At this time of year it's quite common for us to receive enquiries for a workbench to be built in time for Christmas and that's exactly what I found in my inbox this morning. At present our waiting time for new orders is climbing well in to the new year so unfortunately on our larger workbenches we … [Read more...]
Sligo – Worth A Second Look
As a designer I tend to look at pieces of furniture for their aesthetic first whilst Richard, and I'm sure many of yourselves as well, look at things for how they're made instead. When I first came across a chair similar to the one shown it was a fairly poor example and I must admit I near … [Read more...]
Workbenches In Stock
After some long weeks building an extended batch of Little John benches we were able to complete an extra two. I've now managed to get the finish applied to these so they're in stock and ready to be despatched from this week. Both workbenches are 5' long and include our St Peter's Cross within the … [Read more...]
The EnglishWoodworker Videos – Update
We'll be wrapping up our final video on the Wall Cupboard very soon and this will mark the end for us of our 'trial' video making. When we started with the videos earlier this year we had no idea how to go about things so we decided to learn on the job and see how it went. Getting Richard to talk … [Read more...]
A Cover Up
One of the make or break decisions of building any piece of furniture can be made right at the end, when you decide how you will finish it. It's quite amazing how that simple decision can completely transform the look of your work so it really isn't something you want to get wrong - especially if … [Read more...]
Finding The Balance
Richard often gets asked 'what's the best way for sharpening?' and he'll tend to say the best method is the one which works for you. There are countless ways to approach it but so long as you get the result quickly and efficiently then your way's the best. I've come to feel that the same thing can … [Read more...]
Back To The Barns
For a while now we've been making plans and getting ourselves ready for this year's European Woodworking Show. It's only three weeks away and it's at this point each year when we begin to panic; will we really be ready in time? Richard says every year he's going to find time prior to make himself … [Read more...]
Update.
Sorry if we've been a bit quiet of late. Things are just very busy here at the moment since we're well and truly in to our August batch of Little John's. Once again it's a nice change of pace and after a long time spent on the joinery Richard should be starting to bring some benches together very … [Read more...]
Something New
There's always something being worked on in the background here and many times this has been some variant of the St Peters Cross. Richard has worked on many of these over the years trying out different sizes and manufacturing techniques and we even have a great big box full of large ones which we … [Read more...]
A Change Is Good.
This week I'm on web design duty as we've decided to make a few changes to the overall layout of the blog. I wanted to let you know as a warning because if you see any strange goings on on screen it will just be because I've played about with something and it isn't quite behaving. Change can have … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 10
- Next Page »