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My first recollection of working in wood dates from when I was around 8 years old. I made one of those guns from L shaped pieces of wood and rubber bands cut from a bicycle inner tube. It shot dried peas but was confiscated as soon as my folks saw it. Oh dear.
Then at high school I thoroughly enjoyed the woodwork course. I still have the bookstand, tea-tray and coffee table I made between the ages of 11 and 16. Other stuff has disappeared.
Much of what I did until about 1997 was household DIY. It was only when I was forced to take early retirement (not a great deal of forcing was necessary) that I found the opportunity, time and money to set up my workshop. I had ideas about joining the Craft Fair circuit in and around Yorkshire with a range of small wooden boxes, as I’d recognised that virtually the only wooden items being offered were turned goods. But as soon as my extended family realised what I could do with a chunk of old tree, there became a constant demand for ‘can-you-just’ jobs. Those jobs forced me to develop my skills to a great degree, but, as my step-daughter told me: “A 7 foot oak kitchen dresser is just a lot of boxes isn’t it?” I suppose that’s right.
And I don’t miss the need to have stuff ready for fairs, and the loading, unloading and selling. And so on. As it is, I can go into the workshop when I feel like it. No pressure. Life's good.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
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The “Car Boot Sale” season will soon be upon us here. Although ‘Car Boot’ translates in some parts of the world to ‘trunk’, I’m not sure that Auto Trunk Sale means anything! Let’s say flea market. ...
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I’ve had a fancy for a thicknessing sander but a 10-20 inch model costs the equivalent of $1000 US over here and there’s no way I can justify that sort of spending so I looked into making one of my own. There’s no shortage of help to be had...
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From a Worthing Herald report ”A MASSIVE clean-up operation is underway after 2,000 tons of timber washed up on Worthing’s beaches.Giant mountains of wood have hit almost every beach along the town’s coastline, drawing visitor...
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Here are one or two pictures of the dovetail joints that hold the two inner trays together. It’s years since I did hand-cut dovetails (1962 to be precise – last year of high school!). But a challenge is a challenge. They were too ti...
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As I wrote earlier, I’d jointed the box corners using the Lock Mitre Router Bit in the router table. I mentioned that I’d set it up by way of trial and error. That prompted me today to do a Google on the topic & I came up with this helpful w...
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Karson
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
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We’re a litle nuts but we’re OK.
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YorkshireStewart
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510 posts in 235 days
posted 235 days ago
Thanks folks. I’ve enjoyed my first evening in your company immensely.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
mot
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posted 235 days ago
Hey! Welcome from Canada! Enjoy LJ!
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Mark DeCou
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posted 235 days ago
Very nice projects you have loaded up here today. Welcome to lumberjocks, I hope you enjoy the community.
Mark
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brunob
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If you like working with wood, you’re in the right place. Welcome
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oscorner
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Welcome to our woodworking community. You’ve made some very nice gifts.
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Tony
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Welcome to LJ from from Finland. They are all a great bunch of Jocks & Jockesses
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Max
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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome…
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TreeBones
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posted 233 days ago
Glad to see you here, this is a great site. You have some great projects. I like them all , you have some really nice pieces.
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gizmodyne
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posted 232 days ago
Hi,
Welcome from across the pond.
You are in the north, yes?
I love the arts and craftsesque projects so far. I travelled to London, to the Cotswalds, to the Lake District, to Glasgow, on an arts and crafts trail last year. I am fascinated with all things Engish Arts and Crafts.
Have you been to Rodmartin and seen the furniture?
John
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Branden
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posted 232 days ago
Welcome! I think you’ll enjoy the site!
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YorkshireStewart
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posted 232 days ago
Again thank you for this welcome. I’m overwhelmed. gizmodyne- yes we’re pretty well up north; some 200 mile north of London. That Arts and Crafts trail sounds interesting. I’ve never visited Rodmarton Manor – that’s the Barnsleys I believe. We’d hoped to look in on The Cotswolds this summer but suddenly it’s September!
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
Greg Mitchell
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posted 232 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
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PanamaJack
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We welcome you to the one and only LumberJocks. We hope that you enjoy your stay/visit each and every time you show up on our door step. If you should need any woodworking question answered, don’t hesitate to ask. Somebody’s gonna have a good answer for you.
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WhiskeyWaters
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posted 139 days ago
Replying to your comment.
Yeah, she’s a Bonnieville From your location, looks like you’re familiar with the old brand. Mine’s a Hinkley, one of the new ones. Love it to death, and if I get one any faster than the one I got, it oughta be my death. I’ll be smiling the whole way.
And yeah, the kids loved ‘em. Had to give all of them away, they sold like gangbusters.