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Q Turning green wood
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M y good friend Paul (or Paul-o
had been cluttering up the place for years.
It was a particular wrench to bin a few
awkwardly-sized pieces of walnut-veneered
mdf, but they were looking a bit shabby
and I did feel better for it… eventually.
as he’s known in Sydney’s
Blue Mountains) was over
for a visit recently and, like
many of us practical types,
was keen to get his hands dirty after a few
days acclimatising to the UK environment
(aka reacquainting himself with our beer).
He soon fetched up at the workshop
where his genial host (that’s me) was
endeavouring to earn a crust through some
honest toil. It’s always good to have a hand
with a job, especially when batch-producing
a run of display boxes, and it wasn’t long
before we had things sorted – it felt just like
the old days! Once we’d finished, I began
to be aware of the lack of space, clear
surfaces and general order in my normally
immaculate (ahem) workshop. I guess it’s
not until you look at something through
another pair of eyes that you can
sometimes see more clearly.
Now I’m normally very proud of my
‘shop, but even I had to admit that it was
not looking at its best just then. A steady
succession of hasty jobs had left the place
looking as though the timber recycling lorry
had just tipped a load through the door,
and a stranger would have been hard
pressed to identify the colour of the floor.
Tidy talk
There’s a lot to be said for a tidy workshop;
unless you’re disciplined it’s very easy to let
things slide when you’re working on your
own. When there’s someone else around,
all of the system shortcomings – and
especially the safety-related ones – can be
quickly and cruelly exposed. So it was last
week, but I’m pleased to announce that,
while I won’t be in line for any neat
workshop prizes, it’s easier to find things
now and visitors no longer have to worry
about tripping over offcuts or getting
tangled up in trailing power cords.
Thinking about it, I realise that I may not
be setting a particularly good example to
the rest of the woodworking fraternity with
my tales of untidiness, but the truth’s the
truth and I reckon that my place could be a
whole lot worse.
Good to share
So, if you’ve got any workshop-based news
or facts you’d like to share, or even some
before-and after-photos of your place, why
not share them with the rest of us? I never
tire of workshop stories so, whether yours
is like a hi-tech laboratory or a condemned
building, let us have the facts and help us
feel more proud about our own places.
PS
Friends like these
I reckon it’s only a good friend who can
readily and truthfully criticise, and I have to
say that Paul-o made full use of his
honoured visitor status.
As we slowly cleared the piles of offcuts,
bagged up sawdust and shavings, and put
tools and kit away, the actual size and shape
of the workshop once more became apparent.
There were moments though when I had
to grit my teeth and chuck things away that
True to form, I found a use for the
walnut mdf
about three
days later!
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CONTENTS What’s in store for
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45 A silk purse
Alan Holtham describes how he
bought a cheap Chinese own-
brand bench grinder for £2 at a
boot sale and converted it into a
two-wheel workshop polisher for
an outlay of less than £50
49 Cherry delight
Gordon Warr fells a twisted
Cheshire cherry tree and
fashions it into an unusually-
shaped occasional table full of
interesting curves
REGULARS
3 Welcome
8 News & Diary
11 News
13 Readers’ letters
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WOODWORK
TURNING
55 The thin end of the wedge
Peter Bishop raids his offcuts
box and comes up with a
weekend project – a set of
simple door wedges that make
ideal practical presents
58 Turning green!
Chris Child passes on his collected
thoughts on the art of turning
green wood, and offers some
useful tips for the novice turner
65 Three-point turn
Colin Simpson shows you how
to make a small bowl from a
cube of spalted beech, but as
you’ll see he’s put a very
different angle on it
14 Boat trials
Michael Allsop tells the tale of
how he shunned the option of a
kit-made canoe to chase his
dream – building and sailing a
lapstrake (clinker-built) plywood
model of his own devising
21 Full circle
Petros Kronis describes how to
fit a table round a tree and
create a garden retreat under
its canopy where you can enjoy
a relaxing drink or a meal with
family or friends
29 Staircase upgrade
Andy King explains that
replacing an existing staircase
balustrade – the handrail and
the infill below it – is a relatively
straightforward job as you can
buy the various components
you need off the shelf
ON TEST
72 Draper PT610V bench planer
75 Veritas dowel former
76 Festool TS55 REBQ plunge saw
78 Proxxon MP300 micro shaper
80 Metabo TS254 table saw
82 Stabila 196-2 LED spirit level
83 Charnwood Viper 2 geared
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35 Making model carts 1
Ian Wilkie says that Britain’s
agricultural heritage has left us
a wonderful assortment of farm
vehicles that offer plenty of
inspiration for the keen
modelmaker. Here’s the first
of two articles on making a
traditional model farm cart
40 Bedside manner
A bedside unit of some sort is
essential if you like a night-time
drink or a bedtime read, so you
can set your glass or your book
down somewhere safe. Peter
Bishop makes a matching pair
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