DIY
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Pair o’ Stools
Another little commission! This project is for a couple of stools to sit near a front door for shoe taking off and putting on activities. I got my hands on a few empty Cat6 ethernet cable drums from work which would be a perfect size to base the stool on. As a rough plan of Continue reading
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Workshop V2.0
As I’ve made more things over the last year or so I’ve chipped away at improving the efficiency and flow of my little workshop space. Tool storage was on the top of the list now. I wanted some kind of racking to enable quickly grabbing a commonly used tool. I have buckets of offcuts so Continue reading
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Bits and Bobs Birdhouse
Over the last year or so I’ve built up alot of offcuts which I’ve been saving up until some inspiration manifested it’s self. After sifting through everything I had the best bits organised-ish. I neglected to manifest any sort of inspiration but thankfully I got a request to build a birdhouse! It would be to Continue reading
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Tessellated Table
This was a challenge. A challenge for a wood working noob like myself at least. Almost as much of a challenge as trying to recall how on earth I pulled this off 2 months after I finished it. Note to self, take notes during the build not months afterwards! FYI this is a bit of Continue reading
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Hexagonal Shelves!
Just a quick post. I got a commission to make some hexagon shelves out of some old decking which seemed simple enough..at first! I gave the wood a light planing and good scrub to begin with as it needed some TLC. I seem to have lost the before pictures and time-lapse of the sanding/planning 😦 Continue reading
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Pallet Buster
There are a few ways to break pallets down that keep cropping up. One is to saw the good bits of wood out and the other is pry the boards out with some kind of prying bar, AKA a pallet buster. Linko: https://amzn.to/3HHrvtg The pros and cons of either method don’t seem to be weighted Continue reading
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Old pallets, new purpose.
The Wooden Duck 