Wooden Tumbler Lock
I loved FarmCraft101’s videos on his wooden locks and wanted to make my own one. At the time of starting it, I was in between jobs so it kept me entertained and a welcome distraction from LinkedIn. I decided to…
Dinosaur Hoody
My Christmas project this year was to make a hoody for myself. The pattern was from WardrobeByMe and was quite easy to follow, although the hoody caused me a lot of confusion. I used to make my own juggling balls…
Wood Universal Joint
I roughly followed the design for two connected universal joints described in Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood. It doesn’t serve any purpose at all except to amuse me for a few minutes if I’m bored! Further reading on universal joints…
Christmas Cards 2022
The Christmas cards from 2021 went well so I thought I’d do a new design for 2022. This year the robot has a helper to pull his sleigh. I used the same machine as last time (a clone of AxisDraw).…
Horse spaghetti portion
My mum has a hungry horse called Basil. I thought a spaghetti portion measuring device for their kitchen should have an option for a greedy person (or nag)!
Unicycle Tour de Dyson 2022
Last Thursday I did the 68 mile (110km) Tour De Dyson on my unicycle. There was plenty of rain, thunder and lightning to keep things interesting! It was the longest ride I’ve done so far and a great day out.…
Wooden Zipper
This was one of those projects you think you can do in a weekend and two months later you have finally finished. Granted, I haven’t spent that much time on it, but still! The tutorial on how to make a…
Folding stools
There are various similar designs for this kind of stool but I followed Steve Ramsey’s excellent YouTube tutorial. Getting everything to fit together with a smooth folding action was slightly tricky. My second stool works much better than the first…
Wooden Lego Man
Spring was transistioning into summer and I thought it was time to start a “substantial” project. Making a giant wooden minifig took longer than expected even with this excellent tutorial by Simon Beggs. I’ll make another one someday because it’s…
Chopping board with inlay
I nice piece of elm had sat in my racking for a couple of years screaming to be used. This was a relatively simple project; I removed the bark, added the inlays and sanded it within an inch of it’s…
