Post a photo of the last thing you made...

[Accipiter]

I really like the idea of using up offcuts of timber that has gone into my instruments and other timber that I have acquired. And the CNC machine helps me to do that.

For instance, that Cherry was from my old kitchen cabinet doors. Beautifully stable and figured timber. The Sycamore, even more beautiful and figured was an offset from three ukulele I have made, but was originally from @NickM 's elliptical dinner table. The Padauk was from a slab I bought, but not all of it was stable enough to manufacture bindings and purling for the instruments. And I've collected Sapele over the years, some of it joiners offcuts that have become necks on my instruments.

I hate wasting good timber.

I don't know how I missed this post from you Malcolm - having reacted to you little *diamond* boxes... A bit of English yew would look nice in amongst that lot .

Like you, i hate wasting good timber. Back in 1993 I made a desk with cupboards and shelves above from oak and yew. I'd forgotten the date until a couple of days ago when I was ripping the jointed yew apart on the joint lines and removing the Oak molded edging strips and came across my initials and date.

I'd dismantled the unit some years back ('95~97 ) as it was far too heavy to take upstairs to the small bedroom I started using as an office. Been moving the bits backwards and forwards in the shed/workshop since so FINALLY decided it was time to *recover* and *recycle*. Maybe small boxes... but I've lots of yew to sort and decide what to do with.

 

[Malc2098]

I haven't photoed the next 6 tooth fairy boxes I milled today, but I did photo the gold leather lining of the trinket boxes.



BTW, I'm still having trouble uploading my photos. The original of this was 4.5mb, and I've had reduce it to 215kb to upload it.

 

[AndyP]

Most impressive, that table is certainly chunky! But I think it’s worth better than old scaffolding boards for a top. Must say I thought it was Ash when I first looked.

Yep. That a very neat, heavy, chunk frame, scaffold boards would look odd IMHO

 

[shafiq]

Non taken, this client I have been working for for the last 22 years.

Well, you obviously have a good track record of being right

 

[shafiq]

Drawer number 4 in the making. Now, before I started attempting these drawers (of which I've always been slightly afraid) I'd read Pekovich in his brilliant book, say that 'only introduce one new technique to your woodworking, per project'.

Well, drawers one and two had grooves for the ply base. Jointed pine boards (getting better, to which I'm coming) for the front and sides. But for the back, some plywood. 4 screws for the front after glueing in a recess. 4 or so screws at the back.

Drawer number 3, became a refurb of an old drawer I'd saved. Been sat in the shed for many years, awaiting to be used. Removed the pine tongue/groove drawer bottom. Added a ply bottom instead which was thick enough to go into the already grooves of 3 sides (7mm or so). Front got sent to the back, and a few messups, fixed and fixed again.

Front was a hidden set of dovetails, which is now at the back. Some more jointing and repair or the mess ups, and all was well. Now drawer number 4 in the making and I've decided its time to add some lovely dovetails. This will be my 4th set of dovetails (to a project) and I thought I'd earned the ability to take extra care/attention time.

But, thats not what my new 'techniques for this 4th drawer was to my woodworking arsenal. No, that would be, jointing the plywood dryer bottom. 7mm or 7 ply, jointed with end grain to end grain , and I'm really not sure if I'm earning a pultizer prize here or a kick in the teeth. Am not a specialist at ply (other than stayed away from it all my life, and that apparently beech is good... this isn't beech) but am hoping the 2 sandwich layers of ling grain might be enough to hold it all together for years to come!!

Sorry for all the talk...

 

[shafiq]

Oh, and the latest jointing (for drawer number 4) with/from the pine skirting me and my little one had rescued from a local dumpsite (well, ok, someone garden but when we managed to find the owner we asked and he said it was ok). After I'd completed one of the sides (back or front, I forget which) he saw it and was mighty impressed. Told me it looked shop bought pine board.

Hopefully an indication that the 'jointing' perseverance is paying off...