On to the biggest and most ambitious project so far, a double bed. The idea I had in mind for this bed was fairly chunky and rustic, and to match the storage ottomon in colour and style – I guess the next thing for the bedroom suite will probably need to be side tables… Tooling … [Read more…]
We are a little short on storage space in our house so the solution I decided on is a storage ottomon (or chest – however you want to refer to them) for the bedroom, they’re very handy for storing sheets/towels/jumpers/etc. really any large volume items. At this point I’m also planning a double bed to match … [Read more…]
In our current house we have no spare space for a desk so I thought a laptop tray would be a pretty hand alternative – and as it turns it was a good call since I’m using it right now. By this point I also have a few off cuts of wood lying around leftover … [Read more…]
After getting my hands on a farmhouse table that needed re-finishing I decided to knock up a pair of benches to go with it, thinking of the two-tone farmhouse style that’s pretty popular at the moment. So this project was to design and fabricate some benches. Tooling After some enthusiastic talk about DIY I’ve picked … [Read more…]
So my first post – ooh exciting! This also gives me an opportunity to demonstrate some larger modelling projects in OpenSCAD – but since I learnt to use OpenSCAD from Simon I will be leaving those tutorials to him. Right let’s get too it. This was actually my first woodworking project, a fairly simple TV … [Read more…]