodworking
Tags: handworking, Tools
Box lid an afternoon woodworking project
Not so long ago we bought a box to put by the front door and put our shoes in, the old portis shoe rack now lives by the backdoor. The box came with a rather strange lid, a sheet of
Posted in: Repairs, Woodworking
Tags: box
Materials Rack
For the shower room renovation the builder recommended water proof concrete backer boards for the cubicle. After a long chat with the man at the counter at the DIY store I managed to get these ordered and delivered at the
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: Home Improvements, Scrap
Mini Project – Making a Trivet
After the bathroom was renovated we had some marble border tiles left over and due to an accident with a photo I also had a broken picture frame. I decided to put these together and create a small potstand or
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: tiling
Potting Bench – Part 5
I quizzed the chaps from the BlokeyShed forums for their tips on cleaning up old wood and their advice ranged from “don’t bother, it’s only a potting bench” to “a wire brush in a drill”. I decided on a point
Posted in: Potting Bench, Woodworking
Tags: Garden Furniture, upcycle
Potting Bench – Part 4
I’d planned to attach the legs to the top frame before putting on the top as it would give me more visibility but I found there were too many pieces to juggle at once. So instead I cut two more
Posted in: Potting Bench, Woodworking
Tags: Garden Furniture, upcycle
Potting Bench – Part 3
The next part of the bench to build was the top. The back of the top was made from a scaffold plank, the ends were going rotten but I managed to cut a nice section from the middle 1m long.
Posted in: Potting Bench, Woodworking
Tags: Garden Furniture, upcycle
Potting Bench – Part 2
Making the second pair of legs was fairly uneventful, a couple of knots meant that one piece of scrap just refused to separate itself regardless of how much I attacked it with chisels and saws. One tip I can give
Posted in: Potting Bench, Woodworking
Tags: Garden Furniture, upcycle
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
