Canoes and Lampshades

Canoes and Lampshades Skin-on-frame kayaks and canoes,
Greenland paddles,
Lampshades and lamps to order,
Stave bar stools.

A week or so later and the first one made of Huon Pine is all glued up and ready to come off the table tomorrow. The pla...
19/03/2024

A week or so later and the first one made of Huon Pine is all glued up and ready to come off the table tomorrow. The plan is to do three in Huon Pine and three in Blackwood…..

Lampshades again at the moment….central light fixings for two accommodation huts being built near Kettering…..I did a qu...
19/03/2024

Lampshades again at the moment….central light fixings for two accommodation huts being built near Kettering…..
I did a quick and dirty mockup of a couple of stylistic feathers….we’ve decided on three in each hut….

A busy workshop…An order for four stave stools…Six foot stools for Fullers Bookshop…And there’s a couple of lamps in the...
01/02/2024

A busy workshop…
An order for four stave stools…
Six foot stools for Fullers Bookshop…
And there’s a couple of lamps in there somewhere that have been stalled since Christmas….

Big day…..another big day.Floorboards finished and in…Inwales cut to length, fitted and in…decision made on thwart and d...
15/12/2023

Big day…..another big day.
Floorboards finished and in…Inwales cut to length, fitted and in…decision made on thwart and decks…..

Smile100 comes out of her building forms, sanding glue joints, birds-eye Huon veneer selected, cut and under glue…..with...
14/12/2023

Smile100 comes out of her building forms, sanding glue joints, birds-eye Huon veneer selected, cut and under glue…..with a lot of clamps…

All ribs glued in…. Comes off the strongback tomorrow….Smile99 in background oiled today…
13/12/2023

All ribs glued in…. Comes off the strongback tomorrow….Smile99 in background oiled today…

Veronica made good progress on her Airolite today getting the ribs glued to the keelson and two adjacent stringers….I wa...
08/12/2023

Veronica made good progress on her Airolite today getting the ribs glued to the keelson and two adjacent stringers….I was lashing up Smile99…

All horizontal braces are now in place and the first lamp is out of the jig, started bringing the second up to the same ...
04/12/2023

All horizontal braces are now in place and the first lamp is out of the jig, started bringing the second up to the same stage….
Smile100, a Snowshoe12 geodesic aero lite canoe build is sharing the workplace…..and bits of Smile99 will appear in photos as she comes into being….

After a quick kayak build, Smile98, got a day back on the lamp project….worked out how to make the paver weight removabl...
28/11/2023

After a quick kayak build, Smile98, got a day back on the lamp project….worked out how to make the paver weight removable so as to have access to the electrical components from underneath….”user serviceable parts inside - and you can get at them” 🤭

20/11/2023

A new Pedestal lamp, the plan being to work up a test bed for a few new ideas….First of those ideas are heavier posts and a higher waist…..

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