Gallery Goodness, 20th April 2020
It’s another special bumper edition today and we have the privilege of posting a plethora of positively praiseworthy pictures. So sit back, relax and scroll south!

Adjustable Baby/Toddler High Chair by Ian Hemphill
I designed and built this adjustable baby/toddler high chair for my grandson’s first birthday. I repurposed some old ikea barrel bolts that I had kept kicking around, so that opening the sides to reposition the seat and footrest as he grows is easy, and the chair can be taken apart and stored flat when he grown out of it, waiting for HIS children. Or, it’s strong enough that I can replace the seat and footrest with steps for use as a kitchen stepladder when he grows out of it. The nuts for the barrel bolts are epoxied in place and covered with plugs,so they will never get lost, and the hex-wrench has a special home in one of the legs so that you never have to go looking for it. White oak side frames and red oak seat and back. It took a mashup of all the techniques that I’ve learned from Paul over the last few years, but it was tremendously satisfying! Hand tools rule 😊.

Wallclock by Bill Godefroid
Made this wall clock to auction off at a charitable bike ride.

Adjustable Weaver’s Bench by Robert Bellairs
An adjustable height bench for weavers working at a loom. Made from ash. There are many dead ash trees in our area. My son cuts down trees, and makes boards on his saw mill. I planed down the boards, and finished the bench with Minwax Golden Oak.

Shoe Tidy by rayc21
Made from pine finished with three coats of mat varnish

Sign Board by rayc21
Wood is Beech. Carved lettering in Mat Red paint. Finished with full covering three coats of mat varnish.

Chest of Drawers by Paul Bowes
Chest of drawers, maple finished with danish oil and clear bri wax. joints sliding dovetail, half lap and full dovetail, housing joints. Tools, saw, chisels, hand router, #4 and #51/2 Stanley planes, and cabinet scraper

Mantel Clock by Greg Nuckols
Mantel Clock made from one 4″ wide, 4′ long piece of walnut and inspired by the Wallclock project


Keepsake Box by Geoff Bird
Keepsake box made with Maple, Teak, Purpleheart and maple conch shell inlay

Cherry Sideboard by schumie
This is a culmination of all I’ve learned from Paul over the last 6 years. Dovetails, through-tenons, and housing dados were all incorporated in the design. Besides milling, everything was done with hand tools.

Sofa Server by Roberto Fischer
Sofa server using leftover workbench white fir

Saw Handle Reshaping by Ermir Agaci
I reshaped the handle of the S&J tenon saw. No saw screws available, so I worked with the blade on. Amazing how some hours of rasp, file and sand paper work transform an ugly and uncomfortable handle. The saw works better now that it is a Spear & Jackson & Sellers.

Desktop Organiser by Otto Vanderkooi
A modified cherry and maple version for a small computer stand

Small Keepsake Boxes by Otto Vanderkooi
Practice boxes maple/paduak and walnut with curly maple

Simple Bedside Table by Eric Noble

Bread Stow by henrysingleton
The main box is salvaged silky oak from a ~90 year old bed frame. The board is made from turpentine.

Wallclock by Michael Chatzipetros
Pine, shellac finish, wax polish

Bookshelves by Michael Chatzipetros
Spruce, water base finish

Saw Handle Reshaping by Ermir Agaci 2
This is the 24″ S&J. 2 out of three; I find it hard to concentrate on other tasks now, I only want to reshape the 22″.



Keepsake Box by Luca Taylor
Ash and Walnut mitred keepsake box, Luca Taylor age 13

Tool Drawer Organiser by Scott Smith
Walnut and elm. Really happy with this.

Dovetail Saw by Matthew Newman
Hand shaped handle in Cherry, hardware and saw were part of a kit

Workbench by Michael George
Paul Sellers style workbench w/ flush mounted Milwaukee vise, Roubo style planing stop & holdfasts. Poplar benchtop w/ Walnut, Hickory & Red Oak. Douglas fir legframes. 62″L x 28 ¹/⁴”W x 38 ¹/²”H

Spoon by Daniel Majul
I took notice about spoon carving Paul, and even though I’m trying to learn other skills, I found in spoon carving a very pleasant hobby! I used mulberry and a bit of kolrosing to enhance it.

Bandsaw Box by Josef Zahn
Bandsaw Box Oak finished Witz shellack and wax
Thank you to everyone who has sent a picture in!
If you would like to submit a picture to the gallery, please use the submissions form.
I really enjoy seeing the results of all the talented people that submit their work. So amazing!
ERMIR AGACI,
I see you made the “wiggly snake”. I started making the jig for doing
the cuts but realized my back saw “kerf” may be to large. What size is the kerf on the saw you used for the snake ? My back saws kerf is 1.1mm(0.04″) and it has 13 TPI. What do you think ? Do I need a finer better back saw ? I don’t have 100 dollars to spend on a new saw.
Thanks, Dave