Blackdown Woodworks

Out with the old and in with the new. Hand made bespoke windows for a listed building.

Scarfing the old with the new 🪚

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Oh dear now that is one rotten window!
Listed building window repair today.

Solid oak gate made and ready for installation.

Next challenge is to turn this oak into a garden gate.

Porch installed, painted and finished with a rubber roof and new lead flashing.

Gallows brackets coming along.

Today’s challenge is to turn this Idigbo into gallows brackets for a porch!

Just finished installing this bespoke office space I made for a client. A nice desk/work space and plenty of storage on the other side of the room.
Everything has been handmade and hand painted in Indigo blue.

Chair is all fixed up to live another day. Was a nasty break!

Bit of antique chair restoration today in between spraying the top coat on my current job.

Sprayed the first coat of primer on the woodwork today, then denibbed it all ready for second coat tomorrow 👍

Got the drawers, skirting and cornice made today. Double check everything is fitting perfectly on Monday then take everything apart ready for paint!

All starting to come together now 👍 Tomorrow I will make up the cornice, skirting and 2 drawers.

Starting to look more like cabinets now. Boxes are all screwed together, been routering all the hinges in today and planing the doors to fit. Also been edging all the shelves with iron on edging strip.

Busy working on the cabinets today. Grooving with a router for the back panels. Using a domino machine to locate all the rails and sides with dowels, and using a pocket hole jig to drill the secret fixings to attach the face frames 👍

Doors, face frames and base’s made. Ply all cut to size. Next week I have to put it all together!

Doors machined and ready to glue up this morning.

Turning rough sawn tulip (poplar) into cabinetry and a desk for a study. Will give some more photos as I go through the job so you can see the process all the way to the final installation.
Watch this space.

Recently made these built in wardrobes for a customer, plenty of hanging space, shelving and some soft close drawers. All handmade and bespoke to the customers needs. Doors made from solid tulipwood, interior made from birch plywood.

Nice way to fill the eaves in a corridor.

Nice fitted bathroom with lots of storage and a granite worktop.

Just finished making and installing these fitted wardrobes.

Pre assembly of some wardrobes in the workshop before painting.