A few months back I was at my parents and my mother mentioned that the table she used in the garden for potting plants and such like was getting a bit rotten so I offered to make a replacement. I got some measurements of what they wanted and had a bunch of wood laying around […]
Carrying on from my last post, I didn’t want to lose momentum with the organisation. The last big cabinet of drawers made such a difference to the whole workshop that I wanted to do more! I’ve had a pile growing on one of my benches for a good while now and it needed sorting. Not
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We’ve had a CNC for a number of years now, but its has always been a bit on the rubbish side. It wasn’t very rigid to say the least, with wobble in the Z axis being very pronounced. So earlier this year I found a UK company (IT Tech) doing a whole machinery kit that
The recycling boxes always looked untidy just lined up next to the stairs to my garage, so I decided to do something about it. I’ve previously made some planters for Joy to use in the garden, so I figured I’d progress to something a little bigger and made a bench that could be used for
As mentioned in the last post, I like to play with the big power tools. I’m currently learning and experimenting with a large CNC router that I finally finished. A CNC router is controlled by a computer to finely move a spindle to cut away wood. It works on a similar principle to 3d printers,
I guess its about time I wrote a post! Whilst Joy tends to be the more artistic of us and uses her hands, I tend towards the more industrial side of things and use all the power tools. This week I had a go at making some resin river coasters. River tables are very popular
