https://youtu.be/NBTqW5t3HGs In our latest series we learn how to build a chair. Chapter One is already live. This series can be purchased by Clicking Here. If you're already a Member then you may need to Login First. Chair building can require specialist tools and joints that are less … [Read more...]
Build A Hall Table – Online Video Series
https://youtu.be/QhZmhGAMFFk Our latest video series is the build of a traditional Hall Table For Full Details & To Purchase CLICK HERE As you'll expect, we build the whole piece with basic hand tools. The focus with this project is learning how to build by hand efficiently. If you're … [Read more...]
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
A lathe is pretty straight forward. You get a bit of wood spinning, and then gracefully shove a sharp implement into it. As it spins, material is removed evenly from around the centre point, and you end up with your turning. How we get the wood spinning though is the interesting bit. We have a few … [Read more...]
I Need A Bigger Bed
I have a few jobs coming up that require turnings, turnings that are quite a bit bigger than my little compact bungee bench lathe. Some of the turnings are also out of the heavier stuff, so my little compact bungee wouldn't only need more length, but it would need to be of a much heavier build as … [Read more...]
Makers Not Marketers
Most people who like to make things be it furniture, tools, cake or whatever, are far more interested and therefore far better at the making part than the selling. Richard and I fall in to this category and given the opportunity Richard will try telling customers that they don't need his … [Read more...]
Why You Need A Spoon Rack
Choosing a project for a video build is a tough decision. Picking the first project is even tougher. We didn't want it to be too complex or too simple and we wanted to ensure there was a lot that could be learnt. We had all of this in mind when we opted to build the spoon rack, but we know you're … [Read more...]
Bench Top Lathe – The Plan
As I mentioned last week this lathe is very quick to build, don't make it anything other. I've stripped it back to nothing but the essentials and then used screws to fix it all together. The design could be improved to make it more attractive, or maybe a bit more user friendly, but I have decided to … [Read more...]
Bench Top Wood Lathe
I recently knocked up a couple more commodes and have now turned my attention to the second of the Stooges - The Moravian Back Stool. I'm very fond of this design and whilst the commode was all square this one's all angles and I'm starting out by tooling up. A lathe can be a useful tool for the … [Read more...]
The Settle Chair – The Commode
With their elegant lines, angles and smooth curves some chairs look wonderful in a room simply as a piece a sculpture. This isn't one of those chairs. This one is square and very plain, but then that's what attracted me to it. When I first caught sight of it in a photo it appeared so wrong that I … [Read more...]
Tool Chest Plan & Oval Nails
We now have a plan to go with our clinched tool chest video - click here to download. For this plan we've provided an overview of the dimensions I used to give you a good starting point, but if you would like to build something similar then please watch the video as you'll pick up much more about … [Read more...]
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