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First Rocking Horse
My wife had bought me a book on making rocking horses many years ago. Big hint? Ignored it, too many other interests. Loaned it to a cousin. He took a course, built a horse and returned the book. I had...
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First Rocking Horse
My wife had bought me a book on making rocking horses many years ago. Big hint? Ignored it, too many other interests. Loaned it to a cousin. He took a course, built a horse and returned the book. I had...
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Thomas the Tank Engine
Grandson (older brother of granddaughter who wants the appaloosa rocking horse) was into Thomas. Parents wanted storage cupboard. While on reflection this may have bruised copyright this was my answer....
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Fairy garden table and stool set
One of my daughters gave me several Western Red Cedar verandah posts about 3 metres long. Turned them on the lathe to make legs. Bought several off-cuts from local hardware of stair treads, 270mm x...
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My first lazy susan and a matching trivet thanks to Larry's inspiration
When one of my sons-in-law died in an accident 12 years ago, I retained timber from his favourite desk (the mottled pieces, do not know the species). I have found a use for them here and made this for...
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First Intarsia
Thanks to Judy Gale Roberts et al for the inspiration. We lost a grandson at 6 weeks. Every year since, my Wife Elaine and I have bought a bear ornament for the Christmas tree. This year Jarrod would...
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First Chess Board
I had a 19 y-o grandson with behaviour problems. He is severely epileptic and that causes some very sharp mood swings. He loves Chess, which I taught him many years ago and is fairly good at it so I...
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Trivet with a difference and great present for friends overseas
One of my grand-daughters wanted to go on a humanitarian trip to a poor village in Borneo to assist the villagers in a number of ways. Tashi worked 2 part-time jobs all year while doing year 10 at...
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First cutting boards
Imitation is flattery so I hope Rick Koorman feels good about the pair of opposites which I made from Padouk and Ash. Larry, end grain doesn’t always rock as the third one would have gone too dark but...
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First Cheese Board and knife
Very “touristy” but just something I wanted to do. All recycled Australian hardwoods. Last week they were a fence and a broken table leg. To include Tasmania I put in the ice-bridge that existed in the...
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Latest cutting board
You are right, degoose, boards are addictive. This is made from Tasmanian Blackwood, Tasmanian Cheesewood, Tasmanian Oak, Jarrah and American Black Walnut and I love it. Last board for a while as I am...
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Trivet cum platter with a difference
One of my daughters saw this in the Aust/NZ edition of House and Garden last August. These are prototypes as per the H&G article but too heavy for my liking. Got a heap of Paulownia double-bed...
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Another tumbling block lazy susan
Tasmanian Blackwood with redgum surround, approx 53 cm diameter
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Intarsia for granddaughter's wall
Approx 20cm high, design from a posting by a member a long time ago for an on-line class in intarsia. Log is real driftwood, frog is cut from Radiata Pine, stained with food dyes then clear laquered....
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More cutting boards
Three of end-grain of selected Cypress pine and one of various other woods. The Cypress Pine with the handle was made by only glueing up the centre pieces to about 20mm either side of the proposed...
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Pinto rocking horse
Back in some action after helping my wife through cancer and a knee replacement so completed my second full-size rocking horse but painted for the children this time rather than the adults and they...
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serving board with a difference for hors d euvres
Jelutong centre (scrap from Pinto Rocking Horse) and Jarrah sides. I thought about what is missing from these boards and decided it was knives/spreaders and toothpicks. Concealed rare earth...
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Cutting board with 7 woods
Repeated pattern across the board of from left is Ash, a wood I found (an old bed thrown on the nature-strip) but cannot identify,Tasmanian Cheesewood, Purpleheart, New Guinea Rosewood, Tasmanian...
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