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    thanks alex :)

    thanks alex :)
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    cheers guys, yeah half laps. im guessing the most...

    cheers guys, yeah half laps. im guessing the most difficult half lap job i'll do haha did it with marking knife, LN rebating plane and chisels.The rest of the joinery is pretty much mortise and...
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    yeah its my own design :) was made as a student,...

    yeah its my own design :) was made as a student, this was the chair project! took ages to make, making 6-8 would have been quite a task as all the joinery and shaping was done by hand!
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    blackwood chair

    hey guys made this chair a while ago but only had average photos of it, these are some of the pro shots
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    beautiful work!!

    beautiful work!!
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    the best way to cover up holes properly is to...

    the best way to cover up holes properly is to make a diamond shaped inlay in the same timber so that the grain is running in the same direction, its easier to plug with a dowel but much more...
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    thanks guys :)

    thanks guys :)
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    curly blackbutt jewellery box

    hey guys, havent posted anything for a while, this is just a simple box i made for a christmas present, didnt have anytime to do anything flash, its curly black butt, curly jarrah inlay, jarrah and...
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    thanks alot guys! the top is a sawn veneer, the...

    thanks alot guys! the top is a sawn veneer, the rest is solid.
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    sorry forgot pics

    sorry forgot pics
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    most basic of boxes

    just a quick 21st present i had 2 make, nothing special but i thought i'd chuck couple of pics up anyways. Timber is Wenge, macro suede upholstery, needs a tray looks to empty but didnt have time!
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    yeh im sure it does, a mate of mine made a...

    yeh im sure it does, a mate of mine made a benedetto archtop but his wasnt a cutaway and he disigned his own sound holes instead of the traditional f holes. Sounds brilliant, plays very nicely. His...
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    gorgeous work!!! when are the strings finding...

    gorgeous work!!! when are the strings finding their home??????????
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    if u wanted to go for something that gets a good...

    if u wanted to go for something that gets a good result and is easy to apply then livos oil is very good. it gives a natural look but with a bit of work u can get a nice shine, usually put on 3...
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    these are reeli nice! well made!

    these are reeli nice! well made!
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    nice work, that tiger is gorgeous!

    nice work, that tiger is gorgeous!
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    okkk, timeless timber! i understand that the...

    okkk, timeless timber! i understand that the peice has work needed in certain areas but i think godawful is a bit rough, i made this table with malcom harris as my lecturer and neil erasmus helped me...
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    electrrrrric questions

    hey guys just started a sloid body electric! just wondering if anyone no's of any detailed plans for necks. i have two books but they neither give very good details. I no this has probably been asked...
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    wow! this box is gorgeous!!!!

    wow! this box is gorgeous!!!!
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    yeh i agree! careful marking out, bandsawing and...

    yeh i agree! careful marking out, bandsawing and faring perfectly to the line should do the trick!
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    thanks! but i wouldnt say inspiring. has a long...

    thanks! but i wouldnt say inspiring. has a long way to go with ALOT of improvement
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    the reason i bent such a large peice to start...

    the reason i bent such a large peice to start with was because they were the extremities of the bottoms of the curves and i have actually made them as a ply, if i didnt then it would have just broken...
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    Sheoak hall/entrance table

    this was my final piece at asfw, just a sheoak hall table, all the rails are laminated, the top is veneered and yeh the legs are solid. need some better photos but im sure u get the idea!
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    turned and carved huon bowl

    hey everyone, this is just something i did to fill the time while studying at ASFW, Neil Turner helped me out with it, you've probly seen his work. came out ok! was fun to do. timber is huon pine
  25. Thread: white falcon

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    white falcon

    hey everyone, just wondering what the best place is to get plans for a build. i want to make something similar to a gretsch white falcon so so yeh if anyone could help with a good link or even a...
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    hahaha its only 4 drawers! i like cutting...

    hahaha its only 4 drawers! i like cutting dovetails its fun
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    the rath go's ok. just sad that i did a better...

    the rath go's ok. just sad that i did a better joint then him hahahahaha sorrrrry rathmith
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    so didnt like at first????

    so didnt like at first????
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    no wasnt really a big decision how to lay them...

