What is the last thing you made? (pics pls)

Thanks Kayak,

It's London Plane. The photo has washed it out a bit but wanted to keep it fairly pale so just using a clear polish to bring out the grain.

Ooh, London Plane is beautiful. Crazy looking grain patterns sometimes.

There is a gallery that has opened up locally I might try and supply some stuff for. Any hints or tips regarding payments commissions etc.

Most galleries will have a set percentage they add on top of your wholesale price. In my case, the shop add 35%.
She was very clear with me that I needed to work out my wholesale prices first. I couldn't sell stuff to her for the same price I might sell it for on my own website for example as it would then obviously seem very expensive in her shop.
I'm terrible at selling myself and so I'd not really considered this aspect.

You need to charge what you're worth. I find this incredibly difficult but by under valuing your craft, you also under value all craftspeople.

Thanks. No worries about undervaluing myself 🙂

I have made a few things I am proud of but not always the stuff you can stick in a gallery

Check the video out on this : http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/

Check out this drone footage of the next thing I created :

Then I moved on from events and bike parks to design and build my first car : [img] https://goo.gl/Q46IUt [/img]

Then decided the car should have interchangeable bonnets. So the Maserati 450S influenced bonnet can be swapped with just 4 bolts for the Ferrari inspired bonnet
[img] https://goo.gl/Hj7NRP [/img]

I forgot to mention snapping my foot off after building the bike park and needing a hydrotherapy tub and sauna to relax in so I built this:
[img] https://goo.gl/gZaEL5 [/img]

Then a couple of seating options
[img] https://goo.gl/FNbVRJ [/img]

[img] https://goo.gl/ZoFXxL [/img]

And most recently I 'man caved' a corner of the garage
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Now thinking of new things...

Love the paneling there.

Thanks - I was quite please with it. Just pallets and 3 different cheap B&Q varnishes

Playing with the jigsaw to add some wall art

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Pictures might actually appear when I get a reply on this thread : http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/getting-off-google-photos-what-is-free-and-better

Photos for you WCA:
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Flickr is fine.
You go to Share (little arrow thingy)>BBCode>select your size (these are large) and then copy the code that it provides and paste it in here.

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It works!

Thanks

I don't wish to alarm you but you appear to have a [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/identification-chart-for-oz-spiders ]an Albino Big Bastard spider on your wall[/url]

Made a start on a Treehouse / play house for my daughter after summer last year doing bits and bobs when I could.
It became useable just before Christmas time and still adding to it.

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Made a start on a Treehouse / play house for my daughter

What glue did you use to stick her shoes to the wood? 😆

Haha 😆

I dunno what's going on there! They're all over the shop lol

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Looks like you've built an anti-gravity shed there spectabills, there'll be a nobel prize coming your way soon

Found a tree round the corner that had been cut down and cut into loads of sections, so decided to bring one home with me.

Its been sat in the garage for a few months so decided to make a side table/foot stool/thingy.

Planed the top and bottom, took the remains of the bark of the side and sanded it all down.
Got my router out to create a faux bark effect on the sides then finished it with a couple of coats of linseed oil, then clear wax.
Put 4 rubber casters on the bottom (part recessed) and job done.
Bloody heavy still, at least 30kgs.
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Nice idea with the routed lines! Just freehand?

Nice idea with the routed lines! Just freehand?

yep just random freehand shapes works quite well IMO,
was going to make some more but my neighbour with a wood burner has been round to collect the rest for his wood store.

I've never used a router freehand - does it remain quite stable? i.e. I assumed it would be trying to wander off every-which-way.

It will wander slightly just needs a firm hand, the beauty of the above is the lines needed to be random so any 'wandering' wasn't a issue.
The rebates for the castors were kept neat but still done freehand, just marked lines out to keep inside of.

I have a new 'short nose' version of my Barchetta

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Loosely based on the Pininfarina Ferrari 250SWB but most people seem to prefer the original 'long nose' configuration designed by yours truly

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There really is some lovely stuff on this thread. I just got this back from print....

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Drawn for a local restaurant. Its all done out in a beautiful monochrome art deco style, so they wanted some artwork that reflected that. So I drew this. Its 2.5 metres wide. Got it back from the printers the other day and the print quality is fantastic. Presently its being put in a lovely, eye-waveringly expensive Italian charcoal brushed alloy custom frame. I can't wait to see it up on the wall

A vegan and raw restaurant - with your reputation!?

I know. The irony isn't lost on anyone. Least of all me 😀

We'll have to pay it a visit sometime!

Those lamps are great (both the concrete one and the he wooden. Kayak/flanagaj do you guys sell your stuff online anywhere?

Sorry. Only just seen this. All my current offerings are on my web site.

www.theconcretelab.co.uk

You could be my first sale!

Not sure if I'm the first, but you have a sale...

WCA - that new nose is gorgeous, much much better than the original nose.

This was last year, play house for the kids and some outside storage for big things to keep the shed less cluttered plus practice for building the shed this summer.

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It's slightly overbuilt - I could only find a decking website (american, side of the house stuff) and the sleepers are from a local timber place that cut their own wood (thanks for the tip timber) and are 11x7" I could barely lift them when wet.

Not sure if I'm the first, but you have a sale...

I'll get it shipped out on Monday. Thanks again.

WCA, I like the new nose a lot. Think I prefer it to the old one.

i just finished putting this back together.

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Oh my word. All that space! Just imagine the mess I could make in a workshop like that. Random tools and rags as far as the eye can see...

Oh, one more from me.

I was sanding down a piece of pallet wood and saw something in the wood grain.

Can you guys see it too?

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Is it Bishop Brennan?

A vegan and raw restaurant - with your reputation!?

binners - Member
I know. The irony isn't lost on anyone. Least of all me

Depends on how you planned to negotiate payment but I suspect you're not going to invoice for [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ge-your-crayons-out-binners ]your own height in tofu.[/url]

[i]Is it Bishop Brennan?[/i]

I was referring to the standing up plank, not the floor.

😉

Final coat of Danish oil this morning before I post it tomorrow; Mother's Day present - spalted beech 210mm diameter.
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Took my front mech off which left an ugly direct mount so I made a blanking plate from a piece of mahogany

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Almost too embarrassed to put up any of my paltry efforts after seeing the beauties that others have done, like the lamps and that rather lovely car!
I've been enjoying making butter spreaders out of some beech logs I got hold of, this one I carved entirely with the axe, while sat watching the telly; catching the off-cuts in a large tray on my lap.

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There was some final smoothing off of the rough bits with a sharp knife, but the axe did most.
Works ok for its intended purpose, too.

Finished a Pinion gearbox touring frame with S and S couplers

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More pics on [url= https://www.instagram.com/mattabowns/ ]Instaham[/url]

Here's a bunch of different designs of spreaders I've been playing around with, the three bottom ones seem to work best, the one actually on the bit of bread is my favourite so far, there's a knot in the wood that I thought might wreck it, but it gives it a bit more interest in the grain.
Going to knock out a bunch of them over time as little extra pressies for friends and relatives at Christmas and birthdays.

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If my GF saw how well you butter bread CZ I'd be single and she'd be knocking on your door.

Last thing I made was beer...
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I got fed up of our TV on a little table and the DVDs scattered everywhere, so more shonky woodwork from me. Attempted a blind sliding dovetail, no screws or glue, needed a big hammer to assemble!

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Seems to work 😀

how many sockets in that corner and an extension lead 😳 😮 😉

looks a neat solution though.

Beautiful bowl Househusband.

Excuse my ignorance 18BikesMatt, but what and why are S&S couplers? To take the bike to bits?