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This is the first major piece of furniture that I have made since setting up a retirement woodworking shop. It is designed to suit my grandaughters room and was mainly worked out on SketchUp which is also failrly new to me. The timber is a mix of odds and ends of ply,pine,hardwood eucalyptus decking offcuts and so on. The draw pulls are turned from branches fallen off trees on my property. Turning is also a new skill. I am a life-long hobby-artist and so tried another new artform – pyrography. The lion head is coated with a mixture of eucalyptus gum dissolved in alcohol.
-- David Australia
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SouthpawCA
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#1 posted 1398 days ago
Very nice piece from wood that you describe as basically odds and ends found around the shop. Welcome to the world of retirement woodworking. I joined the ranks about 2 years ago.
-- Don
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#2 posted 1398 days ago
very well done … great posting … very thoughtful gift
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#3 posted 1398 days ago
Welcome to the club!..LOL
Nice projects. Keep going and doing.
Take care and good luck.
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wyeth
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#4 posted 1398 days ago
Thankyou all for encouragement and welcome.
-- David Australia
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#5 posted 1398 days ago
Very nice project. Looks plenty big. Like a full closet. For odds and ends I’d say you did a spectacular job..
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#6 posted 1398 days ago
Very nice and well done! I know your granddaughter will appreciate and love it as it is a gift of love from Grandpa. I too am planning on building a dresser changing station for my grandchild (don’t know the sex yet) who is due next January.
-- Simon, Danville, IL
Jamie
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#7 posted 1396 days ago
You have a lucky granddaughter. Great use of odds and ends.
-- "Preach the gospel always. If necessary use words" -St Francis of Assisi
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