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Looking really nice Scott, what finish are you planning to use?

Pete

Hi Wongo
no this is another one, the last was Mahogany on an Oak stand, the one before was Mahogany on an Ash stand. I just decided to turn the head that way on the first and have done the same...

Hi Wongo and all the other thread followers. Picture attached of my latest made from reclaimed Oak and Ash. Anthony Dew medium sized utilising his deluxe accessory set. I totally agree with Wongo...

Thanks guys I'm off and running, I'll keep you posted

Anybody got any plans/drawings/advice for building a xylophone?

Pete

Hi Tony

same town in fact Axminster Tools (one of the biggest and best suppliers of tools in the UK) is directly opposite the carpet place.

Pete

Hi to everybody out there in this forum I can't believe it's almost exactly a year since I last passed this way. I'm after some advice; I want to buy a bandsaw for about £400 (not sure what the...

Nice table Denis!

That's bl**dy gorgeous!!

Pete

Hi all, sounds ridiculous but English oak is becoming difficult to obtain, it seems to be mainly American white oak or European. I try to use reclaimed or salvaged oak if I can. Steve B the New...

Hi Wongo how's things? What ball game was it?

Hi there latest project attached, mainly offcuts of English oak

Very very nice work ONLY 6 weeks, I've been putting off making a long-case clock 'cos I figured it would take me a lot longer!

Sorry Jill I owe you an apology, I've never looked at any of your work before, but I've just seen the building photos.; all I can say is amazing you are one very, very talented person

All the...

Thanks 2 Jill & Tex.

The request for a dressing table came as a result of my wife saying she had too many handbags and needed some storage space for them. Guess what my initial reply was!!
;)

Happy New Year to all Forum users.

Has anyone out there made a dressing table? My wife has asked me to build one for her, she wants drawers or cupboards either side of a knee hole, probably...

Very nice work, I bet you're well pleased.

From a fellow hi-fi nut.

More pics attached. Horse delivered Sunday, everybody happy, mum cried. Result!

Speak to you all again when I've decided what to do next!

All the best

Pete

Sorry Wongo it's all I've got at the moment. I'm supposed to be doing a photoshoot for the magazine tomorrow afternoon, I'll try and post some of those next week

All the best Pete

Why is it...

Finished pic. of Mr Darcy who is being delivered to his new owner on Sunday (they are not expecting him!) All I need now is a half size horse box. Thanks to everyone who showed interest in the...

The problem is...

Hi Geoff, that's nice I like it a lot. I tried something similar (ish) with the attached but I prefer the amount of overlap on yours.

They're both really nice Andy, I like them a lot. A bought a piece of Sheoak a couple of years ago with the intention of carving a Tiger shark, it's still in the workshop gathering dust!

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments. Mr Darcy was made for the daughter of some friends who was born on 13 September 2005 with Downs syndrome. Fortunately her condition is not severe. I...

latest pic of Mr Darcy before I started 'tacking him up'

I need some advice and I know someone out there will have the answer. I need to even out the different colours of the various grades of 'mahogany'. I'm aiming for a deep chestnut brown. I've tried a...

Don't make too many Al otherwise you won't have 'mush room' left in your house!

Attached latest pic. of rocking horse, shaping almost finished now. I need some advice and I know someone out there will have the answer. I need to even out the different colours of the various...

IMHO one of the nicest designs I've seen for a long time. Very very nice you should feel very proud

All the best Pete.

I went to the gymn the other day and they asked me what my goal was, I...

Derek that's lovely I really like it

Attached latest pic. of rocking horse, shaping almost finished now. I need some advice and I know someone out there will have the answer. I need to even out the different colours of the various...

Oh yes they will Wongo because I'm putting a set of Ashes stamps inside, it made me laugh when they announced that one of the stamps will be 61 pence, exactly the cost of sending a letter to Oz!! ...

Wongo

still plenty of rounding off to do, I don't want it to look too 'boxy'. The reason for not closing it; I had intended to make the 'time capsule' accessible by undoing a couple of secret...

Hi Gary

I'm afraid I am. Whilst I much prefer to use hand tools, using power tools for me makes the difference between taking on a project or not purely because of the time involved. So it was...

Sorry to hear you're giving up, always seems a shame. I'm still hoping to do the reverse and give up my proper job to spend my time making sawdust and shavings! All the best for the future

Thanks guys. Ruffly I swear it moved in the night!! Wongo I know what you mean about the end-grain, never done a rocking horse before but have done a bit of carving. All timber reclaimed; horse in...

What a brilliant idea, nice 1

Attached latest pic of the rocking horse project. Wongo I received my pack of ironmongery and tack from Anthony Dew yesterday, you were right!

Woodchuck

I'll add it to the list, now if I can just finish the rocking horse, new dressing table for the wife, 8 newel caps, oak coffee table, 2 carver dining chairs, hall table.....

That is bl**dy gorgeous, I want one!

All the best

Pete

That's nice Harry, all it needs is a couple of beer engines connected to a barrel of 'Fortyniner' and a barrel of 6X

Cheers

Pete

Steve (Auld Bassoon)

is your 'nom de plume' derived from the works Austin (A60 ?) competition car from the fifties?

Regards

Pete

Sorry to hear about the back. Box looks too nice to be stuck outside

All the best Pete Vivian

I thought I'd post this pic. of the oak I got in exchange for an electric motor that was surplus to requirements, nothing over about 4 foot lengths but should keep me occupied for a while! I had to...

Hi Tim

thanks for posting the pics, very nice job, probably the best example of a dapple grey I've seen. Wongo from your moniker I assume you are a professional rocking horse maker, the quality...

I like that a lot, very nice. I've been thinking of doing a potfolio/attache case in wood for a while now maybe yours will give me the incentive to get out in the workshop

Pete

Hi Tim thanks for the contacts, do you have any photos. of the horse you made? BTW what time is it over there?!

Thanks for the pep talk Wongo, I'll try and pull myself together it's just that I'm a bit of a cheapskate. I made the swing frame stand from recycled Ash (patio door frames) and I got enough...

Hi Wongo thanks I'll have a look at Margaret Spencer's site. Thanks Woodchuck. Gurney I'd planned to have a go at the saddle and swing irons but feel that the bridle etc. is a bit beyond my...

Anyone out there ever made a rocking horse. I have just started one based on the plans in Anthony Dew's book "Restoring Rocking Horses". I managed to get the timber very cheaply but the hardware/tack...