Tom Paton (84)

Bunk bookshelf

A small bunk-side shelf for my kid to put their book on at lights-out. Made from a bunch of ply bed-slats laminated together. Gluing slats together This was then planed, resawn and planed more (not very fun to work with, this should be a powertool…

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Bookshelf

Small bookshelf from reclaimed pine.   Carved a design in the sides, painted & finished with shellac. Modelled on bottom right pattern Marked out pattern with a chisel, added some additional pencil guidelines with this Carved with chisels Painting to increase contrast Finishing with shellac Final…

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Resurrected box

This box was nailed to a shelf in the garage & I broke it trying to remove it.  The locking rabbit joints broke so I trimmed them off and dovetailed new joints & added a lid.

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Dovetailed box

Another box, another lid design. Protruding dovetails on this one. And another little bonus "box" that I'm going to use as a glue-pot.  Made from some spalted firewood of some sort.

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Bathroom vanity organiser tray

A tray to hold small items on the bathroom vanity (hairclips, toothpaste etc.) that are a pain to move around when cleaning. Frame made from pine, single coat of shellac for colour, then finished with polyurethane for some water protection. Tray made from a very…

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