I'm a beginner woodworker who favours hand tools and reclaimed timber

Blanket chest

A medium sized chest,  made from a bunch of reclaimed scraps from an arm chair, a few stools and some bookshelf shelves.  Finished with linseed oil & beeswax. Final result:

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Tools

A bench hook/simple shooting board a la Richard Maguire.  Worked well though I had to glue up a couple of smaller boards to get the width. A bird cage awl.  From a tent peg, will see if i was able to harden it well…

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Boxes

A few boxes made from "junk wood" for storage of various tools etc. in my workshop. This little one is simple pine and for storing a few blow-torch related tools. These bigger boxes were made from the back panel of a large wardrobe.  One…

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Switch caddy

A fairly generic little pine tray but sized to neatly fit Nintendo Switch game boxes and controllers (also nice and curved to match the Switch). Holding panel while cutting the groove Dry fit Finished with shellac

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Bread box

A rather complicated bread box, using framed panel construction as I only had narrow pieces of the reclaimed wood from some drawers (maybe silky oak?). Prepared stock, kept some of the original moldings. Sides and frame Lid, small scratch stock to add a bead…

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