Woodworking
Potting bench – Part 1
When the builders finished our extention they left me some timber, mostly 2x4s. I also had some scaff planks that I interited with the house. At the beginning of this year, I decided that the big pile of wood was
Posted in: Potting Bench, Woodworking
Tags: Garden Furniture, upcycle, woodworking
Wooden Bike from Rammed Earth Workshop
Michael Thompson has recently finished building a bike made from wood, the SplinterBike. No metal, plastic or rubber parts were used at all. The main part of the bike is made from birch, the axles from the hardwood ekki and
Posted in: Interview, Woodworking
Tags: Bike, Rammed Earth
Wood Pattern-Making
I’ve been reading Wood Pattern-Making by Herbert J McCaslin. It’s the 1997 reprint of a much earlier book and I have to recommend it as being an interesting and potentially useful read for people interested in casting (or woodworking). Wood
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews, Casting, Woodworking
Tags: wood turning
Building a Drill Drawer
Back in March I built a bench/cupboard to support my pillar drill. This has been working fine but my selection of drills keeps getting covered in swarf, oil, saw dust or whatever I happen to be working on. For this
Posted in: Storage, Woodworking, Workshop Furniture
Tags: Drawer, Drill Bench, Routing
Bench work in progress pictures
The bench framework and top assembled, need to attach the edging and sanddown and paint my screw fixing holes. Apart from one joint where the 2 screws clashed in the middle the construction went fine. The shelving that forms the
Posted in: Woodworking, Workshop Furniture
Tags: Workbench
Benches and Bench Grinders
This weekend saw the drilling and first coat of paint for the new bench legs. Due to the need to let the paint dry for 24hrs and not really wanting to paint them inside the shed, I’ve waited till a
Posted in: Grinding, Woodworking, Workshop Furniture
Tags: Bench, Grinder, Painting
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
