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

Carved shoe rack

Shoe rack #3, this time with some carvings of geometric proofs of the Pythagorean and "trithagorean" theorems.  Reclaimed pine stock prepared Most joinery complete Dry fit Carving Finished with polyurethane for some weather resistance

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Easle

A large semi-adjustable artist easel from pine.  Some joints were just pegged and not glued to allow it to be disassembled/altered in future if necessary. Ready to assemble Dry-fit detail of top Dry-fit detail of middle Assembled Finished with BLO

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Junk wood bin

A bucket/bin out of truly junk wood (douglas fir?) for the workshop. Junk wood from a trellis Staves (pretty rough on the inside still) Test fitting Base fits into a groove Jig to drill dowel holes to make glue up a bit smoother Finished with…

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2022 Tool restoration

A few small tool cleanups/builds from late 2022. Stanley level - cleaned up and tuned Winding sticks - new build from some Tasmanian oak, inset magnets to snap them together for storage. Anchor rabbet/fillister plane depth stop - Similar to a Stanley #78, this plane…

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Restored room divider screen

Found this in hard-rubbish, was too close to functional to break down for the wood, so disassembled it, stripped the old varnish, sanded, stained and re-finished with shellac.  Alison added new fabric & it's got a new life. Original condition Disassembled & sanded Filled cracks,…

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