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Archive for January, 2018

Turning Scrap Car Parts into Funky Upcycled Furniture

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

This week we are finishing off the breakfast bar with some up-cycled car parts!  I’ll not pretend I knew I was going to use scrap car parts for this project – the idea occurred to me as I was dismantling this old Citroën BX car to harvest aluminium to make cnc castings with (see here for […]

Making an Oak Breakfast Bar

Thursday, January 18th, 2018

Unusual things I do in this little ‘woodworking’ instalment: remove a radiator, make a guide fence for the the 18V planer, create a big-ass wooden hinge, talk about wood glue spreading, cut down a twist drill and re-grind a super long carbide insert masonry drill for use in wood, make a rudimentary drill guide, etc […]

Making a Stove Top Fan From Junk

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

Lets make a cool little stove top ecofan. A fan that uses the warmth of the wood burner to power itself, and blows that heat about the place, essentially aiding in the exchange of heat from the fire to the room. Ok so that’s the sales line anyway, I must admit to being a bit […]