My Chess Table Prizes Up For Auction

The prizes I won for building my chess table are now up for auction on UKworkshop Forums. The proceeds from the auction are going to The Cornwall Air Ambulance Charity.

The first prize was a set of Lie Nielsen chisels

Here is a link to the thread if you would like to bid on them
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36752

The second prize was a Philly Planes Skew Miter Plane in Goncalo Alves

Here is a link to the thread if you would like to bid for it.
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36753

Remember all the proceeds from my prizes will be going to the Cornwall Air Ambulance charity.

Some Family Pics

Here are a few pics I found, a few are over fifteen years old some are
over thirty years old. OK most people won’t be interested but my
family will get a laugh out of them

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Competition Result

Do you remember I entered my Chess Table in a design and build
competition. Well it won not only first place but also second place in the advanced category
don’t ask who came third it’s rather embarrassing

Workshop Layout on 5th October 2009

Because of requests of how big is my workshop or how is it laid out I done these drawing using Sketchup, I hope you enjoy. For bigger pics just click on my flickr link.

Making Space

So with having the new shed all the gardening machinery and tools have been moved out of here, giving me room to move several machines to here.

But with those machines out of the way I don’t seem to have made much new space.

Mind you I’ve got sort of in a muddle moving stuff

Bug or spider ?

It was on a web but I don’t know if it was making a web or just caught up in it. Sorry I didn’t get to count if it had six or eight legs before swmbo vacuumed it away. What the f is it?

A Busy Day

Yes today has been a little busier than normal. It started at 7.30 with removing two gates post then digging out two new holes, two and a half feet deep to take the new replacement posts, this required a visit to the local builders merchants for four bags of post concrete to fix the new posts into. Before I got the first post done a truck arrived with our new summer house (posh shed) so that entailed making a path clear for them to reverse up into our drive. By 10.30am the first post was concreted in place and the shed was half built. By 1.00pm the shed was completely finished and so was post number two. Then it was another trip to get a gallon of wood preserver/stain to paint the summerhouse. By 3pm the it was painted

Tomorrow I’ll add some pics, that’s after I’ve hung the new gates

edited 2nd October

Gates installed

Summer House installed

We couldn’t eat them all

We couldn’t eat them all and we know they only keep for about a month
so today we gave the local old folks home (might be there one day) a
couple of carrier bags full of apples. We’ve also given loads to
friends and neighbours so we feel our little tree deserves a medal in
the form of this posting.

Finished

That’s it the drawer in finished and I’m happy with it

The final pic of the build

Finished, Mission accomplished, achieved, all over, all over but the shouting, concluded, done, done with, ended, fini, terminated, that’s it, through.

Chess Table Drawer Finished, or is it?

So I’ve finished the drawer dividers.

Divider back in place, I decided to add a chamfer to the top edges before applied some danish oil for a finish.

A close up of the dividers, chamfered and finish applied

So this is what it looks like all finished with pieces in place, and guess what?…..

I don’t like it I mean I don’t like the colour