Thread: Your most satisfying project?

Wonderful stuff - love your table Andy.
My most satisfying piece, think, is this jewellery chest. For me, it was just a design that worked.

My most satisfying project was this duet dulcimer.(sometimes known as a courting dulcimer). Never having built a duet before I had to design the shape from scratch, build a mould and steam bend the sides to shape. The back and sides are a particularly lustrous piece of tassie oak. The fingerboards are Jarrah with hand-cut abalone inlay. Why was it so satisfying? Because after hours of building, sanding and polishing, I strung it up and played it. The sound was awesome!
I never had to fiddle about with it, or change the strings or alter the action. It was just right. This had never happened before (and it's never happened since) There is always something that needs adjusting.
Needless to say I kept this one for myself.

My most satisfying project was the making of my recovery chairs.

Not because they are the greatest chairs but because they mark my going back into the workshop and were the first things I made after my operation that removed my prostate because of cancer.


Peter.

Wow, the images posted in this thread are fantastic. I continue to be inspired and awed by the work done on this site. Unfortunately I don't really have any images to compare, but I suppose my most satisfying project, although not proudest, is my cnc wood router, simply because I designed and built it myself, and I see it running every other day still surprised I made it!

Sorry I haven't been around much lately, my computer was on the blink. The Dell engineer just left about a half hour ago and fitted a nice replacement video card.

Wow... some amazing stuff here

what a great thread...

Alex that jewellry case is beautiful, as is everything else posted




I'm not going to show you any of mineuh-uh..

Peter

I know how Sleeping Dog feels....I thought about putting my pic on here, then saw all of the fine work done by everyone and well....guys there are some amazing work being done, congrats to all of you.

So anyway here's mine....

As many have already commented, the creator/builder can always see the faults in what they have built. Well although I am proud of this and the grand children enjoy it, I know that there are many faults, many of which are plainly visible.
This project was well over budget and ran well over time, but I have learnt a great deal from doing it. It was the first time I steamed timber. It was the first time I ran ropes for a sail. It was the first time I built steps. It was the first time for many aspects, Although I have been building the standard coffee tables, shelves and even a set of bunks for my son (now in use by the grandson), this project is by far the most ambitious.

Fletcher

Originally Posted by fletcher

I know how Sleeping Dog feels....I thought about putting my pic on here, then saw all of the fine work done by everyone and well....guys there are some amazing work being done, congrats to all of you.

So anyway here's mine....

Fletcher

That's the spirit, Fletcher!

There are many of us here for whom it will be a long time before we reach the level of work of some of the examples here, and I don't think I'll ever reach the standard of some the masters here.

However, we can guarantee that, in this thread at least, our work will be celebrated, so well done to all those who have contributed, and to the shy ones out there, be brave!

So many wonderful projects and different ideas.
Most satisfying piece? Mmmm, I don't think I have a most satisfying piece because I am never really satisfied with my finished products. One that springs to mind though is the first piece of furniture (Don't laugh at the description Woodwould) that I made with my MK 3 Triton about 15 years ago.
It was the first of that kind of thing that I had ventured to make. It is only pine and stained with walnut but I am still fond of it and have it in my office today. I call it my library. It's all solid timber construction, even the back is solid and it weighs a ton. There are many flaws in the piece and I guess it would not be the most professional looking that I have done. As you can see, I wasn't game enough to install the hinges the way they should have been installed but at the time, I was pretty much pleased with it overall. oops forgot to put picture in. Will put it in next post. below.

Here is the pic..

Fletch,
That thing is never going to float. Suggest you join the wooden boat section.

It's all great stuff guys, Ianw's post is the most satisfying or the one you have the most pride in, it does't have to be a world beater as long as you have got enjoyment from your project and are proud of your achievements and everything I have see looks great. Fletcher those kids must have had and absolute ball on your ship and Munruben your bookcase looks greast too who cares where the hinges are. It's called "artistic license" you can put your hinges on how ever you like.
keep em coming boys and girls.

Alright.... somebody needs to lower the standards in this thread, so it may as well be me

I guess pretty much all of my projects are satisfying, I'm a hobby woodworker, if I wasn't getting satisfaction from it I'd find something else to do. But it's difficult to pick a standout so I'll show you this one.

Interesting, I thought I was the only one who picks flaws in every thing I make, apparently it's a common disease...

Table is huon picked up from TWWWS some years ago, no woodwork at all but a hell of a lot of sanding.

Peter

There, that didn't hurt so much.....

Good on you, Sleeping Dog! The table looks great. I'm sure the amount of craft in it is much higher than the toy kitchen I posted earlier...

Originally Posted by Sleeping Dog

Alright.... somebody needs to lower the standards in this thread, so it may as well be me

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............that's not lowering the standard but is raising the bar. Beautiful work.


Peter.