You may have noticed that I haven’t released a video or even updated the site for maybe 6 months… What can I say? It’s been a perfect storm of working, study, family stuff and having no spare cash. I just haven’t been able to easily… Read More »Making a mallet
So here’s the plan. Entirely made from 2×4’s, Fit It tells me that I’m using around 30 lengths of 1.8m or so, so roughly $70 in timber costs. It won’t be an heirloom quality bench, but it will be sturdy, useful, and long lasting. Hoping to… Read More »2×4 Woodwork Bench
5 years ago we had to move our eldest out of her baby bed, so that her little sister could have it, so that the new baby on the way could take the crib from the little sister. Follow that? It took a while to convince… Read More »Single Bed Plans
Take two of my Octagonal tray build worked out great. I wasn’t over the moon about the first one and really wanted to try it again to see if I could improve upon it. I made a few changes to this version which I think… Read More »Making an Octagonal Tray
Sometimes you just can’t spend enough time out in the shop. It’s relaxing, peaceful, and so fulfilling when things are going your way. Other times, it’s pushing 40 degrees celsius (104 f) and the lack of a breathable atmosphere means its a horrible place to… Read More »Building a Box – Fast!
My wife asked me in December if I could make a tray for our son to use to play with his Magic Sand. (It’s a special sand that has been treated to only stick to itself, good fun for little ones.) Pretty much at the… Read More »Octagonal Tray and getting jiggy with it
We’ve been in this house for around 11 years now I think, buying a year or so before we got married. I’m guessing the letterbox has been here for around 20 or 30 years, it has seen better days. I recently received a load of… Read More »Building a Letterbox
I was tempted at the end of 2014 to let thewoodfather.com slide into a state of decay; updating was just becoming too tedious and time consuming. I was working 2 full time jobs, one was an overnight shiftwork position, and I was quite simply tired all… Read More »2015 – Not bad, not bad at all.
Not a single woodworking tool was used for this weeks video, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a useful one. This little hack is something that I’ve done to a lot of my kids toys over the years, I thought it might be useful to… Read More »How to lower the volume on childrens toys
This was one of the most fun projects I’ve built all year. I made this back in March or April, but I just now decided to turn the raw video into a YouTube edit. I built this dutch door for my workshop in around 4… Read More »Dutch Door for the Workshop
My wife and I have just notched up 10 years of marriage, not a bad effort I think. And while the marriage is still looking alright, we’ve a few years left in us at least, something else we bought 10 years ago is looking a little… Read More »Refurbishing Patio Furniture
The little guy and I had some fun this afternoon making a toy airplane. We used the free plans available from Steve Ramsay, who has just, (incredibly) started his own charity, http://www.makerscare.org/ Steve is donating $5 for every plane built, and seeing as a toy plane… Read More »#Makers Care Airplane Project