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The Bedroom Desk 3
December 20th, 2009 at 4:18 pm » Comments (1)
Remember the desk? Last worked on it way back in August... Anyway, I finished it last Monday, and here's the final part. Because it's finished. This here is the pile of wood ...more »Monday
December 7th, 2009 at 1:55 am » Comments (0)
Finished the desk today. I'll put the post up later. I'm back posting at the minute, so I want the entry near the top of the page for a while. ...more »Friday
September 25th, 2009 at 9:18 am » Comments (0)
Got a commission today from an interesting patron. See who it is after the jump. more »The Bedroom Desk 2
August 16th, 2009 at 12:55 am » Comments (2)
What's on the schedule for today? More of the same. Almost exactly the same in fact - I made a mirror image of what I made yesterday, then cut the ...more »The Bedroom Desk
August 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm » Comments (1)
And we're off. So after rough cutting my 17 foot lengths of material down to a manageable size I started marking out and cutting the back upright. This piece, and ...more »Friday
August 14th, 2009 at 11:29 pm » Comments (0)
The wood arrived this morning, and the delivery guy left it out on the lawn. I didn't realize until the afternoon because I had no reason to go out the ...more »Prospective Project #2
August 12th, 2009 at 10:43 pm » Comments (3)
And here is my second prospective project. This is a desk for my room that has to fit in a very confined space: 80cm by 80cm. It's between the end ...more »Prospective project #1
August 10th, 2009 at 4:39 am » Comments (1)
I have the house to myself this weekend. I'm considering doing a project. Google sketchup is a fantastic program to use when you're thrashing out some details. The picture is ...more »Monday
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:47 am » Comments (0)
My jovial face hides the nature of my thoughts lately: that my current comfort with being on the dole, and living week to week and never really achieving anything is ...more »Tool Review: Challenge Xtreme Impact Drill
July 12th, 2009 at 12:51 am » Comments (0)
Hello there are welcome to the second of The Mad Carpenter's tool reviews. Today we have a look at the power drill, one of the corner stones of the woodworking ...more »Wednesday
July 8th, 2009 at 12:03 am » Comments (0)
Click after the jump for the drawing of the desk I've needed since I moved in. more »Sunday
July 5th, 2009 at 6:41 pm » Comments (1)
Still sitting around with the buddies. Becky might be moving in. Which I think is fantastic news. She's a stilt walker, circus performer and prop maker. She alters her own ...more »BP Wednesday again
July 1st, 2009 at 6:06 am » Comments (0)
All right, so I'm starting to flag here, so I'll post the rest of the updates tomorrow. Along with the latest project news and I'll knock out a tool review ...more »BP Thursday
June 25th, 2009 at 3:59 pm » Comments (0)
So today is bit devoid of information, so I'll give you something else: Autocad design after the Jump. It's a coffin. more »Back Post Tuesday
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm » Comments (0)
So I haven't updated in freakin' weeks. There are very good reasons, and I'll be showing them to you over the coming posts: New tools, computer aided design, projects... a ...more »The Other Mad Carpenters
April 20th, 2009 at 12:15 am » Comments (0)
In a moment of idle contemplation, I googled "The Mad Carpenter" and apparently it has shown up in a lot of places before I got to it. I don't see this ...more »Tool Review: Challenge power screwdriver
March 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pm » Comments (1)
Hello and welcome to the first of, hopefully, many tool purchases and reviews. As an amateur carpenter there is seldom greater a joy than purchasing a new gizmo or whirlygig ...more »Fix it day
February 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm » Comments (0)
If I look contented in this picture, it's with good reason. I love doing things, especially handyman sort of things, so today, after getting back from collecting some money from the ...more »Guess who got mentioned on national radio?
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 pm » Comments (4)
That'd be me. I was mentioned on the Ray Foley Show yesterday. On Today FM, one of the national radio stations of Ireland. So there you go. Minor fame. Don't discount local publicity ...more »The Mario Cube: Phase 2
January 9th, 2009 at 7:47 pm » Comments (3)
Welcome to the second installment of the Mario Cube project. When I last updated youse, the box was a mere skeleton. But now, the box is covered in skin, the hinges are ...more »