easy wood projects - Appreciating the little things

easy wood projects

Every now and again I drop a box of off-cuts from the machine room to my neighbours for fire wood. They are always amazed at the variety and quality of the "kindling" that we create down here in the workshop. Cheesy as it may sound, it made me appreciate what we are surrounded by on a daily basis.

I guess it kind of goes without saying that woodworkers love wood. Sometimes I find it hard to explain the sense of elation I get from those first passes with the plane or jointer to find what lies beneath that rough sawn surface. Its great to see the big wide grin on peoples faces when they bandsaw through something in search of that perfect bookmatch and they find what they are looking for...its common here for people to walk round and show everyone what they have just discovered within their flitch, its too beautiful to not get excited about!

Before I returned to my bench the other night for some late night planing, I had a walk around to see what wood is being crafted at the moment..

Olea Europa, wind blown olive wood from Italy..

Quercus Alba. Quarter-sawn American White oak..

Quilted sycamore, and some crispy dovetails there from resident craftsman Thorkild Hansen..


A piece of Acacia Koa from the Hawaiian Islands, given to John by our friends at Hearne Hardwoords..

A nice set of bookmatched maple veneers..

And last but not least, full-time student Tim Gemmell was so happy with the walnut shavings he made the other day that he got the camera out..

Last night to celebrate the end of chair-making, the ceremonial burning of mock-ups took place in the school car park. It was quite a sight! And so too are the 8 finished(ish) chairs that have replaced them..tune in next week for some great pictures of the past few days here at CFW..

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