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[Dr.Al]

Beautiful work

 

[Malc2098]

Nice, Ben.

 

[Pete Maddex]

A bedside table for my mother.

Brown oak and quarter sawn oak, dominoes and dowels.
I had to half lap the dominoes for the top rails.
Single plank brown oak top finished with Danish oil.

Bedside table by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[Dr.Al]

Nice

 

[AndyT]

Classic quality Pete. Very nice.

 

[Mike G]

Simple and elegant, Pete. Very nice.

 

[Pete Maddex]

Thanks chaps.

Pete

 

[AndyP]

Have you got an images of how you achieved that brick pattern Doug?

 

[AndyP]

Nice looking guitar Ben. We really should get a WH2 band together. Any drum makers out there

 

[Malc2098]

Nice looking guitar Ben. We really should get a WH2 band together. Any drum makers out there

If Jerry Allison could paradiddle on a cardboard box for Peggy Sue or Not Fade Away, we don't need a maker, just a drummer.


What's a paradiddle, I hear you ask? Answer - L, R, L, L, - R, L, R, R.

Now you try.

 

[Mike G]

.....We really should get a WH2 band together.....

I'll be the singer.

That would soon put a stop to this nonsense. I'm far worse than Florence Foster Jenkins. :lol:

 

[Malc2098]

.....We really should get a WH2 band together.....

I'll be the singer.

That would soon put a stop to this nonsense. I'm far worse than Florence Foster Jenkins. :lol:

:lol: :lol:

 

[Doug]

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Have you got an images of how you achieved that brick pattern Doug?

The only images I have is of my latest blank Andy which is slightly different design to the one above



I only have that as I saw your question & I’ve been gluing up some pens this afternoon so took a photo prior to drilling the blank for its tube



I did have lots of images as I wrote an article for a wood mag so couldn’t understand why I couldn’t find them so I dug out the magazine & it turns out it was 14 years ago :shock: my current stash of photos only goes back 9 years :? but I intend making another blank up soon so will take a few photos if it’s of interest.

 

[AndyP]

thanks Doug
Of interest, yes but there is enough detail in that last photo to give me all the details I need. Thank you

 

[Doug]

3 more pens,
Rippled Sycamore & Olive Ash on Athena click ballpoint pen kit, a new kit to me
Segmented Ash & Cherry on a Zeta twist ballpoint kit

 

[thetyreman]

Nice looking guitar Ben. We really should get a WH2 band together. Any drum makers out there

thanks, I'd be up for it

 

[Cabinetman]

Nice looking guitar Ben. We really should get a WH2 band together. Any drum makers out there

thanks, I'd be up for it

Well the music recommendations on here are, to say the least "varied" so it would be interesting to see what genre you all agreed to play.

 

[Malc2098]

Nice looking guitar Ben. We really should get a WH2 band together. Any drum makers out there

thanks, I'd be up for it

Well the music recommendations on here are, to say the least "varied" so it would be interesting to see what genre you all agreed to play.

Buddy Holly, but we need someone to paradiddle on a cardboard box!

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Wot? No skiffle? Donnegan man be turnin' in 'is grave....

 

[Malc2098]

Wot? No skiffle? Donnegan man be turnin' in 'is grave....

:lol:

Check out (online) Angel Radio, or Boom Light. He pops up there from time to time. (On in the workshop all the time these days)


I got ol' pig iron…..!

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

I got ol' pig iron…..!

:eusa-clap:

 

[thetyreman]

finished some skirtings, one of them was an oblique angle, I modifed a donkey's ear shooting board to get it spot on, mitres glued together with hot hide glue and painted before gluing onto the walls with pink grip.

 

[Mike G]

Very sharp, Ben.

 

[AndyP]

Makes be even more pleased that I only have square skirting to fit. I can only hope that I can achieve such a neat finish.

 

[Woodbloke]

I've dipped a toe into this pen making malarky and have made a few learner 'Slimline' jobbies from Axminster, CA finish:



Lots of elementary errors on them but all serviceable and shortly to be donated to the Hospice Shop in town - Rob

 

[thetyreman]

Makes be even more pleased that I only have square skirting to fit. I can only hope that I can achieve such a neat finish.

thanks, it was a lot of work, 3 layers of zinsser B-I-N shellac based primer, then johnstones oil based gloss, I waited 48 hours for the oil paint to fully cure as well, worth it in the end.

 

[Artiglio]

Probably best described as a bit of Whimsy, back in the mid 30’s the then owner of my place married a german lady with arty tendencies, had this mini oasthouse added to the garden wall outside what would then have been their sitting room. The previous mini cowl was little more than a rotted carved lump
I was bored of decorating and knocked this up out of a scrap of accoya and all with the bandsaw and glasspaper. In a very stiff breeze it actually turns.




