I just popped out and left Richard to get on with building the new table for the cross-cut saw. I got back to find what looked more like a workbench. This rather sturdy looking table design has been giving him a bit of mental grief for a couple of weeks now as he's been trying to plan for all … [Read more...]
Cross Cut Clean Up
You’ll be pleased to know that all of the machinery made it back to our workshop safe and sound after Richard’s trip down to Kent back in April. The details have been left in limbo as on day two the photos were taken by various visitors and we’re just gathering them up ready to share. Just to build … [Read more...]
The Oak ‘Artisan’ – Gluing up the Top
The top is made up of three slabs which meant there was only two joints to worry about but because these are wide slabs there wasn’t any room for sloppiness. If I’d tried to just clamp poor edge joints together on sections this large then the joint would be guaranteed to fail so I needed to take my … [Read more...]
Latest Hardware
One of the main reasons that we wanted to set up this blog is to keep everybody up to date with any developments that that are going on behind the scenes at Maguire Workbenches. We’re constantly dabbling and experimenting with new designs and improvements to our product range and quite often we fail … [Read more...]
Machinery Removal – Part 1
I’ve been racking my brains for a couple of weeks now trying to peace a sentence together that best describes moving the machines. To be quite honest I think the English language has let me down. Two weeks and I’ve only rustled up three words….. 'Shear bloody will'. I also seem to have trouble … [Read more...]
Be Careful What You Wish For!
Having a job that we enjoy means there’s always a tendency for our work and spare time to become intermingled as we come up with new ideas or methods that we’re eager to put in to action. These ideas are often driven by principles and ideals rather than common sense and because of this many get put … [Read more...]
A Hateful Day!
Hate is a very strong word, but we all have jobs that we hate and today was one of those hateful days full of jobs I hate. To top it of, I arrived at the workshop to find the drains had blocked up … again. One more hated job to add to the list of hated jobs. I decided to start with the worst job … [Read more...]
The Oak ‘Artisan’ – Getting Started
My ears picked up, I heard the distinctive click of the kettle coming off the boil. I knew it was close, I could picture the boiling water flowing onto the tea bag, the sweet sent hitting the air. Any minute now…. And right on queue there she was tea in hand. She put it in the usual spot, on … [Read more...]
Welcome to the English Woodworker.com!
We’ve been planning to start a blog for a good few years now but there always seems to be so much going on around here that we’ve just never found the right time to get things up and running. Currently there are so many things happening that it seems a shame not to share so we’re taking the plunge … [Read more...]
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