Showing posts with label Furniture making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Furniture making. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Latch

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Me and Mr Accuracy have never been exactly been the best of friends. Despite my best efforts, no matter what I do, jobs always seem to requi...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Rubber feet

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Fitting the feet to my toolbox should have been easy enough - I've used the same things many times on model boat boxes - but for some re...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Cheese head screws - literally !

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Why do I do it ? From past experience I know that the screws that come in the packets with hinges and any other fixing are made of cheese. ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Drawer 'andles

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How am I to open the drawers in my new wooden toolbox ? The front flap fits against the drawer fronts precluding the use of a conventional h...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Walnut oak

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The carcase of my toolbox is made from oak. When I bought the wood it was dark but by the time I had planed and sanded, it was light. I pref...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Runners

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Having sourced the dowels for the drawers from a model boat shop, the unusual wood suppliers continued with the runners coming from Dolls Do...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Dowelling

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Dowelled drawer Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Apparently glue alone is not enough to hold the drawers of my tool chest together. Proper...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wooden Drawers

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Last night of woodworking college for this term and I was in a rush to try and get my tool chest into a state where I can finish it off with...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Clamping challenge

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Once I was comfortable making dovetail joints, a process that took another test piece and quite a bit more chiseling, work started on the ca...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Dovetail test piece

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Wednesday means college night. I'm still on the furniture making course and this term I've been building a tool chest. The oak for ...
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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Oak

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Oak Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Last night was my first proper return to college for my furniture making class. This term I've ad...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

More boat boxes

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Boat boxes under construction Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker A bit of deja vu for regular readers. As you know I like to make boxes for ...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

More furniture making

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Frame Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker My college course is going well - the frame test piece I started with is now complete. 4 different ...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Back to school

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NUS Card Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Could I be the new Chipendale ? Probably not but I've finally taken the first step with my f...