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20th August 2012, 11:51 AM
Hi Folks,
My name is Mat, i'm 32 and I've got a healthy appreciation and respect for all forms of woodwork.
My experience is somewhat limited and i tend to refer to youtube and forums quite a bit when i'm attempting something i'm not entirely sure about, hence i've decided to take the plunge and join this forum. I've used it several times in the past when buying new power tools and it's saved me one or two dodgy purchases.
My interest in woodwork comes from my dads furniture attempts and successes when i was growing up. We came to Australia during the late 80s and because we weren't very well off financially my dad made a lot of our furniture including beds, cabinets, etc.
So i guess you could say i continued the tradition. Whilst i can now afford to buy retail furniture i am not too impressed with quality of the work in most cases. Most often though I just can't find the sort of things that i want. So nowadays I just make them. Also the money i save when i build something instead of purchasing it I put towards new tools. I'm getting to the point where i need to move house because I want a proper workshop so i can get a proper table saw, bandsaw, etc. The garage i work from is very much a compromise in space. Anyway i'm starting to ramble.
I've attached some snaps of my most recent piece. It's an outdoor table made from recycled ten pin bowling lane maple (the urethane finish was a pain to remove). The frame was welded up for me by a mate. I then cleaned it up and had it powder coated in grey metallic. I mounted it on castors for ease of movement which is a good thing because you would need four people to lift the thing, it's not light!
Cheers
Mat
My name is Mat, i'm 32 and I've got a healthy appreciation and respect for all forms of woodwork.
My experience is somewhat limited and i tend to refer to youtube and forums quite a bit when i'm attempting something i'm not entirely sure about, hence i've decided to take the plunge and join this forum. I've used it several times in the past when buying new power tools and it's saved me one or two dodgy purchases.
My interest in woodwork comes from my dads furniture attempts and successes when i was growing up. We came to Australia during the late 80s and because we weren't very well off financially my dad made a lot of our furniture including beds, cabinets, etc.
So i guess you could say i continued the tradition. Whilst i can now afford to buy retail furniture i am not too impressed with quality of the work in most cases. Most often though I just can't find the sort of things that i want. So nowadays I just make them. Also the money i save when i build something instead of purchasing it I put towards new tools. I'm getting to the point where i need to move house because I want a proper workshop so i can get a proper table saw, bandsaw, etc. The garage i work from is very much a compromise in space. Anyway i'm starting to ramble.
I've attached some snaps of my most recent piece. It's an outdoor table made from recycled ten pin bowling lane maple (the urethane finish was a pain to remove). The frame was welded up for me by a mate. I then cleaned it up and had it powder coated in grey metallic. I mounted it on castors for ease of movement which is a good thing because you would need four people to lift the thing, it's not light!
Cheers
Mat