Woodworking Tips & Ideas

A Traditional Oak Arbour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Traditional hand cut and assembled Oak Arbour.

Other work - installing fosse sceptics, filter beds and grease traps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This photo shows our own fosse sceptic system partly installed and the horizontal filter bed showing the various sand and stone mix that filters the water. 

Other work - Fire place surrounds

 

This fireplace inset I tiled with fake tiles which were glued on and then jointed.

 

Other work by Mark Rogers

 

Swimming Pool cover housing, tiled and rendered to match the surrounding plage.

 

Softwood Barn Doors

 The making and hanging of these barn doors posed a couple of conundrums as the hinge for the stiles was a drilled hole in the lintel above.

 

 

 

Cladding a Chalet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A recent job has been to clad this chalet with tongue and groove moulded planks.

Hand carved Oak signs/name plaques

I had some off cuts of thick green oak from a job and decided to add a bit of individuality to the job by carving a name plaque.

Here is the finished item before being hung from the Arbour it was made for.

The process of making was fairly simple to do, I simply marked the letters formally in pencil and using a paring chisel and mallet cut down from these marks letting the angle of the blade cut a bevelled angle into the oak.

The photo is not great (better when enlarged) but it shows the above sign in it's designated place in the middle of the Arbour.

I am already making my next sign for our own house, and I have plenty of oak left if anyone fancy's their own ! 

Sun Terrace

I've been a bit lazy lately in keeping up with the website but fortunately I have had my camera in my tool bag to prove I've not been as lazy with my woodworking.

This is a small sun terrace I built for a client earlier this season, it's approximately 4m x 6m and tiled to match the house roof and adds a pleasant indoor/outdoor room to the house.

 

Making and fitting an Oak Door

I was asked to make a rustic looking Oak door to fit into an old window opening that had been turned into a doorway.

This is the finished door which is made from Oak boards that I joined with biscuits and braced.

The boards were deliberately cut to taper and were all differing sizes to give an original effect.

The making of the door was quite straightforward and quick, what made the job awkward was the frame making and fitting and then getting the correct shape of the arch on the door.

The problems were that the opening was far from level and there were large gaps between the newer stonework at the bottom of the opening, additionally some of the cut stones had slipped out of place over the years, so there was to be much profiling and fiddly cuts and fitting.

 

 

Making Double Garage Doors

 

I have recently finished making and fitting this set of garage doors.

They are made of African Iroko timber and took the best part of 3 days to convert from the rough sawn planks I purchased for the job.

My planer/thicknesser has certainly been put to the test and will need a good service and some new blades after this job.

Horse Field Shelter

 As the winter nears there seems to be a bit of a panic to get some shelter prepared for the many horses locally, I have been asked to build 3 different sized shelters lately, including a small one for our own 2 horses.

We drew up a basic design using a CAD programme for a shelter 6 metres by 3 metres which was only required to be clad on 2 sides because of it's location and also to allow good access and egress.