Rich67

I love the table . Is the Ash bent using lamination or steam?
Whats the market like for your lights, do you sell many of them?


Cheers, Nice job

Rich

I like the bench. I must do one sometime. My plastic garden furniture looks a bit ragged..!!

Nice assortment of work, I like the varied work ok, a change from the same old...!
Love the table slab...Nice colours there...

Cheers

Rich

Very nice.

Hi,

All great works I have to say, good luck to them all.
Can I also ask how the low table is made?

Cheers

Rich

Very impressive, I love Aquariums!!

I like it. Can I ask, have you any pointers for putting in the contrasting wood around the joint. I'm doing something similar, not curved though! Thanks

Rich

Love the shape. I like the curves and I like glass myself .

Its a pity you cant have fund raisers. Lovely guitar. Well made. Not sure what you could do, could you get a sponsor, like a local shop, even to lend you the money? Or is it possible that you could get a small grant?

Cheers

Rich

Very nice. I love the recycling aspect of it and the fact that you keep the original bark and all, lovely.

Nicely finished. You deserve a few dollars for that !!! And a few dinners there with them...!
Did you ever think of making a sled for flattening the table using a router? Bit less effort.

Cheers

Rich

By the way, its and Energy saving light. Fluresent bulb...fyi.

Hi There, its about 32" tall. The widest part is about 13", the inner about 11.5" I dident work off a plan as such, I just wanted it to be fairly high and slim. I,m going to do one thats much taller with several lights in it!!
Hope that answers your question.

Happy New Year.

rich

Beautiful and very well made. How long did it take?
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Rich

Thats a fantastic table! I especially love the inclusion of the river rock. Very artistic I think. Good luck with it. I still have to watch the video and look forward to it...

Nice Job. Yes, I'd say it was hard work. Love all the contrasting woods. Nice finish.

Glad you like it,
If you want more information then give me a shout....:)

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Rich

Cool interview, very witty man and talented. Love the tables too, great press too for 'Finewoodworking' . I liked his original title for his sled !!! lol.

Hi John,

I like your table. Its nice that it was made from reclaimed wood too.
Nicely finished too...

Cheers

Rich

Hi Nick, thanks for the comment, fair one too. Like I said, this is my fist chair. I'd certainly do that when i get around to making another!!
I Like your own stuff...it looks very well..
Cheers

Rich

Doug,

Your piece is very nice but I wonder are you in a completely different league to the rest of us. Is this a form of free advertising which I gather is not prevented but to be honest I think large commercial outfits and big money earners, would they be bothered even looking at a magazine such as Finewoodworking???

I love it. Love those natural type of slabs, when they are done up they have real character, more so than the engineered pieces i think.

Rich

I love the contrast and the curved legs, very nice job.

Hi, Very Nice. Love the curved surfaces. I think it always makes a piece come alive and also shows the care put into it, and some long hours I'd say!
Well finished too. I'll have to give the linseed oil a go. I usually go for Danish oil myself.
Cheers
Rich

Nice!!

I use the Bandsaw to do the whole job and it works a treat for me. No table saw needed. A little cleanup and bingo...

Very nice i must say. I love the contrast. Nice clean lines too.

Hi There,

I love the look of the plane. I'm sure it handles very well too.

I like cats too!!

:)

I love the light. I especially love the fact that you try to capture something happening in nature....
Its elegant.

Rich

Very nice Michael. I love the shape and i love working with Walnut too.
How long did it take you to build it?

Cheers


Rich

Finally made one of these. I can adapt it for other uses too. Great idea , now my blade is always 'bang on' !!! Cheers

Lovely. Nice contrast.

Looks good. Cant wait to see what you can make up!

Crazy price. I think i could get quite a lot of wood for that price. Dont see myself ever using one of those things, its for the less skilled craftsman !!!

Hi Stef,

I love your chair. I love the curves too. Are you inspired by the Sam Maloof type chairs?

I'm trying to build a chair with a shape similar to the outer pieces you have but with this shape all the way through it, with the exception of the seat piece which it also forms from the one piece. I was going to steam bend but decided it was too difficult.
We'll have to talk.

Nice chair .

Cheers

Rich

Hi, I want to eventually build one of these. Have you any plans by the way. ?
Nice planes though.


Rich

Hi There, well done on the bench. It certainly is a nice piece of work. I'm doing one myself out of solid beech but only 2 inches thick. I think this is enough.
I cant wait till its finished as i want to do a few things.
Did you include any holes for bench dogs, i'm not sure if i should bother. I might put a few in. Its easy enough i guess.

I like the storage for chisels and screwdrivers etc on the side. I 'll have to do same.

Cheers

Rich

Hi There, like the bench you have there. Noticed it because i'm in the middle of building one myself. I see your into the boats. I build the model ones . Like the divers suit you have on ...lol...looks like something from the Jacques Cousteau era!!
Cheers, nice workshop by the way.. Wish mine was that clean!

Rich

Very nice detail. I love those dovetails. You'd know they were hand made. Nice table. Cheers, Rich

Very nice. Yes, where did you get the control elements?
Cheers

Rich

Very nice, well balanced and i love the thought gone into the
Art/shape side of it. Lovely lines too...
Good work..

Hi There, I love it. I think the contrast is great. I love
working with Walnut and Maple too.
At present i'm redoing my workbench!!. I need a new top !
I use Tung oil a lot too.

Have you ever done any steam bending? This is something i want to get into as i want to buils a chair from solid pieces of walnut strip!

Cheers

Rich

Thats great work. Was the the front from a solid piece or was it steam bent first?
Nice to see something different for a change.

:)

Thats great work, wow. Have to say that i dont think i'd want to spend that much time on something. I find a lot of the work i've put into items is ignored by the general family and friends. They just dont appreciate the skill level required. I usually get ' o thats nice ' .
I hope you leave it in a prominent place...

All the same, nice work ....

Thanks for all the info here. I bought one of these dials in the uk . I'll have to make up the jig over xmas. Finially i can get my blade 100%. Chees, happy holiday to all. Rich

Thanks a lot.

Now to re-do my bench. Needs a re-vamp!

Rich

Has anyone out there made a 'bull nose' plane?

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Rich

Hi There John,

I was actually more interested in the boat. I build these types of ships as a hobby. Have a few. Cheers Rich

Hi there, They look great. I'm thinking of making something similar for a need of mine too.. Cheers

When i saw that rocking chair by David, i just went , WOW!! When i heard and saw how he did it, it suddenly dawned on me that i should be teaching myself to steam bend for some of the projects i'm eager to do too!
It must have been fantastic to meet up with Sam, an icon really in the woodworking profession, RIP.
I hope you show us more of your work david, cheers and good
luck with your chairs, Fabulous job.

Rich

fantastic. Why dident i think of this ? LOL :)

I have to say first of all that woodwork is a bit of
an art and a good deal of skill and imaganation too.
I think Dovetails are great to be able to do and i try to achieve this type of finish as a way of showing off the skill level. This is probably whats mixing up the argument here. Probably a bit of the snob level when infact people should not be hung up on the fact that its the 'b' all and end all of woodwork because its not. Everyone to there own. Once a finish of a piece is well finished then thats all that matters, in my view. In fact i wouldent be graet at doing dovetails by hand , i use the woodrat which is a great little tool i have to say. I've mastered this to a 'T' and its great. The dovetails from this machine look like they have been done by hand. Anyway, thats my little bit!!!