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From unloved table to treasured toy chest
I was fortunate enough to be asked to teach someone to make their son a wooden toy box for their birthday. It was important to them that we try to minimise the environmental impact of ‘throw away furniture’ so managed to salvage an old oak table which was being thrown out. While it is a…
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Lute tuners
A rather niche little make. The pegs on lutes to tune the strings are slim tapers and have to be both twisted and pushed into the head of the lute to make them stay in place which can be rather tricky. So a little job I was asked to do was to make a small…
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My woodwork portfolio is finally live online and open to commissions
After many years getting work through word of mouth I have finally been brought into the modern world and convinced to set up a portfolio of my work online. I hope to post here when projects and the people they are for are happy for them to be shared with the world, but I will…
Haxell Fine Woodworking 