    no wasnt really a big decision how to lay them out how i did, the effect, (i believe) really frames the whole thing if they went the same way they would appear to be unfinished. i like this pattern...
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    be super careful when u sand the jarrah wen its...

    be super careful when u sand the jarrah wen its all together. maybe mask off the huon as it will seriously mess up the huon, gets in the grain and u cant get it out major pain in the ####. and if...
  31. nice bit of work!

    nice bit of work!
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    thanks guys she came out ok haha, the end grain...

    thanks guys she came out ok haha, the end grain veneers are about 1.5mm was a pain to cut them though as i started with a block 100-100. wat does everyone think of the black fill in the cracks???? it...
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    thanks alot! appreciate it. all up i guess it...

    thanks alot! appreciate it. all up i guess it took around 250-300 hours i didnt really keep a good time sheet but yeh a long time, drawers took 4 days! stand took a while to. and the wine rack took...
  34. Thread: first attempt

    by driftit
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    Thanks alot! ive got about 6 or 7 carving chisels...

    Thanks alot! ive got about 6 or 7 carving chisels so i just used them and rough cut the outline on bandsaw. Umm it took me a day! i guess thats pretty slow as its only 100mm by 100mm, well the blank...
  35. Thread: first attempt

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    first attempt

    first attempt at carving somethin 3d. just a dove project out of a carving magazine. was fun 2 do, beaks pretty rough and a bit out of proportion but good first attempt i reckon! english lime
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    sorry didnt work first time

    sorry didnt work first time
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    more photos

    more photos
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    she oak and jarrah cabinet on stand

    Hi all, latest project, obviously a cabinet. sheoak end grain veneers look pretty good i reckon, blackbutt drawer sides and backs. hand cut dt.s, hand cut m&ts in the stand and the centre section is...
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    nice box. timber is reeli nice!

    nice box. timber is reeli nice!
  40. Thread: making a lock

    by driftit
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    making a lock

    hey guys just wondering if anyone no's of any good sites for hand made locks for boxes, cabinets and generally any furniture. or any books on the subject. seems pretty hard to find anything on this...
  41. Thread: Chairs WIP

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    nice chairs! do you think you will have any...

    nice chairs! do you think you will have any trouble with stregnth??? or will the back slats triangulate them enough to make them sturdy???
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    thanks everyone. Havent been on here for ages....

    thanks everyone. Havent been on here for ages. Knocking up a cabinet atm so i'll have some new photos to put up and some more of the chair!
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    dodgy first chair!

    hey guys thought i'd put some photos up of my first chair, made it pretty hard for myself. timber is blackwood approx 1200-480-480 oil finish front leg to seat joint is twin through wedged mortise...
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    Sorry, but i have heard of Tom Kealy (from a...

    Sorry, but i have heard of Tom Kealy (from a English woodwork Magazine) but never heard of the others, You make it out like they are some kind of woodworking superstars...

    They are woodworking...
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    hahahaha well ive been taught by David Upfill...

    hahahaha well ive been taught by David Upfill Brown, Neil Erasmus, Peter Cook David Street and currently have Tom Kealy (who has worked for John Makepeace for over 10 years). The lecturers are all...
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    i am currently studying at the school of wood in...

    i am currently studying at the school of wood in dwellingup and Neil Erasmus took us throught his project. The expansion frames are what the drawers run on, they are mortise and tenoned into the...
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    i was the one who made that blackwood chest of...

    i was the one who made that blackwood chest of drawers and it is actually a Neil Erasmus design. The dovetails are handcut and the drawers run on internal blade frames. these are mortised into the...
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    great cabinet, looks brilliant

    great cabinet, looks brilliant
  49. Thread: vaseee

    by driftit
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    they just take a glass insert which sits about...

    they just take a glass insert which sits about 10mm above the bottom therefore no bottom is needed, im getting one glass insert specially blown by glass manifesto. They also fit inside each other...
  50. Thread: vaseee

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    vaseee

    Hey guys and girls, this was just a production project had 2 do. I did a vase, thought they turned out ok. alot of hours went into them though lol gonna make a smaller version with the waste to.
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