McLeod Innovations

Display case: Thought I would create something fun with a piece of off cut. Timber is Ironbark. (Yes I can only claim making the timber base)🤣

Floating hallway table.
So much fun designing & making this piece for Kerrilyn.
About the piece: Timber is Messmate with resin highlights. Table is 1.5M long, 40cm high & 35cm deep.

Stage 2 of our new outdoor table is complete. A few posts back I made the umbrella hole. This next stage is the centre insert. About the insert: Timber is Iron Bark. Steam bent, glued and milled to thickness.

Happy Birthday to our timber master for today 🎉🎉

New dining space at Cork at Cooks Corner
Such a great story for this bench. One of Brett’s customers suggested a bench in the window. A few coffees shared with Brett discussing design. And now Cooks has a great space for coffee, wine and cake.
About the piece. Timber is Mountan Ash, locally sourced from the storms a few years ago.

First part of any table for outdoors is making the umbrella hole 😂
Timber is Ironbark. Just need to make the table now.

https://vwa.org.au/makers/profile/mcleod-innovations/

McLeod Innovations — Victorian Woodworkers Association | The leading woodcraft guild in Victoria McLeod Innovations Kallista, VIC Contemporary furniture Traditional furniture Boxes Carving Woodturning Contact Jason McLeod 0419327656 [email protected] Facebook McLeod Innovations is set up as a workshop to provide an environment for people to attend and be creative, learn new skills and pr...

From offcuts to fish.
I have been honing my timber steam bending techniques ready for the next project and have been left with lots of offcuts. About the piece: Timber is Ironbark and the fish is 65cm long and 15cm high.

Hand crafted kitchen stools
Seat sections are milled from Mountain Ash that had fallen during storms. Timber has been drying for 4 years. legs are from Messmate branches. Seats stand 63cm high and are 50cm wide.

Medium size wall clock.
So much fun being back on the lathe. About the clock: Timber is Blackwood with hand carved resin inlays. Diameter is 24cm.

Traditional picnic table.
Just finished and ready for delivery. About the table: Timber is F17 structural Tasmanian Oak. Table is made specific to customer design and is 1.6M long X 88cm wide and at standard table height.

This is my first piece of resin wall art. My design was aiming to capture the shapes and colours of nature. About the piece: Timber has been stressed shaped to form natural flow. Resin pattern depicts ferns and vines.

Large beam converted to a hallway table.
About the table: Timber is Cypress Pine and is 2.1M long X 30cm square and stands 80cm high. Timber was aged and coloured using different techniques. Really enjoyed the collaboration with Adam & Deniz who commissioned the table.

The benefit of having a workshop is that you get to make personal Christmas gifts. These 2 boards will hopefully create a surprise. About the boards: The boards are 60cm long and and made from locally milled Blackwood. The blue resin adds a nice contrast to the timber.

Rustic outdoor setting.
It’s always great when visitors come to the workshop to learn, create and build. Jeremy just finished this setting for his parents garden. About the piece: Timber is Mountain Ash donated by the council. Bench seats are 1.8M long
& the log tables sit at different heights to add a different perspective.

Been building the new workbench for my workshop. About the bench: made from local Mountain Ash that came down during storms. The main slab has been drying for 2 years. Bench stands 1M high and is 3M long X1.4M wide.

Blackwood Vase
So much fun making this house warming gift. About the piece: The vase stands 30cm high and is made from local Blackwood with Walnut inlays and moss coloured resin. I used a steam bending technique for the inlays.

Had lots of fun running a master class for Joe and his family to celebrate his birthday. The team had lots of fun making chopping boards and cheese platters. They learnt about the different timber being used and had a chance to use machines most people don’t normally have a chance to use. About the boards: We used Blackwood, American Red wood and Mountain Ash and finished boards with a food safe oil.

60’s style fruit bowl.
About the piece: Made from Blackwood with quite a bit of wood rot. Resin was used to hold the timber together when turning and finishing.

Whale ornament for a beach house setting. About the piece: Timber is Blackwood off cut finished with 3 colours of resin.

I recently attended the HBT hardware expo in QLD supporting the Hardware Journal team with product interviews.
https://youtu.be/kC876glk3NA

https://youtu.be/Jns6fcNN7vw

HBT EXPO 2022 - Makita MAKITA XGT 80V Power Cut - 355mm (14") Cordless Concrete Saw - CE001GZ Massive cutting capacity and battery innovation combine to produce the 80V Max (40Vx2)...

Been busy milling and preparing next years timber for the workshop.
About the timber: Blackwood that had fallen near home during the storms last year.

Oak serving blocks
These pieces came from a mate’s tree planted when his children were very young. This project started with receiving a phone call and me advising that the timber was green and to store in the back of your shed to be picked up in about 2 years when dry. A couple of months latter my mate, timber and a nice bottle of scotch arrived at the workshop. Time to find a drying solution and fast. The solution: Microwave oven.
About the blocks: Timber is Oak, and blocks are approximately 30cm in diameter. Dried in the microwave, milled and cracks sealed with a dark resin. Blocks were finished to protect from heat and water.

Mountain Ash coffee table
This has been a 2 year project which started from a Facebook message for timber from a locally fallen tree, through to drying the slab behind the workshop for 2 years, milling, resining and finally finishing.
About the table: Timber is Mountain Ash and is approximately 1.1M diameter. The table is standing 450mm high.

Creating my next table. Setting up for resin. About the timber: Mountain Ash slab farmed from a fallen tree and been drying for 2 years.

Just finished this Redgum coffee table for sale. Happy to consider any fair offers. About the table: Timber is Redgum burl and legs have been manufactured by steel tubing. Used a bronze-colored resin to fill small splits. The table is approximately 1M at the widest point and stands 45cm high.

Started my next piece (Coffee Table) working on the leg design at the moment.

Bringing all the pieces together to make a park bench. About the bench: Wood is Red gum. The main slab was milled and dried for 2 years. The table is 1.8 metres long and 70cm wide.

All pieces have now been cut, milled and sanded. Now ready for assembly.