The Wood Working Thread

Sparky415 · **Reply #90 on:** January 17, 2016, 12:30:48 PM

Three little draws adjusted and waxed

Need some storage trays
Box I bought some time ago, (cost a pound or two)

Take the lid off and replace with some thin ply

Draw a line...

And cut in half

Route the edges, be careful at the corners

magentus · **Reply #91 on:** January 17, 2016, 12:38:37 PM

Looking tip top Tony. Great work. How quickly will you fill it

Sparky415 · **Reply #92 on:** January 17, 2016, 12:42:45 PM

I want to find a really nice piece of leather for the top

So.... Table top protector (cost £1, the price of this project just keeps going up and up

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Here it is finished... well I still need to replace the locks or get keys cut,
still needs more filler, sanding and maybe painting..... one day

Sparky415 · **Reply #93 on:** January 17, 2016, 12:47:35 PM

Quote from: magentus on January 17, 2016, 12:38:37 PM

Looking tip top Tony. Great work. How quickly will you fill it

I still need to do more filling and sanding, If I fill it that’s not going to happen

Sparky415 · **Reply #94 on:** February 26, 2016, 09:44:27 PM

With added Drawers

derekmac · **Reply #95 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:01:50 AM

That looks fantastic Sparky!!!

zoidberg · **Reply #96 on:** March 06, 2016, 01:54:06 PM

Quote from: derekmac on February 29, 2016, 05:01:50 AM

That looks fantastic Sparky!!!

Sparky415 · **Reply #97 on:** March 06, 2016, 09:21:15 PM

I might have to give it a coat of paint

That means I've got to lug it outside, rub it down etc,
The blooming things quite heavy now

Sparky415 · **Reply #98 on:** March 07, 2016, 10:39:30 AM

Found this great idea at the weekend

I have a lot of trouble trying to work with small bits of wood for making scales
I have been using hot melt glue to stick them to blocks of wood for easier handling
This is even better than that idea

Sparky415 · **Reply #99 on:** March 09, 2016, 09:20:38 PM

Today’s little woodwork project

I was given a bunch of edged melamine shelves, added a piece of scrap pine and a jar of rescued knobs from old mug trees

Routed a couple of groves in the pine (for pens)

These are designed to be written on with a dry board marker (best to test first) and easily moved from place to place (just hung on a screw)

Ricardomfs · **Reply #100 on:** March 09, 2016, 11:18:26 PM

I think I'll share this here because it's a wooden car

so next 18 of March I have a race in my little girl school, for Father's day, and me and my father are building a little bearing car for that purpose, it's almost done missing the bearings and more details, it's gonna rock lol

Any ideas would be awesome, I already have a little extinguisher to put near the license plate!

Boaz · **Reply #101 on:** March 09, 2016, 11:20:45 PM

Quote from: Sparky415 on March 09, 2016, 09:20:38 PM

Today’s little woodwork project

I was given a bunch of edged melamine shelves, added a piece of scrap pine and a jar of rescued knobs from old mug trees

Routed a couple of groves in the pine (for pens)

These are designed to be written on with a dry board marker (best to test first) and easily moved from place to place (just hung on a screw)

Great idea, and nicely done. Some nice work here guys.

Sparky415 · **Reply #102 on:** March 11, 2016, 11:22:24 PM

Quote from: Ricardomfs on March 09, 2016, 11:18:26 PM

I think I'll share this here because it's a wooden car so next 18 of March I have a race in my little girl school, for Father's day, and me and my father are building a little bearing car for that purpose, it's almost done missing the bearings and more details, it's gonna rock lol

Any ideas would be awesome, I already have a little extinguisher to put near the license plate!