The real thing, which took me way longer to build

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[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

I've dipped a toe into this pen making malarky and have made a few learner 'Slimline' jobbies from Axminster, CA finish:

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Lots of elementary errors on them but all serviceable and shortly to be donated to the Hospice Shop in town - Rob

Good job Rob and a great example to set. Altruism rules!!

 

[Blackswanwood]

A dibber - my first woodturning without the benefit of adult supervision!

 

[Doug]

Good first solo effort Robert :eusa-clap:

 

[Woodbloke]

I've dipped a toe into this pen making malarky and have made a few learner 'Slimline' jobbies from Axminster, CA finish:

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(269.85 KiB)


Lots of elementary errors on them but all serviceable and shortly to be donated to the Hospice Shop in town - Rob

Good job Rob and a great example to set. Altruism rules!!

Thanks Sam; in fact I went to the Hospice Shop and thence to see our new NHS dentist just round the corner for a long overdue filling...or so I thought. When she (and very acceptable she is too) had a second look at the offending molar, she decided it didn't need to be filled after all. I was so elated at not having to have a tooth ground away for 15mins in the chair, that afterwards I went back to the Hospice Shop and retrieved a pen which I then gave her. She's now the owner of the pen on the far rhs of the pic which is made from the 'Wood from Hell'. Those of a certain dotage will no doubt remember the WfH from the old UKW days; a timber so horrible that it was virtually impossible to plane without massive tear out. I've had the WfH now for well over four decades and that pen is the first thing that's been made from it - Rob

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

:text-bravo:

 

[Lons]

Quote="Woodbloke"
I was so elated at not having to have a tooth ground away for 15mins in the chair, that afterwards I went back to the Hospice Shop and retrieved a pen which I then gave her.

They look fine from here Rob.
My dentist and doctor have both been the recipients of my pens and I'm always anxious to provide them to anyone who can inflict pain on me. :lol: The consultants and nurses who carried out my wife's ops have had a few as well. They are always well received

 

[Woodbloke]

They look fine from here Rob.
My dentist and doctor have both been the recipients of my pens and I'm always anxious to provide them to anyone who can inflict pain on me. :lol: The consultants and nurses who carried out my wife's ops have had a few as well. They are always well received

Probably the best reason for making them :lol: - Rob

 

[Woodbloke]

A slip case for a miniature set of Hokusai sketch books:



On our visit to the Hokusai museum in Tokyo, SWIMBO bought a set of six of his miniature sketch books in a slip case, plus three individual ones. One of my many tastings on our return was to made a slip case for all nine little books - Rob

 

[Woodbloke]

A small box made from 'shop oddments to hold the additional Horl knife honing discs:



Box made in bubinga, splines in bog oak, sliding lid from Indian rosewood, pull in African blackwood, interior in Swiss pear with 'alcantara' lining:







Finished with a single coat of Koate Monocoat 'pure' which is similar to the Rubio stuff but a lot less expensive. Once the finished had 80% cured after 48hrs or so, I applied a thin coat of Renaissance Wax over the top. Apart from applying to Ash (which isn't recommended by Koate) this will probably be my 'go to' finish from now on as it's so easy to do. One coat is all that's needed - Rob

 

[kirkpoore1]

Mini 6-board chest (well, kinda) made as a presentation piece for a friend's award in my medieval group. It holds a set of six hot sauces which range from garlic habanero (one flame, and still probably too hot for me) to ghost pepper (five flames). This guy loves his hot sauce. Last year, though, he finally had some that was so hot he got sick. Direct quote: "I didn't think I had an upper limit!" I just laughed at him.





Wood is red oak. Finish (besides the paint) is Tried & True varnish oil. Holes are lined with leather to keep the bottles in place, and there is some foam padding in the bottom and top. Hinge is a simple piano hinge. I think the comically oversize handle and hasp kind of give it a Japanese look, at least from the front.

Kirk

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Woodbloke wrote:

Box made in bubinga, splines in bog oak, sliding lid from Indian rosewood, pull in African blackwood, interior in Swiss pear with 'alcantara' lining:

So... the 'odd bits' box got a hiding then?

 

[Woodbloke]

Woodbloke wrote:

Box made in bubinga, splines in bog oak, sliding lid from Indian rosewood, pull in African blackwood, interior in Swiss pear with 'alcantara' lining:

So... the 'odd bits' box got a hiding then?

Indeed Sam, but it turned out quite well. Very impressed with the Koate (same as Rubio) Monocoat finish and will be ordering some more from 'the old firm' shortly - Rob

 

[GeoffW]

A sample of the sort of things I make.
My favourite thing to make seems to be coming down to jewellery boxes, I've dipped a toe into veneering and inlay, and hope to do more of that in the coming year.