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THIS I STARTED 2 DAYS AGO AND FINISHED TODAY.MADE OUT OF 4X1  6X1  8X1 SAWN TANALISED TIMBER.PLUS CLS 3X2 TIMBER.PLUS 3 SETS OFF RAILINGS.ALSO HAD TO TAKE 2 LAYERS OF BRICKS OUT TO MAKE [...]

This morning I added a coat of pitch black milk paint to my sack-back chair. After you strain milk paint, it’s a lot more like adding a colored wash than it is like painting. (It’s [...]

FROM THESE PALLETS TO THE PALLET POT GROWER FOR GARDENERS.SIMPLE EASY AND UNIQUE IDEAS FROM PALLETS.!!…

Early chairs , especially American ones , look best when they are painted. Like any good woodworker who is in love with his or her raw material, I’ve tried to make stick chairs without [...]

THIS WAS MADE FROM SAWN 8X1 PINE .THIS WAS TIMBER WHICH WAS USED TO BOARD  UP A FEW WINDOWS IN A HOUSE WHICH WAS REPOSSED.UNTIL SOMEONE BOUGHT IT, THEY BINNED THE LOT WHEN THEY HAD [...]

THIS IS THE PALLET TIMBER  I  TGV WHEN I GET SOME DECENT LENGHTS..HERE IS A SAMPLE OF HOW THEY TURN OUT AFTER I HAVE DENAILED  MACHINED  AND   SANDED PALLET TIMBER [...]

As the finish was drying yesterday on my double-screw vise, I took a few minutes to turn a new handle for my bench screw, which pierces my crochet (which sounds dirty, but isn’t really). [...]

STARTED WORKING ON BARREL JUST A FEW HOURS A DAY .HAVE TAKEN METAL RINGS OFF OUTSIDE AND TEMPORARY FITTED CABLE TIES TO HOLD TOGETHER WHILE WORKING ON IT.THE INSIDE WILL TAKE LONGER AS I WILL BE [...]

THESE WERE MY OLD SHOES BUT YOU CAN USE ANY SIZE SHOES DEPENDING ON YOUR PLANE SIZE.THESE SHOES ARE NOT FINISHED YET,AS I HAVE TO CUT THE BACK OFF SO THE PLANES SLIDE IN EASY.ONCE THATS DONE I [...]

IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS? WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE???? SEE WHAT I DID ?SEE NEXT TIME WHAT OLD SHOES CAN DO FOR YOUR TOOLS?…

Late last week Tommy MacDonald posted a tidbit about the new WGBH television show that he’s hosting, so technically things were official then. But we have more information about the show, [...]

When I was a young nerdling, I loved the video game “Ultima” , not because of the raping and the pillaging, but because you spent most of your time exploring a huge map of the world. [...]