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Badger's Lair Woodwork

Badger's Lair Woodworking - where I show what keeps me busy - pictures, descriptions - commissions e At this stage, woodworking is what keeps me sane.

I’ve been working with wood on and off for a very long time. It’s not my day job, though you never know, it one day might be. My approach to woodworking and the usage of wood is sometimes quite far from the average woodworker, and specifically the fine furniture woodworker. I try to always use each and every little bit of wood available. I don’t select or deselect stock on colour variances; I nor

mally don’t deselect stock because of grain variances or knots (unless it would cause an obvious construction issue with the project). I want to use as much as I can of this wonderful, natural (and therefore naturally varying) resource. I feel if you want a piece of furniture without any natural variation, you probably want melamine, and not real wood. More often than not, I will adjust the plans of whatever I’m making, to better make use of the stock available. I work alone, in my workshop (The Man Den) and make use of a whole assortment of hand and power tools. Every now and then (as the zen moves me) I do a project Japanese style – without any power tools involved. Hand saws sawing, chisels chiseling, planes planing and the odd “BANZAI!!” shout – although I have to admit when it comes to sanding, I’ve been known to go Japanese in another way. Start where you are, use what you have and do what you can. This inspires me no end, and though I’m not a Luddite in any way shape or form, I tend to hand-make most of the jigs, templates and aids I need – this usually not as much due to inspiration or zen as financial constraints. On average I will have multiple projects/commissions running at the same time – often one inspiring another, and most projects usually end up more complicated and intricate than it strictly needs to be, because as I told someone recently...
It’s not about having a chest, it’s about making a chest.

11/03/2019

05/03/2019

Another step taken - like Badger's Lair 3D to keep up to date with that side of the adventure!

04/03/2019

Little toy for mini-me...

Result!!

Chef robot ready to cut onions... (cause my kids don't play with violent toys...)

03/03/2019

The fun doesn't end...

After many hours of printing I'm left with 3 pieces in need of attention. Now I have to remove the support material and do some finishing before the final reveal.

Soon!!

01/03/2019

A little side venture I'm running... Not just making toys, this is a very handy method of making spares and or repairing tools. Have a look and like the page to stay in the loop of what's happening there!

14 and a half hours into this print, 32% done, time being taken with 0,1mm layers and loads of support material...

Any guesses what this may be?

26/01/2019

Upper and lower blade supports.

These and the previous set of photos make up roughly 20 hours of printing time. @ Badger's Lair

26/01/2019

I've been working on a band saw, off and on for nearly 18 months now. Though I've been stuck at the part where I need to make the trunions and blade supports. Then it hit me earlier this week... duh!!! Print them!!

Nice result I think. @ Badger's Lair

22/11/2018

Stringers, risers and wall painted white, treads painted black. Now the massive job of tidying all the lines can be tackled! All little more black, oops cover that with white, ouch!! More black...

04/11/2018

Sanded - first primer on the stringers and alternate treads and risers... taking shape.

04/11/2018

Stage 1 completed... only took waaayyy too long, and I used up one heat gun... totally let the smoke out... Now to sand and primer. @ Badger's Lair

24/10/2018

Started with a stair renovation project. We decided to start with the upper staircase - as a test - and then to apply all lessons learned to the lower (more used and more visible).
First step was to remove the old carpet and glue in preparation for sanding... @ Badger's Lair

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