I recently wrote about the daunting world of buying hardwoods and in that post I made a point of focusing on what your requirements might be. Today I’d like to start on the subject of pricing and I’m going to keep it concise because there’s just one useful equation that I’d like to mention; this is … [Read more...]
The Tale of Little John
There’s nothing like a charming character to warm up a long and dreary winter and fortunately we’ve had our Little John to help keep things moving for us this February. The first batch of our smallest workbench began as planned and it’s brought a whole different feel to the workshop. This is far … [Read more...]
Horse Meat… But Why Are We Surprised?
The recent horsemeat scandal took the UK by surprise with consumers disgraced by the idea that their beef isn’t what it says it is. Red meat lovers around the country are sticking with chicken ‘just in case’. I find the idea of false labelling disgusting but I didn’t feel all that surprised to … [Read more...]
Buying Timber – Hardwoods are Hard Work!
I remember the first time Richard and I were looking to purchase some hardwood and just how daunting the whole thing was. We’d been lucky enough prior to use material supplied by Richard’s Dad but on this occasion we needed to step out on our own. I was working elsewhere at the time but I still … [Read more...]
In Stock
So it’s a bit of a sales push today but hopefully you’ll forgive us of this every once in a while. We’ve been able to complete an extra Artisan workbench so we’ve popped it in to stock on our website. This is a 6’ bench with a twin screw face vice and standard 34” height. It’s not often that we’re … [Read more...]
Furniture for the Home – Design Origins (Part 3)
The nailed together ‘boarded’ furniture of my previous post remained in use for many hundreds of years and it’s this continued popularity that makes us feel that its worth attention even today. Early, surviving chests were built for settings such as a church or castle and were large and featured … [Read more...]
The Boarded Chest – Design Origins (Part 2)
Following from my last post on the Dug-Out Chest I’m going to look now at how furniture construction moved forward to become closer to something we might use today. As the most common item of furniture used in the Middle Ages I’m using the chest as an example. Boarded chests have been built in … [Read more...]
The Dug-Out Chest – Design Origins (Part 1)
The design for our Medieval cupboard was put together rather quickly. We didn’t have a specific example in mind to take measurements from and instead we choose dimensions by its intended use - a compact wall cupboard for storing small household items. So if it isn’t a replica why have we called it … [Read more...]
EWS – Video Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__xvIIDT2CA&feature=youtu.be This is my final look at this year’s European Woodworking Show and to finish up I’ve brought together some clips from all around the event. There’s a great variety of woodworking skill and crafts to be seen not to mention the … [Read more...]
Making Shavings With ‘Little John’
Here's some footage that I took a few weeks ago when we first received our video camera and it makes a nice demonstration of our new 'Little John' workbench. We had an hour to spare and though Richard was in a rather grumpy mood (see if you can tell!) he decided to knock up a simple box so … [Read more...]
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