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Hi Andrew
Just send me an email to [email protected] and I'll reply with the plans.
They work really well so I'd leave them as they are. If anything maybe allowing for deeper...

Thanks mate. If you use sketchup I can send you plans but it's pretty simple to knock up

Thank you, it didn't smell like anything but Blackbutt or feel greasy at all but they were ceiling joist and were very high up so maybe they didn't come in contact with it?
it was however about...

Thanks Trav,
yes I did fit the hinges first then the cladding, initially I was going to leave the inside as marine ply but after cleaning up some of those palings I just had to use them so it was an...

And here it is post glue up, working on the breadboards ends

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I did elongate the 2 outer holes to allow for movement

Making the top from recycled 12" x 1.5" Blackbutt joists.

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This is a piece of the rough stock

Got the drawer built and installed yesterday on Movento tip on slides.
The floating panel was made by book matching a section of old fence rail and filling the nail holes in with epoxy.

sorry...

And here's the other side, I ran out of palings but had more of the slats I'd milled down to 6mm (in the video in the first post above) so I used them.
I'm gluing them down with some rubbish parfix...

Here's some progress photos, I've jumped quite far ahead in the build but I will have video of the stages in between soon.

Lining the inside with palings:

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Here's some sketches of the design, let's see how well I can stick to it...

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SWMBO has commissioned me to build ourselves a new entertainment unit for the lounge room so after giving me the run down on height length etc she has allowed my creative license to take over.

The...

It was titebond 2 from memory
I didn't get any photos but apart from some normal wear it looked like new, no bleaching, warping etc.

Part 2 of the video build process:

https://youtu.be/1TEHZeo7jl4

Ive never liked NG Rosewood when I've seen it in furniture, usually in New Guinea or in furniture stores but it was because none. Of the pieces I saw were ever done properly.
when I sanded it down...

I've been commissioned by my church to build a communion table for the front of the church, the style I have chosen is a japanese inspired hall table with a few adjustments to the height and width to...

I recently rescued an old Mahogany staircase that was going to be used as firewood!!!
SWMBO instructed me at the time that I needed to make frames for some lead light panels my mother in law bought...

Yeah I got materials up front then the progress payments never came. But finally most of it has trickled down only a few grand to go now.

They've since paid part of it, still a few grand to go. Really sucks when people are dishonest

Thank you, yes I was pretty beat up when it was all done but that wasn't so much of a problem as when the client thanked me profusely, told me it was wonderful dealing with me then ended with, "costs...

I can send you through some sketchup files if you would like plans. But they are very simple to make.
If you're in Sydney get the runners from trademaster joinery $5 ea if you buy 10 otherwise $8...

Hi guys, if like me you have L-Boxxes or even Systainers then you've probably experienced the frustration of having to unclick all of the top ones to get to the one you need then restocking them then...

Chris that should be fine. You can call or email me on the details posted above to arrange a suitable time.

I'm in Blacktown but I don't mind travelling.

Hey FF thank you, I would definitely like to take you up on that and I will pay you for the privilege.

Katoomba is no problem for me.

You can email or call me on the details supplied below to...

Thank you for all of the feedback. The tops and vertical panelling were all made by first lining all the carcasses with 18mm particleboard (vertical) and 33mm particleboard benchtop blanks for tge...

Thanks Alan, appreciate the feedback. The next 2 doors are from an old mahogany staircase I'm repurposing into rails and stiles.

I'm hoping someone responds to my thread about hiring their...

Anyone?

So it's been 6 years since I made this board and the customer emailed me asking if I could refinish it for him. I haven't seen it yet but I'm told it's still together, flat and as good as it was the...

I'm in Sydney and I need to flatten and straighten some New Guinea Rosewood and some Phillipine Mahogany boards I have for a job.

Both timbers are very soft and won't harm your blades.

I will...

That's beautiful. It's unbelievable how expensive commercially made hardwood furniture is, and often it's not made too well either.

I wish I could say it was mine. It's my mates workshop that I helped him set up, mine is so small I have to use a special lens in order to capture anything.

Thanks Justin, it was touch and go if I was going to have enough left to make the two benches but I got it done with about 800mm of scrap left over.

A little while ago our fence fell over so we replaced it and at the same time I had an assessment overdue that required me to make a door (Im in the process of adding a joinery ticket to my...

So I recently took on a job to fit out the cafe section of a day care centre.
The client sent me photos of some of the things she was after and we came up with a plan.

I found it very hard...

When the time comes and I get back into it I'll definitely be buying machines with helical cutter heads and rotatable replaceable cutters.

You might want to get your belt sander or an electric plane and take off the paint 1st, when I was recycling some painted Blackbutt posts for a bed project I found my blades would dull after 2 passes...

I'm still walking around the house looking for loose screws - joy to use.

I just heard from the giver of the gift that I will soon get the bonus light and tape measure in the post too...

are you moving the top around by yourself or do you have help?

I just had a look on line, it's $190 for a replacement battery for my 15.6v drill - not really worth it as i can get the matching impact driver for my set for about the same $$.

Thank you all, I did have a great birthday. My wife made a fantastic Black Forest cake (the only cake I eat) and I had her double the Kirsch in the recipe and everything else was great too.

This...

Well this time round I scored big time.
A few weeks ago my boss (in cahoot with SWMBO unbeknownst to me) called me one afternoon and asked me to look into what would be a better drill driver to...

You're going to need either a crane or a serious course of horse steroids to move that top.

If you adjust the height of the legs & rails the top might flatten it's cup out partly under its own...

Pretty normal with treated pine, widen the gap then see how it goes it will settle down over time but keep moving just a bit less

wow that's great, I'm amazed you can get that steep a curve on there. I can't wait to see what the progress and finished product looks like. Hope you'll keep us posted along the way.

Sorry I should add that said it's still going to be workable just a lot harder requiring sharp tools and constant re sharpening.

The tree with termite damage should still be ok for decorative use,...

It can harden with age if it's still in the ground, if a tree gets sick it will suck up a whole lot of silica which makes it really hard.

I ended up selling them as work benches and promising to do something more important with the money (like buying more tools :wink:)

I've often found the recycled stuff ends up looking far better...

I had a similar problem when I made this one from old recycled flooring and some scrap F17 Ash:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j243/missionaryman/woodwork/Topendclose.jpg

You would have...

It's a lovely piece, lacks some culture and elegance as you stated but then again very few people can afford the price tag to make something that big from the real deal rather than staining something...

Very nice I'm all for exploiting the beauty of timber and not painting it but this looks very nice and it's beautifully built