Handmade Fine Furniture

Everyone is a different size and shape! Here is a picture of two rocking chairs which I have just completed. One is for a 6'3" man and...

The one question that I get asked most often by fellow cabinet makers who are just starting up is "How do you find new customers?". It's...

I have done many pieces of furniture which have slatted shelves and they are very popular. Here are a few examples of ones that I have...

The headrest can now be glued in place. Hal also screws this joint. But I use my Festool domino jointer to put some large dominos into it...

The front legs have been roughly shaped and these blocks screwed and glued onto the top of them. These blocks provide a good joint...

I use several different tools for shaping out the seat on a rocking chair. First though I mark out the shape of the seat with a sharpie...

Cutting the laminates for the rocker and the back braces. As I don't have a table saw, I use my band saw to cut the laminates. I then...

Rocking chairs are a fun thing to make! Lots of different techniques. I use Hal Taylor's designs and plans as a basis for my rocking...

There are hundreds of different oils, varnishes, and lacquers which are available to woodworkers for finishing their jobs. I have nearly...

Here are some pictures taken at a photo shoot at the home of Beatrix Potter in the Lake District. Lovely English quarter-sawn oak was...

My latest project is to build a rocking chair. I have never built a rocking chair before, so before even starting to design the chair I...

Now I have finished the sideboard and dining table, my next job is to make four dining chairs. The chair is based on the dressing table...

Some of the curves which are used in woodworking have a very large radius. The curves are worth doing and doing well as they make the...

Twisted handles are a speciality of mine. I originally came up with the idea by taking a thin offcut of wood and twisting it in my hands....

Fitting hinges to a cabinet is a step that I find very nerve racking. You have a beautifully made door and an equally beautiful carcase...

The oak sideboard is progressing very nicely. Over the last week I completed the carcase of it. This involved about 7 glue up sessions....

My current project is to make a tall sideboard out of oak. The sideboard will have two cupboards in it with four doors. Here are some...

It's been nearly a month since the Cumbria Life Home and Garden Show at Rheged and I realise that it looks like that nothing is going on...