Plank Competition - some of my previous entries:

 Last years:

Toy Garage - has ramp at back and 2 petrol bowsers under the overhang. 

I still need to add stickers to finish it.

Some previous entries: 

Step stool - The top hinges, my first and last attempt at upholstery! 

Bench-top vice - top recessed for palm router 

Tissue boxes - some with hidden jewelry boxes undernrath

Shire Woodworking Club - 2016 Plank Competition.

I have entered this competition for a number of years without winning any prizes; although I have been advised that if the items had been finished I would have performed better. I seem to run out of time every year as I have a habit of changing my mind over what I going to make.

I have to have my project finished by 10th September 2016.

Sydney Working with Wood Show

Visited the show for a long lunch on Friday and managed to limit my purchases:

Looking to get back into turning so bought some pen parts, blanks and new Micro-Mesh Micro Finishing System Pack.  The butt chisel is Narex and looks promising for small trimming without cutting my hand.

The show was OK with a good selection of timber available but I don't have a lot of space so resisted.     

Shire Woodworking Club - June updates

Toy delivery count for 2016 at end of May was 206

Fred who is a member of the Shire Woodworking Club recently finished 5 dolls houses with contents for the club to sell, a mammoth task!

Why Hugo's Woodshop?

All decent options with Gary were taken by websites so i had to look for something else!

Hugo is our 3 year old Ragdoll cat who is very nosy and likes investigating the garage / workshop:

Introduction

I am an accountant who uses woodwork as a way to escape computers. I work in the back half of a tandem garage under the house; effectively a basement.

I am a member of the Shire Woodworking Club based in Sydney Australia.

I recently completed some toys for the Sydney Children's Hospital; they require them unfinished so the children can finish them as part of their therapy.