Thomas Luce
Thomas Luce
 
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View fullsize My brother was unhappy with the quality of his daughters Moses basket stand and so asked me to build him one (not sure why as he's always claiming that my "budget" projects are only good for firewood?!) The one improvement with this one ove
View fullsize 3 years ago I went shopping for bedside tables and I didn't like any so I told myself I'd make my own. It took me a while but I'm finally finished! These two are a matching pair made from two bookmatched tiger stripe sweet chestnut boards that I mill
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View fullsize Spent the last week milling an 8ft piece of yew. In the end it turned out to be a bit of a nightmare as I hit multiple pieces of granite that were lodged completely hidden in the middle of the tree which meant a lot of sharpening of a 48 inch chain ?
View fullsize Very happy with these two oil on slate paintings by @victoriastractorart. The photos that these were based on were taken during young farmers breezing (ploughing) competitions. The top one is @steveluce, circa 1985, the bottom one is @jackluce circa
View fullsize I've spent the last two days restoring this cognac barrel. It's rather old and won't hold any liquid but that's alright as it's going to be used as a decorative piece. It ended up falling apart so some youtubing of 'how to make a barrel' was required
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View fullsize Spent today with Simon Le Maistre milling a hefty oak tree. This one was kindly donated by Rozel manor and will make lovely tables for us both when the planks are dry in 2 years time. The forklift was an absolute lifesaver as each slab was 3.5m long,
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View fullsize It only took me a year but I finally finished my freestanding live edge oak shelves. No screws or glue for this build, just 16 wedges and a bit of dowel holding it all together. The best part about it is that it's flat pack... IKEA eat your heart out
View fullsize Book matched yew from today's milling session with the trusty 038 super. Every time I go milling it's like opening a Christmas present. No idea where these striking blue / violet / purple colours come from but they're beautiful. #milling #alaskanmill
View fullsize I usually don't post build photos of things, but I'm making an exception today. I started making some freestanding book shelves last December with the idea that it'd be a flatpack design and wouldn't use any screws or glue. Today I finally got around