Woodwork 101

[57 Chevy]

I'm more of a "wood butcher" than a precision craftsmen. Here's some of my creations...

Bed for my son with a 49 Chevy tailgate...

Pick Up Bed by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Smoke Shack for BBQ and board walk up the garden...

Smoke Shack by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Which leads up to the Tiki Bar..

Untitled by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Untitled by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Fire Pit with seating and wood storage...

Smoke Shack by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Landscaping to make way for an extension...

Untitled by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[paulrockliffe]

Doesn't matter if you butcher the wood if you end up with that! If you'd done it with better wood and more precision or whatever, you'd never have finished it. Ace.

[RSVR101]

SeeFive said:

RSVR101 said:

Loving this thread, great to see some amateur woodworking, nothing more satisfying than having a go yourself and getting a good result. Impressed to see someone attempting 5 part doors, not a simple task even with all the right kit.

We do it for a living so if anyone wants a job...

Loving the projects that folks have built on here, especially the cat storage unit

Would love to go professional on woodworking after probably 35 years of increasing my hobbyist skills. Problem is, nobody would pay me enough money as an employee compared to the what I have to earn to live today. So it will be a retirement thing.

That’s very true, there isn’t much margin in each item given the sheer amount of time to make and finish to a good standard. We have to do a good volume to make it work, the cnc is a god send, I can see why most furniture and kitchen companies go for quarter turn fasteners, laminated chipboard and no solid wood or proper joints route, it’s far easier and less problematic but we are determined we wont sell our soles and go down that route, the overall finished product is much better and longer lasting.

[57 Chevy]

paulrockliffe said:

Doesn't matter if you butcher the wood if you end up with that! If you'd done it with better wood and more precision or whatever, you'd never have finished it. Ace.

Cheers.

I forgot I did this over winter which is the probably the finest finish I've done, I veneered the cabinet and built this arcade machine...

Untitled by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[SeeFive]

RSVR101 said:

That’s very true, there isn’t much margin in each item given the sheer amount of time to make and finish to a good standard. We have to do a good volume to make it work, the cnc is a god send, I can see why most furniture and kitchen companies go for quarter turn fasteners, laminated chipboard and no solid wood or proper joints route, it’s far easier and less problematic but we are determined we wont sell our soles and go down that route, the overall finished product is much better and longer lasting.

I was astonished as to how much of the process can be automated. A mate of mine was the FD for a furniture company who produced good quality solid wood furniture. He managed to get me a tour of their facility, and this was probably in the late 90s.

Basically, they threw wood in at one end, and finished furniture came out for inspection and finishing at the other with no human intervention and CNC automation in between.

Their skip was a great source of materials for small projects which I exploited to the max

[SeeFive]

57 Chevy said:

Cheers.

I forgot I did this over winter which is the probably the finest finish I've done, I veneered the cabinet and built this arcade machine...

Untitled by Nick Grant, on Flickr

57C. I have followed your kontiki thread with interest. Some great things you have achieved there and real design flair to suit your taste. I am in awe of you.

Congrats and I hope the extension goes well.

[Schmeeky]

geeks said:

OP, mind if we hijack with projects?

Go for it! More projects is both betterer and more gooderer!

[57 Chevy]

SeeFive said:

57C. I have followed your kontiki thread with interest. Some great things you have achieved there and real design flair to suit your taste. I am in awe of you.

Congrats and I hope the extension goes well.

Cheers dude, appreciate it

[paulrockliffe]

SeeFive said:

Their skip was a great source of materials for small projects which I exploited to the max

I bet the 'skip' is now another machine that turns the offcuts into panels, or they're all going to the likes of Oak Furniture Land.

[57 Chevy]

These are some of my favourite you tube channels for this stuff...

Crafted Workshop https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hTi9atsD6wAl2s4...
Evan and Katelyn https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuMYw2l2UeWyTGYi...
I Like to Make Stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgV...
Modern Builds https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxAaCJ84uefATKma...
Modustial Maker https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9aRTgvFLqnK1S0Rs...
Pneumatic Addict https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD02RAib9K0kob8UM...
Skill Builder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GdB6vG6m6cDAwrT...
Woby Design https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjSle78ri-xeH0oy...

[crmcatee]

Since retiring a wee while back I've been glad to back to making stuff in the shed. Oh and buying a Japanese saw has been great, prefer it over my old tenon saw.

