Woodwork – adq

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: at some point it seems to have been slightly incompetently covered with thick white gloss paint, butContinue reading “Restoring a Table”

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 older vice from ebay, which are apparently “better”. I tried bidding on a few, but I was franklyContinue reading “Another of my Vices”

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 use, its easily stored in a corner: I had the spare wood, so why not? Materials ItContinue reading “Making a Moxon Vice”

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 dangly cables? That’s from the house patch panel and core network switch of course! 😀Continue reading “Custom Shelves”

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 needed to build a workbench. Design OK, time to hit Fusion 360: Workbench v1 looked like this: … which wasContinue reading “Workbench Build”