Wood Turning Lathe!
I've always wanted one of these. When I was wee, we went on tour round England visiting various relations, and I remember being very impressed with a lathe. I've no idea which relation it was, unfortu…
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Making a Hammer
Nicola bought me a present for my birthday: a hammer making course at Athelstaneforge! I really enjoyed it! It was a pretty intense few hours though: hitting chunks of hot metal with a sledge hammer t…
Boring 3d Printing: Ceiling Cable Covers
Time for some slightly boring, but useful, 3d printing. When I wired the house, I was planning on adding ceiling mounted wifi access points. However, in the end, I didn't use them. So we were left wit…
Two Wee Woodworking Tools
I used a few offcuts to add some new woodworking tools: I bolted a length of the construction timber to my bench with some "star nuts" and spare M10 carriage bolts. The idea is you put one end of the…
Restoring a Table
I've been watching a lot of restoration on Youtube recently: AT Restoration, Hand Tool Rescue to name a couple. I thought I'd give it a go: there's an old side table that's been in the family for ages…
Another of my Vices
If I'm going to do woodwork, it made sense to install a woodworking vice. I did some research, and found you could buy relatively cheap vices of modern manufacture, which, or you could try and buy an…
Making a Moxon Vice
I had some spare C24 construction timber left over, so I decided to make a Moxon "dual screw" vice. This clamps to your workbench and overhangs it, and lets you do certain fiddly jobs. When its not in…
Custom Shelves
Now that I had built a workbench, it was time for some shelves! This is the cupboard under the stairs; originally it was a big dingy, but I've painted it to make it a lot brighter and nicer. Why the d…
Workbench Build
Been quiet on here for a while: I've been moving house! I've now got proper space for projects; I even have a studio/cabin/workshop (just don't call it a shed!) now. First things first though, I neede…
Enamelling Experiments
I've been having a busy time in general recently, but I've finally got back to making things. I've been meaning to play with enamelling for a while. I ordered some WG Ball transparent enamelling powde…