In this video I talk about what's new (make a bowl without a lathe challenge, new oil wax product, new LED lighting and what I'm working on at the moment), business update (reducing hours at my day job and channel performance), recommended viewing and tool talk (Thor Filtration TF470, Air Quality Monitor, Dakota parallel clamps and Silverline saw horses).

 

Timings:

What's New 0:48

Business Update 4:11

Recommended Viewing 7:25

Tool Talk 9:50

 

Welcome to part 3 of the desk builds.  In the last video I made the drawer and drawer housing for the desk.

And in this one I'll be working on the desk top, the castors, adding a keyboard shelf and getting some glass for the desktop to protect the wood.

First I used my trim router to add a roundover to the top edges of the worktop

I then brought the worktop in to the workshop so that I could sand everything smooth and remove any burn marks left by the router.

I used my block plane just to ease over the bottom edges of the worktop

Peter Millard Clamping Square video: https://youtu.be/kf-jOFrWTXo

In this video I'm going to start working on a commission - this one came about thanks to my uncle who put my name forward to someone who wanted two custom desks built, one for each of his sons.

I got in touch and we discussed his requirements so I could start designing the desks - he wanted the desks 

to have some shelves and a single drawer for storage

something dismantleable so that it can be easily transported

To celebrate 50k subscribers I asked tool companies and retailers who I've worked with in the past to donate some prizes, which are:

 

Hitachi DV18DBFL2 Brushless Combi Drill with 2x 3Ah batteries - https://amzn.to/2JetObE (Amazon UK) https://amzn.to/2LqfGc2 (Amazon US) - Comment #drill to be in with a chance to win!