Angled Dovetail Chest Complete

I've just completed this small chest with angled dovetails all round. The panels are book matched spalted beech and the rest of the chest is olive ash with the feet painted black.
An 6 page article showing all the constructions and measurements will be appearing in Furniture and Cabinet Making magazine in due course.
The dovetails were all cut free hand using a wonderful Skelton Long Stroke Dovetail Saw (se last picture)

Wall Shelf Project

I've just finished this wall shelf for our hallway. It's made from book matched walnut and rippled olive ash.

The front edge has a tapering chamfer which was fun to do. The end to end book match was joined with Dominoes and the front support was located with dowels and screwed from the rear. The top was attached with dominoes and the whole thing was mounted with shop made brass hangers.

FOR SALE ON E BAY SOME VERY NICE PLANES

I have a few nice planes up for auction on E Bay at the moment. A great Bridge City CT 8 block plane   https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153617407444

  A rare Norris A 14

A Lie Nielsen 2000 Limited edition white bronze plane

A fantastic Stanley No1
Below a classic Holtey No 98 as well as planes by Oliver Sparks etc.

New Work Bench

I've been making a new bench to take to shows, I've got fed up with lifting a full sized bench in and out of the car. Although it's only 4' long it's got a 4" thick iroko top and a frame made from 3 1/2" square pine. It's as solid as a rock and perfect for dovetailing.
An article on the build will be coming in Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine in due course.

Spoon Making

I've always been drawn to carved spoons so I decided to buy the knives and have a go.
Splitting out the log was easier than I imagined, here is some mildly spalted birch which was very attractive.

After a practice, this is how my second spoon turned out, not bad but hand aches!

Wonderful Little Dovetailed Smoother

Nigel sent me these pictures of a lovely little plane he made. It features cupids bow dovetails on both the sides and sole and has a super tight mouth. It has a nice quarter sawn cocobolo infill for stability as well as looks and a nice thick blade bedded at 59 degrees. The quality of the details is superb which is no surprise as he is a professional violin maker. You can see some of his work here.
https://www.facebook.com/NigelMelfiViolins/

Swedish Work Bench for Sale on E Bay at a Bargain price!!

I spotted this fine Swedish work bench currently for sale on E Bay. It has a very useful shoulder vice and a proper tail vice. At £250 it's an absolute bargain!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/carpenters-work-bench/123827529871?hash=item1cd4b2288f:g:JtQAAOSwumJdIc8~