Back in the shop we have been working away on several jobs and I have taken some time to gather a few snaps of the more interesting few starting with a batch of 10No. Oak tables we were commissioned to produce for a local private nursing home. Different brief to a household table as we had specific heights and access requirements to adhere to never mind the aspect of a durable laminate work surface. After approval of the mock up, our client was pleased to receive within a short lead time, delivery of the finished consignment which were put to use shortly afterwards.

Alongside this we have been finishing of a pair of Oak rocking chairs which were interesting to say the least. We made a mock up for these as the geometry involved to generate a smooth rocking motion was completely different to that we had been involved with in any previous chair production where stability is a primary design characteristic, the opposite to a rocking chair. After a serious testing I think we have established a comfortable result and are looking forward to our clients face.

Lastly we have been making a few ornamental Oak wheelbarrow planters as gift items, please call should you be interested.

Work is continuing with the horse lorry on and off,  the upholster has finished his work so pics will be soon. Alongside this we have produced a couple of bookcases and please excuse the poor image quality.

Another recent delivery was a painted sideboard with Oak top and matching A/V unit with shelving above to a client in Belfast, the colour of both the paint and Oak really work well together.

The previously mentioned horse lorry interior is making good headway and as an indication to our progression were at the polishing stage and talk of appliances being fixed in place so all good.

I have posted a couple of images of two external Iroko doors made for a new build. They were finished with clear OSMO oil and in a short space of time have significantly transformed to a lovely deep brown, much darker than when these pictures were taken.

We are looking forward to the colour change on the garden bench which was recently commissioned as a dedication to a meaningful person.

The worktops are Black American Walnut and are finished to date with 6 coats of Tung oil, this is by far one of the best finishing treatments for a wooden worktop lending itself well to ease of maintenance and safe for food products. Both the paint for the doors/drawers and the lacquer on the Walnut doors is 2 pack which is a very durable spray finish well suited for areas where finger pulls are applied.

The island area created a great deal of working out and is really the focus of the kitchen area with knee space around the convex edge keeping both aspects of the room together. I have attached a couple of production images (please excuse the poorer quality) with the bottom image illustrating the curved doors being created by a series of 3mm MDF layers bonded together and held under pressure over a former in a bag press until the adhesive cures, this process is called lamination.

Our current project underway at the workshop is to fit out the interior of a horse lorry to include a bathroom and kitchen/living space all finished in Cherry wood with a cream leather upholstery, shall be an interesting job so say the least! Watch this space……

We have a couple of internal doors for sale as illustrated in the image below, these are surplus from a previous job and would invite offers for them, the dimensions in millimeters are 1@ 2000 x 845 x 44 & 1@ 1990 x 765 x 44. Both are made out of Tulipwood with a raised and fielded MDF panel and had a coat of primer applied. Please call to discuss further.

An update of other works at present is the painted kitchen mentioned previously has been installed and awaiting finishint touches to the island unit and we are about to finish a freestanding painted bookcase.

I have also received a few images of the Oak shelving delivered before Christmas and with a few items in place it looks really well.

Work is continuining on the Kitchen we have started and hope it’ll not be too long before it will be installed as our client is quite keen to occupy the house following some extensive building works.

Recently I was asked to machine architrave to the same profile as the sample in the picture below. After making an accurate drawing from the sample provided my tooling supplier ground cutters for my spindle moulder and I was able to run the various lengths to the exact detail. For the same client several doors were made as the picture below, these are traditionally constructed with Mortice and Tennon joints and the wood is Tulipwood/Poplar finished with a coat of white primer.

A pleasing set of trays was made out of Oak as a gift item.

Time was spent on my David Brown Selectamatic 1200 and while it has progressed from the picture below much work is still to be done.