Woodworking Fun

G'day!

With my father having run a carpentry firm for as long as I have existed (founded the same year I was born, in fact), working with tree has always been a part of life here. We made tree swords and shields for playing at war (4 wounds, 20 seconds countdown when killed before back up, hands, feet and head not counting for hits) as well as tanks, planes and lots and lots of naval ships to play D-Day in Normandie on our gravel garage driveway together with lots of plastic soldiers. Now that my mother has got new inhabitants in her home, life for me has turned even more childish and playful than it usually is, and I have served as my stepsiblings' (aged 10 and 12 at the moment of writing) playmate slave regularly for over a year now.

This has included whipping out the best of our old wooden creations, some of those I built can be seen here. Most of our wooden armada had to be burnt a few years ago since it occupied too much storage and most of it was ramshackle were hastily built, but we saved the better pieces. As I have helped my stepsiblings with building wooden tanks, cruisers and amphibious limousines out in my mother's workshop, I also took the chance to dabble in wooden toyships again. In the middle of this picture can be seen the new creation, from summer 2020, surrounded by the better of my non-weapon wooden creations from around 1998-2001:



These, on the other hand, are some simple, and most importantly cheap Christmas presents made out of plywood for various family members in four intense days of work before Christmas eve 2020.



Recievers of presents in top row, from left to right: Younger brother, maternal grandfather and grandmother, father.

Recievers of presents in bottom row, from left to right: Stepfather, stepsister, stepbrother, mother.



Note that the rightmost piece in the bottom row is based on this lucky photograph:



Also, as mentioned elsewhere previously, some Star Wars woodworking occurred:





Wood is such a nice material to work with. Just some quick non-Warhammer projects from last year.

Have you done any fun things in wood? Please share stories and pictures.

 

@NIGHTBRINGER a rival to your woodworking crown emerges!

 

Great pieces! Some really good work there (personal favourite is obviously the Star Wars ship, brilliant)

Sadly my one and only woodworking project was a balsa-wood plane about 25 years ago and I have no idea where it is... flew pretty well at the time though.

 

@Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl: Bring him on.

@Lizards of Renown: Thanks! Please do share if you find it, or build a new one for that matter.

Ah yes, and this wooden horse was also made during summer 2020 at the same time as the ship:

 

I do some woodworking, but most of mine is, alas, of a more practical nature these days.

I make bookcases and basic furniture, mostly for myself. All of those shelves, custom-fitted to fill our dining room? My work. Some have been stained 'cabernet' as per my wife's instructions, some are still waiting for the stain. And, as you can see, they will hold a lot of books.

 

You are mistaken, the crown was never mine. A little woodworking project my Dad made for my Mom...



Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice. (and my Dad is the master)

 

Here is me doing some woodworking:



Not the best quality, it is a snap from a video
This year's Easter weekend we decided to redo our wooden floor in the living room.

With the following result:


Grrr, Imrahil

 

Aha! A sighting of the rare, lesser-spotted Imrahil!

Well the mask obscures most of your face, but that's present day for you...

 

Yes it is now, but this was because of the accumilating dust indoors

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Being a national holiday, Koningsdag (the birthday of our king), today, my wife set me the task of preparing the wood before constructing a new cabinet.



In the picture you see the new project next to last year's project

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Your last year project looks pretty well finished, meneer. Nice pro product there.

 

Thanks!



Here is the full thing. Project during the first lockdown.
All made from hand-me-down wood, asked around and got several pieces of gardenwood and pallets from a contractor.

Only needed nails, screws and the hinges.
Took 3 days with some help from my oldest son(6 years old when we build it)

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Neat! Very crisp finish.

 

I had some progress on this project:



The top planks are not fastened yet. Also there will be added doors in front of the top spaces and rolling drawers in the bottom ones.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

DIY rocks. Good custom going!

 

Just wanted to share the finished result with you guys:



Grrr, Imrahil

 

Nice!

To me, it has a nice "English-cottage-in-the-woods" feel.

 

Thank you very much!

Exactly what the wife intended

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Very nice woodworking, @Imrahil ! @Tk'ya'pyk , that's some great bookcases! @NIGHTBRINGER , your dad truly is a master at his craft. Impressive to boot!

We're having a contest in pumpkin growing at my mother's place. Made some pompous namesigns for me and my brother: