Category woodworking

Wooden Truck

This was probably my most longest woodworking project to date. Not shown are the failed parts I had to remake and the fact that after sanding some of the dimensions are not quite right! But I’m very happy with the…

Wooden Pizza Cutter

I’m sure we’re not the only family swept up in the outdoor pizza oven craze. A homemade pizza cutter seemed an appropriate Christmas gift we could all benefit from!I used the large wheel pizza cutter kit from Turner’s Retreat. The…

Flint handle

I was asked if I could make a handle for a flint firestarter. My first thought was to use the lathe but a round handle would never fit snuggly into the sheath so I went for a round edge cuboid.…

Half dozen eggs

A gift for an old roomate and friend who passed her PhD viva. I can’t remember which woods I used but it was a different one for each egg. One of the my favourite projects and I will confess to…

Wooden Bear Skin Rug

Sometimes you see something and instantly know you have to make it! I fell in love with this instructable by KeithDecent at first sight. This is what I said in my comment: Thanks very much for the idea and tutorial!…

Kururin

While turning my first few Kururin I must have had my engineer’s hat on because I have created a number of tools to help make them. There are already instruction videos showing a number of different ways to make one…