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Watching this one with interest

Sparky415 · **Reply #103 on:** March 11, 2016, 11:27:05 PM

You can of course adapt this idea for different areas of your house

Syncop8r · **Reply #104 on:** April 10, 2016, 11:07:33 AM

I am in the process of making a stand-up desk for work. It's just going to be a rough knock-up, perhaps a prototype to base a better version on. I only have scraps of plywood to work with and it's hard to find a straight edge on any of them. $:-\$

I think I am doing this as much for the enjoyment of making something and problem ~~creating~~ solving as I am out of necessity.
Finally I get to use my circular saw! But I need to make a track and crosscut jig like these:

Sparky415 · **Reply #105 on:** April 10, 2016, 04:50:53 PM

PTRSAK · **Reply #106 on:** April 12, 2016, 10:14:48 AM

I guess this is a woodworking project...

http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/skiff12p/skif12p.htm

I lost all the progress pix before this point to a corrupted memory card

Oh well. If you're going to make the boat, you might as well make the oars too.

Syncop8r · **Reply #107 on:** April 12, 2016, 10:28:33 AM

Oarsome!

ducttapetech · **Reply #108 on:** April 12, 2016, 11:25:30 AM

That is nice! Great job man.

That's us mobile

PTRSAK · **Reply #109 on:** May 02, 2016, 01:16:39 PM

update...
90% of construction work done, starting on painting inside. First coat by roller and brush as it always seems to stick better to epoxy than spraying straight up. Seats are just sitting in place to look pretty, not fixed in place yet.
Outside of hull will be blue, very similar shade to the milk crate in the pic.

Sparky415 · **Reply #110 on:** May 02, 2016, 01:23:10 PM

Quote from: Syncop8r on April 12, 2016, 10:28:33 AM

Oarsome!

A big +1

Syncop8r · **Reply #111 on:** May 02, 2016, 01:23:28 PM

It's too nice to put in the water!

yud · **Reply #112 on:** May 02, 2016, 01:43:06 PM

Very nice

PTRSAK · **Reply #113 on:** May 02, 2016, 02:23:20 PM

My g/f's father gave me his old Brithsh Seagull outboard to go on it. I already had a Seagull in the back shed but mine is a 1946 vintage model 102 and is a bit big and heavy. The "new" one is a 1971 Forty Plus. It's quite a bit smaller and about half the weight.
Seagulls are funny motors, they don't really work with horsepower ratings. Much the same as the electric trolling motors, they are more accurately rated in thrust. In fact the later Forty Plus motors were renamed the Model 55 meaning 55 lb thrust. it's in quite nice condition and I'll grab a couple of pics after it gets a bit of a clean and polish.

Similar to this...

PTRSAK · **Reply #114 on:** May 24, 2016, 08:14:07 AM

With amazing sense of timing we're finally in the water just as winter is bearing down on us.
Still, we usually have quite a few stunning days over winter here in sunny Queensland.

Etherealicer · **Reply #115 on:** May 24, 2016, 08:36:31 AM

Pretty boat

Excellent job, I'm a bit jelly of that nice scenery too...

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #116 on:** May 24, 2016, 10:47:46 AM

Quote from: PTRSAK on May 02, 2016, 02:23:20 PM

My g/f's father gave me his old Brithsh Seagull outboard to go on it. I already had a Seagull in the back shed but mine is a 1946 vintage model 102 and is a bit big and heavy. The "new" one is a 1971 Forty Plus. It's quite a bit smaller and about half the weight.
Seagulls are funny motors, they don't really work with horsepower ratings. Much the same as the electric trolling motors, they are more accurately rated in thrust. In fact the later Forty Plus motors were renamed the Model 55 meaning 55 lb thrust. it's in quite nice condition and I'll grab a couple of pics after it gets a bit of a clean and polish.

Similar to this...

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I've got a pontoon boat and a kayak, and likely will never have a suitable boat, but if I could get a Seagull I would....
Don't ask me what the fascination is, but they are simply one of my favourite machines on the planet!

Sparkydave · **Reply #117 on:** May 24, 2016, 09:23:16 PM

I once found a seagull just off of las vistas beach about 10 metres down. Brought it up cleaned it oiled it stripped ot down and got it working again. I sold it to a friend for a back up in his fishing boat

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