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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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »1 UP! The Mario Cube Project
January 7th, 2009 at 7:59 am » Comments (8)
Hello St. Louis! That is, if there's anyone out there from St. Louis reading this... Anyway, you may have been wondering: why, on a blog called "the mad carpenter" has there not ...more »