Tom Paton (81)

4-drawer boxes

A pair of small 4-drawer boxes/chests. Made from reclaimed wood from drawers from a chest-of-drawers. Making the carcasses Making the drawers Resawn pine board for the backs/bottoms Finished boxes.  Boiled linseed oil and a few light coats of shellac. Glued and cleaned up Handles fitted,…

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Tilting-framed-lid box

A small box with a complicated lid.  Framed to avoid having to glue up a larger piece and avoid end-grain.  Lid slides and tilts to open. Closed Open Open Fully open

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Kitchen projects

A paper-towel roll holder.  The base pieces are interlocked bridle joints, which is a dumb idea but I didn't want to make it not-symmetrical... Pantry insert shelf for easier storage of small loose items (biscuit packets etc.)

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Framed Crate

This crate ended up looking a little fancy, but it was made from an unknown wood from the inside (frame and drawer rails) of a chest of drawers.  And pine from a bed end. It is roughly the size of a milk-crate (300mm³). Adding the…

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Framed box

This box took a long time to complete as I was only spending little snippets of time on it. The goal was to make as much box as possible out of two scrappy boards. One was resawn and used for the panels, the other was…

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