mjdewet
Seedling
So, having lurked on here for the best part of about 8 years now, I can at last contribute to the content on this here astute forum.
Some background: I'm not a wood worker of note. Some of the stuff I've cobbled up will never bring me any money...
Our children both live in the UK, a fact shared by many South African parents.. Our son is a practical guy (like his poor dad), and our daughter married a man with 20 thumbs..
Fast forward to Nov 2021, and as soon as Boris opened 'the gates' to us, we were on a plane. But, (there's always a but) our daughter had already submitted a DDDDDD list: Dad do dis, Dad do dat..
Our son supplied all the hand tools, and with the Corsa packed to the brim with our stuff and tools, off we went from the Cotswolds to Harpenden.
Dad had to make a few shelves for the cupboard under the staircase, and the stairs had to be made dog-proof as they were getting a mini Daschie called Frank. Oh, and we picked up this lovely piece of drift wood, and was wondering how we can make this into a coat rack. Oh, yes, and also we need a boot bench for the hall way, and I was thinking maybe you can make the two to be a used as a unit?
The Dad then went of a few googling scouting trips. The shelves under the staircase was straight forward AFTER measuring about 2 million times..
The drift wood was put through the creative minds, and it ended up as a concept to be used as part of a shelf in the hall way.
Some more googling took me to St Albans wood recyclers. A few bits of recycled scaffold planks were eyed out, plus a pine board, that would become the shelf. A few quid was exchanged electronically by Dad's daughter, and the Corsa had to suffice as timber transport.
There was no workshop available on the premises at 20 Thumbs Place, so the old man made use of the timber deck in the back garden.
The boot bench was easy: Cut the one 1m length in half for 2 50cm pieces for the legs, and the third piece was shortened by about 80mm. Some very rough tenons were cut (Thanks my son for the sharp chisels) I knew that I'll never get them to be a tight fit, but that's what nice long wooden screws are made for..
The shelf took some more time to the two ends made up.. No T-square, so I made use of the saw handle's 90 and 45deg guides, and they were pretty spot on too! Add in a few hooks fro Ama(zin)zon and the shelf was done and passed QA.
The end result:
Some background: I'm not a wood worker of note. Some of the stuff I've cobbled up will never bring me any money...
Our children both live in the UK, a fact shared by many South African parents.. Our son is a practical guy (like his poor dad), and our daughter married a man with 20 thumbs..
Fast forward to Nov 2021, and as soon as Boris opened 'the gates' to us, we were on a plane. But, (there's always a but) our daughter had already submitted a DDDDDD list: Dad do dis, Dad do dat..
Our son supplied all the hand tools, and with the Corsa packed to the brim with our stuff and tools, off we went from the Cotswolds to Harpenden.
Dad had to make a few shelves for the cupboard under the staircase, and the stairs had to be made dog-proof as they were getting a mini Daschie called Frank. Oh, and we picked up this lovely piece of drift wood, and was wondering how we can make this into a coat rack. Oh, yes, and also we need a boot bench for the hall way, and I was thinking maybe you can make the two to be a used as a unit?
The Dad then went of a few googling scouting trips. The shelves under the staircase was straight forward AFTER measuring about 2 million times..
The drift wood was put through the creative minds, and it ended up as a concept to be used as part of a shelf in the hall way.
Some more googling took me to St Albans wood recyclers. A few bits of recycled scaffold planks were eyed out, plus a pine board, that would become the shelf. A few quid was exchanged electronically by Dad's daughter, and the Corsa had to suffice as timber transport.
There was no workshop available on the premises at 20 Thumbs Place, so the old man made use of the timber deck in the back garden.
The boot bench was easy: Cut the one 1m length in half for 2 50cm pieces for the legs, and the third piece was shortened by about 80mm. Some very rough tenons were cut (Thanks my son for the sharp chisels) I knew that I'll never get them to be a tight fit, but that's what nice long wooden screws are made for..
The shelf took some more time to the two ends made up.. No T-square, so I made use of the saw handle's 90 and 45deg guides, and they were pretty spot on too! Add in a few hooks fro Ama(zin)zon and the shelf was done and passed QA.
The end result:
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