Desk Organizer

This project popped up in my recommended videos the other week and I thought that it would work great for my desk at work. The project came from GarageWoodworks     Original Video.

I have altered the original plan slightly buy setting the shelf below the front by 5 mm so that pens etc cant roll off. The area on the left should accommodate post-it note pads withe the slot at the front to help get them out. I also have 3 divided sections for papers. 

The Box is approximately 350mm square by 200mm high constructed from recycled fence palings (12mm thick) (what else) and the corners dovetailed together using the Gifkins Jig.

Laundry Hamper

Another job that I completed during the break was to build a Laundry Hamper for my En-suite. Again recycled Hardwood fence palings and rails. The rails where cut into 4 pieces to form the Frames while the palings were ripped in half width wise and then in half again across the thickness to form the thin strips. The rails were then rebated and joined with a mitre in the corners, I reinforced the mitre with a fillet of the strip material in the rebate. Once the frames were made I then used Number 10 biscuits to join then all together. Several coats of Polyurethane, which was a painful task, man I hate painting, finished it off.

End Grain Cutting Board

The second job that I did these holidays was an End Grain cutting board. This was my first attempt at the checkerboard pattern type board and it came up pretty well I think.

It is made from some Radiata Pine Off-cuts, Old hardwood bed slats and old hardwood fence timber and finished with vegetable oil. 

Pallet Holder

Now that the holidays are drawing to an end I had better show you what I have been up to.

In an earlier post I showed you the Pallet Coasters that I was making and I have made around 250 of them so far. I have given a few to friends and family and most commented that they needed something to hold them. A few friends had looked for toy forklifts that fitted but couldn't find any so with necessity being the mother of invention I came up with these.

They are pretty simple in construction and don’t even perform well as a toy however they create a collection point for the coasters when they are not in use.

I have made 8 so far most given as Christmas gifts with a set of coasters.