Finished off the unit today with #blummovento runners and all the door stops. Already for delivery.
Finished unit
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Happy New Year
Firstly Happy New Year to all my customers, followers and friends. 2014 has been a very busy Year at Martin Howlett Furniture.
In terms of work I have been very busy and built lots of fitted furniture and free standing pieces. At the beginning of the year I made a decision to upgrade most of my hand power tools to Festool which has proved to be such a success. The first trip on site was greeted with how “Professional they look.” The best thing when using them on site is no dust. The dedicated units keep it all clean and the house!
2015 is shaping up to be busy year, just before Christmas all my hard work marketing and using social media seemed to pay off. I received orders from past clients and brand new ones for work in early 2015. It ranges from freestanding bathroom vanity units to fitted wardrobes.
I wish you all a prosperous 2015
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Martin
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The making of a great wood working joint
A month back I completed a commission, which was a large European oak dining table. It seats 6 people and has a glass top.
The pictures above so the sequence from start to finish. The tool I wanted to test on this project was my Festool Domino Cutter. I have had it a year or so and used it for various operations but all fairly mundane, such as solid corner post and cabinet construction.
When I was designing this table I was considering joints and going through in my head how I might do it. Because of the size of the table and weight i didn’t even consider the domino at first. After a few mock ups i decided to try the domino and cut a test joint. Even with the joint dry it was so strong and went together with ease. That was it i was going for it. I decided on a layout for the domino’s using the guides and scales on the machine (why make it difficult)
Joints cut I put it together dry and clamped it down. What a joint, really strong and no play whatsoever. I cleaned up all the timber prior to gluing and got some help to glue up. It wasn’t really needed but it was a precaution. Whenever glue goes on things tend to behave differently.
This is a substantial oak table with a glass top and the Domino joints in this are perfect. It is definitely a tool which can perform and produce really strong joints. It has proved to me that this tool will be used a lot in the coming year.
One last thing it is very neat in terms of not producing dust and shavings when using a extractor. There is no waste in the air or your lungs
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Brighton furniture maker working with Artists
This was a commission by two Artists who’s work is conceptual and experimental. They wanted their postcards to be displayed in an orderly fashion and for it to reflect the minimal nature of their work. Between us we designed this plinth to stack the cards so that they are offset. When the exhibition opens the cards are revealed by removing the top section. The plinth is made from 6mm Birch Ply and jointed with 144 finger joints.
Furniture maker skills are transfer to many applications!
