Post and Rung Stool

This is a post and rung stool completed a while back.

This stool was the result of a growing interest in green woodworking, Windsor chairs and turned work which led to picking up an old lathe on Ebay.

This was my first attempt at making a piece from a tree that I picked out and watched being felled, split using wedges and a sledge hammer and turned on the lathe whilst it was still green.

The seat is Paracord, which is available in a large range of colours and so far it's holding up well.

This is the first in a series of stools and chairs with each one building on the lessons learned from those before it.

Oak Bookcase

I've recently completed the bookcase that I've been working on over the last few months.

The bookcase, in European oak, was made to overall dimensions supplied by the client to fit into a space set aside for it at their home.

I'm happy with the look of the finished piece and the clients were very pleased.

I can't believe that a year has past since my last post! There have been a few developments in my life; the big one was the birth of our daughter, Kimberly Anh, in October and she's been keeping us all busy/awake/on our toes since the moment she came into the world.

We've moved having found a place with a garden for our boy to run around and he's already at home digging up worms and collecting snails with mum.

I made a wall storage unit for the local preschool which has been put to good use for a while now and I have an oak bookcase nearing completion; the bookcase is a big piece, almost 2m long.

I'm looking forward to seeing it assembled for the last time once I've finished applying the oil and wax having decided to pre-finish because of the number of corners. I'll post some photos as soon as it's done.

I'll shortly be making a start on some green wood chairs which I've been looking into; I've sourced the hand tools needed and have a shave horse almost complete. I plan to start with post and rung stools and chairs to get a feel for the tools, etc. and have my sights set on making a contemporary Windsor rocker.


It's pretty clear that blogging doesn't fit into my routine so I'm thinking of making some changes to the site to change things around and it seems I'm not alone in this having come across sites of other makers that have also found regular blogging difficult.


Thanks for reading.