Any other woodworkers?
I have just been having a look through and there seems to be every other hobby except woodwork, or in my case mainly woodturning with a bit of everything else wood thrown in for good measure, so what sort of wood work do others like to do?
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I took up woodturning a few years back, something I had always wanted to try. Really enjoy it and have joined a local club.
I also enjoy woodwork in general, making bits and pieces, laying wood flooring, doing stuff around the house like kitchens, various cupboards etc.
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I have been wood turning for over 25 years now, I just find it so theriputic, I never got into the clubs, but then again when I started there wasnt many about, and at the age of 13 most wouldnt let me in
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I enjoy Woodworking DIY, just finished a fitted wardrobe for my grandson's football shirts. My garage is kitted out for wood work I have a circular saw 3" rip, a bench planer, a sander, bench drill, routers , cordless drills, mains voltage tools etc etc.I
have made lots of shabby chic French style trays, lime painted a stenciled with champagne decals , Eiffel Tower, etc designs. I also make large footstools which I cover with various materials , also make and fit hardwood legs. So really quite busy with woodworking.
Sadly not done any wood turning since school days. ( Great this Retirement )0 -
Yes, I'm aa amateur woodworker although my wife thinks I like collecting tools even more! My double garage really isn't big enough anymore. Two lathes, multi-function saw table with planer-thicknesser and spindle moulder, band saw, scroll saw and shelves
full of power tools of various sorts. Have had a go at most things - couple of Windsor chairs, usual selection of bowls including quite a few presentation pieces. At one time, I had a thing going for making gavels and still do make them if asked. Recently
been dabbling with walking sticks which is fascinating. Never made a single penny from anything I have made - given everything away, so I could never have done it for a living!!0 -
My OH loves working with wood too, and when young he wanted to be a furniture designer, but went into Engineering Consultancy instead, and ended up working on major constructions such as retail complexes, office buildings, and railways.
Today he's been doing a simple job, replacing the timber around our raised beds in the garden, but when we go back to France we will be replacing the staircase, including some beautiful stair treads which will be made from hundreds of years old oak, and
he'll also make a custom-made guard-rail, made from oak, at the top of the staircase to avoid accidents with our grandchildren. I do some of the fine sanding, and 'design' - he does the critical cutting and jointing!One of his next 'must do's' is to have a go at walking sticks. We met a chap at a local craft fair who make sticks. He harvested his own sticks - often from wood twined around with ivy, or other climbers, so that it made a spiral pattern grooved into the
stick and then he made a steamed and compressed horn handle. David was fascinated and is collecting the sticks and hoping the hunters in our local village will give him some antlers and boar tusks to compress and turn into handles! It may be my job to make
some silver mounts to marry the two.There is something magical about the smell of worked wood! I chose to do woodwork at Grammar school as an alternative to a third language!
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I enjoy a challenge, there is very little to do with wood that I will not tackle. OH often comes up with things for me to make. And I will tackle any size of job. I have done a lot of work on our present house.
At the moment I am just finishing a steamed beech 12inch bowl as a wedding present for our daughter, plus I have made them a walnut quaich in which our grandson will carry the wedding rings at the ceremony.
Just hope he does not drop it!!
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Built a few wooden boats in my time and renovated some as well but not for some years now.
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seems like a lot of people dabble in wood, as for a workshop, mine is just a 12'x8' shead, with most of the big machines (planer/thickener, table saw, band saw, router table ect) all on wheeled bases so I can pull them into the doorway to work on larger
pieces of wood, but still limits me to about 9' in length, and then the radial arm saw, lathe are fixed, and then the smaller more mobile bits like bench morticer, spindle sander ect are stoored under benches, its a bit tight, and for making larger pieces
like bed frimes I end up building them on the patio
I like most other have never really made any money out of it, the odd bits to cover materials and maybe £10 here and there but nothing major, one of the next things I fancy having a play with is steaming
oak, but need to build the steamer first and work out a way of generating enough steam to power it0 -
Saw some herb tressels today at a garden centre, they were made up of a folding X tressel when opened out a 4''x 18''x 24'' box was laid on top. This top box was divided into 12 sections where herb pots could be stored. Yes be having a go at making some
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Wow, some people are very talented, the only thing i make out of wood is sawdust,
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Made the Herb tressel ( really a Butlers Tray) finished and painted , with pots seeded up with herbs. Had to fix a temp/glass top for the seed to germinate due to the old weather. Anyway I'll see in a few weeks time. Just wish I could post pic's.
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Yep, woodwork is my thing. I have always dabbled with all sorts of wooden items, and have a small lathe which is great fun to use, mainly for making spinning tops. I currently make my own wooden traditional games and puzzles and sell them through craft fairs.
Everything is now made in my log cabin in the garden. I replaced the cold and damp concrete garage for the comfy log cabin when I realised I was never going to get the car in the garage again.0 -
I love fabricating, improving, building in all types of materials. Made a Japanese pergolas and summerhouse in our back garden and a raised deck out of reclaimed timber. Would have loved a lathe but no house, garden, garage or workshop these days.
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Have respect for those with woodworking skill, as love wooden things. Over the last year our younger son has built a garden bench with pergola for my jasmine to climb up, and a hexagonal raised planter for the stoned seating area. Both really solid, unique,
and better than anything we' ve seen in the shops(Mrs Steve)
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I’ve been interested in woodwork since my school days but since retirement I am rarely out of my workshop that I built using recycled materials from demolition sites. I have a comprehensive range of tools and machinery to the point where my wife has banned me from any woodwork shows as I always come back with a new gadget.
I enjoy wood turning bowls and pens, toy making, scroll saw work and making garden furniture for friends and family I also make picture frames.
When I’m on the laptop using Sketchup my wife will say “what are you planning to build now ?” 😂😂
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