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Anna Nichols • May 23, 2020
A virtual workshop tour.
In our workshop at Edinburgh Open Workshop
we have some big machines and a big space to make in. Here is a mini tour, while I machined an Elm chopping board on Friday.
The surface planer and thicknesser, used to flatten the wood and thickness to a preferred size. A lovely old Italian machine with a 500mm wide bed, I got a few years ago.
The power saws.
The two machines used the most in the workshop. A panel saw and a cross cut saw.
The bandsaw.
Allows us to create lots of curves and re-saw a wider board.
These four machines are important tools for a woodworker and where we start with any piece of furniture.
Have an interest in woodwork?
I'm sure the team at Edinburgh Open Workshop
would love to give you a tour, once they are open again to the public.
In the meantime, I'm taking the Elm chopping board back to my bench and work space to finish off the final details. Available soon to purchase on alnfurniture
shop.
Here is the beautiful piece of Scottish Elm, after I planed the rough sawn board.
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