Bespoke Rocking Chairs
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...
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How do I find new work?
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...
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Making a slatted shelf
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...
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Making a rocking chair - part 5
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...
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Making a rocking chair - Part 4
The front legs have been roughly shaped and these blocks screwed and glued onto the top of them. These blocks provide a good joint...
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Making a rocking chair - part 3
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...
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Making a rocking chair - part 2
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...
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Making a rocking chair - Part 1
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...
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Testing different finishes for table tops
There are hundreds of different oils, varnishes, and lacquers which are available to woodworkers for finishing their jobs. I have nearly...
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My first rocking chair
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...
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Rocking Chair
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...
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Chair making
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...
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Large radius curves
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...
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Twisted Handles
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....
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Hinge fitting
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...
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Progress on oak sideboard
The oak sideboard is progressing very nicely. Over the last week I completed the carcase of it. This involved about 7 glue up sessions....
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Oak Cupboard
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...
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What's going on in my workshop?
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...
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