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Trellis For Climbing Rose
I’ve been keeping some small left over transport battens around for a while now, and it turns out they were made from Alder. At the same time we needed some support for a climbing rose we’ve planted next to our pergola. So to put the battens to use I made a small trellis for it…
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Fence Gate
This was a fairly quick project where I built a fence gate, trying to match the existing pattern of the battens. I had a time constraint of a few hours and had to move my tools to a new location. The table saw was the main tool for this job, and the materials used were…
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Copycat Mini Stool
I made some mistakes with the previous stool, related to how I used the Domino and how I messed up shaping the angles, so I wanted to try again with my new learnings. It’s fascinating how the complexity grows as soon as you transition from box shapes into three dimensional tapers. There is a smaller…
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Bar Stools
We needed two bar stools for a kitchen island and because I still have plenty of oak left I decided to make two simple stools from what was originally 45×28 mm battens. For this project I wanted to try something new so I made a slightly curved seat by gluing together three 4mm plywood sheets,…
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House Detail
Due to some recent leakage we’re currently having the roof of our house replaced. While inspecting some areas one the sc. Frontispiece I noticed that there seemed to be a piece missing at the ridge of the roof. There were existing cutouts for some form of decorative piece so I decided to try and re-create…
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Plate Rack
This plate rack I designed by taking inspiration from both old and new models of the Internet. Clean straight lines for the most part, but then with some rounded profiles to finish the edges on the sides, plus a small profile on the plate support stretchers to spice it up a little. I made this…
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Pencil Box
I wanted to do a small project where I could somehow involve my daughter, without risking her life. Using a leftover piece of oak I milled five pieces that would fit together using small rabbet joints. My daughter was responsible for putting glue on the pieces and later for applying the finishing oil
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Mass Producing
Since I still have plenty of oak laying around and the kids garden chair I recently made makes a pretty good present for people with kids, I decided to make two more for some close friend. I’m pretty happy about the fact that I managed to make both of new ones pretty much exactly the…
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Less Cheap Garden Bench
I was very happy with how my cheap garden bench design turned out: robust and sturdy but with a more sleek appearance. A friend just bought a house so I decided to make another one as a house warming gift. However I’d feel bad about giving something away that is made of construction lumber, so…
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Cheap garden bench
Can you build nice outdoor furniture from construction lumber? Most examples online says otherwise, but I decided to give it a shot. For less than $20 I bought spruce lumber in with dimensions 45x45mm and 25x48mm and got to work. I spent a fair amount of time trying to calculate the angles and lengths of…
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Kids Garden Chair mk.2
Last year, I made a foldable kid size garden chair, out of construction lumber. Although it looked pretty nice, due to the softness of the spruce, the leg locking mechanism has already started to splinter and wear. Back then I promised myself I’d make another one, so this year I made one from oak, and…
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School Bench
This is by far my biggest project yet, and it got me to respect, even more, exactly how much work there is involved to create a piece of furniture from start to finish. Big thanks to Daniel at Sliparebackens Finsnickeri for invaluable tips and help! Since the desk was going to be junior sized I…
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Classic Garden Chair, kid size
This summer I wanted to create a garden chair for our daughter, and I decided to copy a foldable Swedish classic. I didn’t have any drawings, so I had to come up with all the measurements freehand and by eyeballing pictures of the Internet. The chair posed some fun challenges with arced legs and seating…