What was the first piece of furniture you made

[dunbarhamlin]

First piece was a very grotty coffe table at school when I was 11.
The second? I'm working on it now (since I'm four times older, it should be four times better, no?)

[smudger]

Shelves, loads of shelves for our place in France. The first one was in MDF from plans in a woodworking magazine.



I don't use MDF any more, but French rustic is a style I can manage...

[jaco]

Made a small footstool at school (about 43 years ago!)

When we married, bought an old house that needed TLC, so cash was short.
Did a built in cupboard for main bedroom.

Made a coffee table from 2*4 pine, un-planed
Cut and assembled. Bevelled the top and bottom of the legs.
Then took a blowtorch and scorched the wood, then in with a brass brush to remove the burnt soft stuff.
Some walnut stain.
Then a light wiping with sand paper which lightens up the growth rings.
Then 2 coats matt polyurethane
Looked very good.
Lots of fondues with lots of cheap wine held around that table.

[mailee]

My first piece was an 8 foot wall unit back in 1970 something or another when I bought my first home. It included a cocktail cabinet and display cabinet all made in good old veneered chipboard. no real joints back then just dowels and glue with iron on edging. I was really proud of it at the time, looking back now I have come a long way since then but now use MDF. ;D

[chippy]

A table. The top was actually a board my Dad used to mix cement on, the legs were made from a packing crate and the rest was made from an old shelf. All held together with nails.

I made it when I was 6 years old! It lasted ages and ended up outside being used as a platform by our cat to jump up to the kitchen window.

That was 1960 something. My woodwork has improved a little since then, but... I today still have and use the cantilever toolbox my Dad bought me at that time! I still have the Tenon saw, junior hack and the plane he bought me too!

[modernist]

That was 1960 something. My woodwork has improved a little since then, but... I today still have and use the cantilever toolbox my Dad bought me at that time! I still have the Tenon saw, junior hack and the plane he bought me too!

Funny how we hang on to those early tools. My dad made me a toolbox with a tenon saw in the lid and a couple of chisels,a block plane and pincers which I still use (circa 1956). Life has just gone full circle as I have recently inherited his as he is moving into a flat.

cheers

Brian

[thebloke]

The first proper thing I did was teak 'fone table around 1972. I remember the sawdust stuck together in clumps when I cut the tenons...I thought the timber was wet - Rob

[engineerone]

hope your training programmes take account of that learning process rob ;D

mine was a display cabinet in mahogany
paul