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117 posts in 310 days

Location: north wales uk
Website: http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/

retired from the rat race and enjoying making furniture for fun and hopefully a little profit.

Well equipped workshop with Jet table saw, Dewalt planer thicknesser,
bandsaw, morticer, woodrat, various routers etc.

I am always looking for ways to improve my joinery and try different methods eg. biscuits, dowels, mortice and tenon, Kreg screws, loose tenons etc. Hopefully one day I will settle down to one method and I can have a workshop sale of the redundant tools.

The latest thing that has caught my eye is the Dowelmax. I don't need one but......

Looking forward to sharing my work and joining in the forums

-- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/

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replied on	Never fail no jointer glue joint poor mans jointer	12 days ago
commented on	Live edge chopping blocks	38 days ago
added blog entry	Live edge chopping blocks	39 days ago
added blog entry	Butchers block kitchen island	48 days ago
added project	Live edge garden table. Scotch pine	49 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #14: Bookcase	53 days ago
commented on	Do's Don'ts Running a Small Cabinet/Furniture shop #1: Staying Within your Commissioned Budget	110 days ago
commented on	Do's Don'ts Running a Small Cabinet/Furniture shop #2: Employees	110 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #13: thoughts on recycling timber for projects	121 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #12: Monks bench finished	123 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #11: Butchers block finished startin monks bench	127 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #10: butchers block in clamps and ding table in situ	131 days ago
replied on	Help Choosing Wood and Finish for Dining Table	134 days ago
added blog entry	Church pews project #9: completed farmhouse table and start on butchers block	134 days ago
commented on	Interior double doors	137 days ago

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Live edge chopping blocks

39 days ago by inchanga

I recently acquired a slab of Scots Pine and decided to make two gtable tops out of it. The tops can be used as butchers block chopping boards, coffee table tops or even garden table or bench tops. The pictures show the sequence of work and t...

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Butchers block kitchen island

48 days ago by inchanga

I recently got a 6 foot length of sycamore which I cut in half in order to make a chopping block/table 3 foot by 2foot. Even after cutting in half the boards were so badly twisted that I had to split them length ways in order to flatten...

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Church pews project #14: Bookcase

53 days ago by inchanga

Some time ago I thought I had finished making several peices of furniture from 160 year old church pews. Recently the customer came back and asked if I could salvage enough timber to make a matching bookcase. With a great deal of difficult...

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Church pews project #13: thoughts on recycling timber for projects

121 days ago by inchanga

Having just recycled four 160 year old 12 foot church pews and manufactured the furniture shown here I am in a position to comment on the process from an operational and financial point of view which i hope may help LJ’s involved in simi...

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Church pews project #12: Monks bench finished

123 days ago by inchanga

The monks bench has now been completed and with it the last item of the Pews Project. This is just as well because I really had to improvise and glue up a lot of bits and pieces in order to salvage sufficient timber to complete the benc...

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9 comments so far

a1Jim home \| projects \| blog 89108 posts in 1774 days #1 posted 310 days ago	Welcome to Ljs a world wide community were there are great people,super projects and great woodworkers.Enjoy! -- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
inchanga home \| projects \| blog 117 posts in 310 days #2 posted 309 days ago	Thanks Jim..glad to be here -- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/
SnowyRiver home \| projects \| blog 47525 posts in 1677 days #3 posted 309 days ago	Welcome aboard. Nice that you could join us on Lumberjocks. -- Wayne - Plymouth MN
inchanga home \| projects \| blog 117 posts in 310 days #4 posted 309 days ago	Hi Wayne Thanks for the greeting. Still working my way around the site but enjoying being here -- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/
surfin2 home \| projects \| blog 42840 posts in 1333 days #5 posted 309 days ago	Welcome To LumberJocks. Good Luck… -- Rick
exelectrician home \| projects \| blog 1011 posts in 624 days #6 posted 307 days ago	Welcome to LJ’s I note the “Inchanga” name I was born in a place by that name – I am curious did you ever live there? Vince -- Love thy neighbour as thyself
inchanga home \| projects \| blog 117 posts in 310 days #7 posted 307 days ago	Hi Vince Inchanga is the name of a small village in South Africa. My link to it is that I was on a ship named after the village called the Inchanga. -- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/
Max home \| projects \| blog 55744 posts in 2470 days #8 posted 307 days ago	Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… *Welcome* -- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
inchanga home \| projects \| blog 117 posts in 310 days #9 posted 307 days ago	I am finding my way around now and am delighted to be mixing with so many like minded people. -- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/

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