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25.01.2022 I designed this breadboard/cheeseboard just for fun as I wanted to do something different. The timber off cuts are Brushbox, Hoop pine, Rosewood, Ebony, Red Gum, Spotted Gum and Tasmanian Oak. They have been cut in uneven strips, glued then cut by a bandsaw and a strip of veneer added 3 times, planed to thickness. I also did not want a simple rectangle shape so I cut a curve on one side, then routered all edges for a nice smooth finish, sanded then stained with Cabotts Jarrah stain and finished with Orange Oil. I have different designs in my head but for the moment, this one will do.

22.01.2022 This board full of holes is a specifice order by a client that wanted a Doterra display board where she could place an assortment of her "oils" into. The board is from Grey gum, all the sharp corners are cut off and shaped and it is machined to a flat and even surface. There are 3 different size holes in the board and there are 42 of them (now you don't have to count them) . The holes were painted in matt black to hide the drill marks and the rest of the board is finished with Cabotts water based satin finish.

17.01.2022 5 floating shelves are ready to be installed for 3 soon to be very happy customers (I hope ). 3 different orders, 3 different timbers. Brushbox, stringy bark and Vanuatu sustainable timber sandlewood.

15.01.2022 This Japanese garden is near where I live and the person that owns it is very much Australian but just loves his Japanese garden. It looks great but what I like more is that the gate and the bridge were build and installed by me and are absolutely looking fantastic in this setting. I have more work to do for the owner in the future and I will keep you informed as it happens. The garden is also not finished yet but I know what will happen and it will look even better than what it is now.

13.01.2022 Another 2 customers happy today, just in time for Christmas. Those 5 bookshelves are made of Tasmanian Oak and had to be installed without having any brackets shown. I had to design and manufacture those brackets as I could not find what I needed. The plank was from a "hasbeenatree" which is rather rare. The kids now have a place to hang their schoolbags.

10.01.2022 This Japanese lantern is made from American oak and Australian Rose Gum. You can see the rough timber left overs in the first picture and the final product in the second picture. There were 48 steps in between and I have taken a picture of most stages. It was made for the same person where I build the Japanese bridge and entry gate for. I also bought a Japanese pull saw for this as you can see in pic 3 and this was not a luxury, I needed this to make the specific saw cuts ...in the timber to be able to connect them, see pic 4, 5 & 6. The lantern is 250 mm wide at the bottom, 300 mm at the top of the square frame, 350 mm wide at the roof and 380 mm high in total. For those imperial people, 10 inch, 12 inch, 14 inch and 15 inch. The windows and roof were stained with Japanese Black stain from Cabot’s and initially coated with 3 coats of Cabot’s Danish oil and finished with two coats of Cabot’s exterior satin clear lacquer Marine grade, the main frame was only treated with the Danish oil and finished with 2 coats of marine grade lacquer. The entire roof structure did not get treated with the Danish oil but with 3 coats of the exterior Marine grade lacquer. The base of the lantern internally was made of waterproof ply as were the sides of the roof structure. The windows and the roof are made of the Oak and the remaining timber is from Rose Gum. I don’t have to explain the intricacies of the construction of this lantern as you can see this in the pictures, needless to say it was time consuming but I loved every minute of it. To give you an idea of the difficulty, all mitred cuts are made at 7 degrees angle and this carried through from the uprights of the main frame all the way to the windows including the tiny cross members in the windows. There will be a light installed and I have made a hollow post for this and you will get to see those pictures when the entire project is installed and working. I have included a picture of the example I got, see picture two, to make this lantern from and I would like you feedback on that for the comparison. See more

10.01.2022 This garden bench was made from a slab of Grey Gum and the legs from reclaimed Iron Bark. The legs had suffered from years of neglect and to ensure it's strenght and to be able to connect the seat and backrest onto it, I added some steel brackets to them, including to the bottom to keep the timber of the ground hopefully having them last a lot longer that way. The slabs were too wide to put through my planer/thicknesser so I had to machine them "by hand" by setting up my rout...er and leveling it up that way. This meant a lot more sanding of course but the end result is still a nice smooth finish. The sanding was done to 120 grit and lacquered with Cabott's clear, satin Marine oil based. The legs were only partly sanded and then only on the outsides with an angle grinder and 80 grit paper to take the roughest of the chainsaw cuts away so as to leave most of the character and then coated with the same lacquer. You can see the bench in its pride of place in the back garden. See more

09.01.2022 I was asked to repair a 50+ year old chair that came from India. The owner had asked a few other people but none was willing to try this as it was very intricate. Unfortunately I did not take any before pictures but you can see the problem anyway. The smallest of the two pieces had to be bend and twisted into place of the broken and missing piece in the back of the chair. The pictures show the progress of the repair and the final picture of the back of the leg and the back of the chair are a bit shiny and were taken when the lacquer with stain was still wet. When dry, you could not see the difference between the repair job and the real thing.

09.01.2022 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

08.01.2022 This lampshade is made from American Oak and/or Oak veneer where needed. E.g. both top and bottom half rounds are veneered plywood and this also applies to the half round backing strips and side strips. all those were veneered whilst they are only 5 mm thick and 15mm wide plywood strips. All in all, a very time consuming job but very enjoyable. There were plenty of challenges on how to fix this all together but I love a good challenge and all were met on this project. The fla...t centre piece and all dowels are solid timber. You can see the entire project in all the pictures step by step, on the band saw, sanding, gluing, more sanding etc. Lacquer by Cabotts clear satin water based Laqcuer. The plywood was either to thin or to thick for what I needed so I did what I have never done before, glue to different thicknesses together and than push it through the thicknesser to get the right thickness required. The lamp is 385mm high and 305mm wide. I love questions about the lamp and the process. See more