Inspiration Ever since I was little, I’ve loved the look of vintage radio sets. I never much cared for the crackly, low quality sound which came out of them, but I loved the look. I’ve not had a radio in the workshop since I rebuilt… Read More »‘Carlton Football Club’ Antique Style Shop Radio
What is the most ubiquitous wood working project you can think of? A box? A birdhouse? How about a spice rack? This is one that has been on my to do list for years, I keep telling my wife I’m going to do it, but… Read More »A spice rack? A Spice Rack!
Flattening the slab top with a router, gluing up the frame, and hiding all of my mistakes! All this and more in Part Two of building my workbench! Why wait? Click play! Once again, I’ll add more detail about each step in a weeks time.… Read More »Building a solid and cheap Workbench – Video Part Two
Late in 2016 I started thinking about Christmas presents. After all, if I’m going to call myself a woodworker, I’d better start coming through with the goods. The goods in this case, are a Calendar holder for my wife. Each year my wife orders a… Read More »Building a Calendar Holder from Hardwood
Ah, poison. I just don’t get enough of it in my day to day life. So it was nice to step back during this project and be able to throw up clouds of dust and contaminate my working environment, just great… Ok, yeah, so that… Read More »How I made a bookshelf
5 years ago we had to move our eldest out of her baby bed, so that her little sister could have it, so that the new baby on the way could take the crib from the little sister. Follow that? It took a while to convince… Read More »Single Bed Plans
We’ve been in this house for around 11 years now I think, buying a year or so before we got married. I’m guessing the letterbox has been here for around 20 or 30 years, it has seen better days. I recently received a load of… Read More »Building a Letterbox
Well this project turned out to be pretty popular. Lots of emails and questions about it, here are plans in both PDF and SketchUp format. DOUBLE CHECK MEASUREMENTS BEFORE USING THESE FREE PLANS. There are a couple of small mistakes in them, think before you… Read More »Mega Shoe Box Plans
Well, last weeks video went over better than I ever expected! I guess it really fills a need for a lot of woodworkers. Not everyone has a saw with the ability to take a stack set, or maybe simply like me they don’t have the… Read More »Box Joint Jig Follow Up
I was really happy with the way the first version of this jig turned out, so when it was time to rebuild it in a more accurate and efficient way, I decided to film the process too. The results were great, pretty much perfect fitting… Read More »Single Blade Box Joint Jig Plans
Every few months there is a fad toy that every kid wants. When I was a child it was at different times; slap bands, ninja turtle figures, tamagotchi, gameboys, the Atari and a whole lot more that I can’t even remember. Basically these toys had… Read More »Rainbow Loom Nail Art
Do you know what having 3 kids means? It means that there is a whole lot of craft supplies hanging around the house… In the futile fight against the mess, I thought I’d make a new pencil case for the kids to use. For kicks,… Read More »Hedgehog Pencil Case