Some recent stuff from the shed. All from repurposed wood (offcuts from others projects) or pallets.

This originally was some hardwood decking that had been down in our garden for 15 odd years. Quick run through the planer/thicknesser to get rid of the grooves and you've got something to work with. Strips from a pallet used as insets.


Serving trays knocked up from pallets. I need to make another one of these for a friend.


A neighbour wanted a clocktower for his shed (don't ask). Made from pallets, some joists that were left over from an extension and the T&G was offcuts/excess from the neighbours project.


Put in place this weekend. He's still got to danish oil it.

[RSVR101]

crmcatee said:

Since retiring a wee while back I've been glad to back to making stuff in the shed. Oh and buying a Japanese saw has been great, prefer it over my old tenon saw.

Some recent stuff from the shed. All from repurposed wood (offcuts from others projects) or pallets.

This originally was some hardwood decking that had been down in our garden for 15 odd years. Quick run through the planer/thicknesser to get rid of the grooves and you've got something to work with. Strips from a pallet used as insets.


Serving trays knocked up from pallets. I need to make another one of these for a friend.


A neighbour wanted a clocktower for his shed (don't ask). Made from pallets, some joists that were left over from an extension and the T&G was offcuts/excess from the neighbours project.


Put in place this weekend. He's still got to danish oil it.

Loving that clock tower, what a grand shed, the neighbours will have to go some to beat that!! Tell him to Osmo it thought Danish oil will need re-applying lots out in the elements to stop the rot setting in to a softwood!

[ATG]

Anyone fancy trying to copy this?

https://images.app.goo.gl/JeNyD9wy7NsPVSDj8

[SeeFive]

ATG said:

Anyone fancy trying to copy this?

https://images.app.goo.gl/JeNyD9wy7NsPVSDj8

Not really.

Is it Stevie Wonder’s house and furniture?

[uncinqsix]

Here are some Japanese-style shoji doors I made for our wardrobe:



Done mostly with hand tools, aside from initial rough stock breakdown that was done on the bandsaw and thicknesser.

I'm currently working on a matching pair of credenzas, which have been quite enjoyable so far

[Dave3166]

Being a chippy/ carpenter. Built my own shed.
Better and much more robust than what you can by.
Will stand the test if time👍👍

[loughran]

SeeFive said:

ATG said:

Anyone fancy trying to copy this?

https://images.app.goo.gl/JeNyD9wy7NsPVSDj8

Not really.

Is it Stevie Wonder’s house and furniture?

Incredible isn't it ? Made in a workshop with no electric light, no electric tools, no glass in the windows, pretty poor quality steel for tools and glue made from boiled rabbits and hoofs. Blows my mind that mankind achieved the zenith of furniture design and craft 300 years ago.

It been all downhill ever since.

[Schmeeky]

Just made what I feel is a big step in this new hobby - I've just constructed my first wood only, no screws joint!

I know that's small beer to most of all of you folk, but I'm just chuffed that it all lines up and I still have all my fingers!





I used a biscuit cutter on my router, which made it quite difficult to see exactly where I was cutting. Any tips to help with this?

[SeeFive]

Schmeeky said:

Just made what I feel is a big step in this new hobby - I've just constructed my first wood only, no screws joint!

I know that's small beer to most of all of you folk, but I'm just chuffed that it all lines up and I still have all my fingers!





I used a biscuit cutter on my router, which made it quite difficult to see exactly where I was cutting. Any tips to help with this?

Nice job.

WRT the router, I guess you need some marks on the router or table to identify the leading and trailing edge of the bit. Then extend the marks on your workpiece so you can align those marks and move the router between them, starting and stopping as the marks on the tool and your desired cut limits align. I tend to use a bit of tape to avoid a build up of confusing marks on the tool or table.

That is what I do when routing stopped grooves etc, not tried with a biscuit cutter as I have a dedicated biscuit jointer - a really simple tool to use especially for alignment working off the base of the tool at all times, and a plunge from a single mark gets your slot cut, adjustable for the biscuit size of course.

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RSVR101 said:

crmcatee said:

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A neighbour wanted a clocktower for his shed (don't ask). Made from pallets, some joists that were left over from an extension and the T&G was offcuts/excess from the neighbours project.


Put in place this weekend. He's still got to danish oil it.

Loving that clock tower, what a grand shed, the neighbours will have to go some to beat that!!

+1 I want one!!