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Bookbinding Press

Basic Book Binding Press from Plywood

FABRIC

Fleece Neck Scarf

Warm Neck Scarf for wearing in the workshop and keeping warm

LEATHER

Slim Simple Leather Wallet

A slim + simple leather wallet for holding cards and bank notes

METAL

Steel & Coffee Sack Footstool

A solid floating steel footstool with upholstered coffee sack top

WOOD

Plywood Square Floating Shelf

Modern layered book shelf made from plywood

METAL

Copper Pipe Wine Rack

A beautiful modern wine rack which stores up to 6 bottles made from Copper Pipe

WOOD

Pallet Wood Cactus String Art

A beautiful modern cactus pallet wood wall art

FABRIC

Waxed Canvas Laptop Sleeve

A beautiful waxed canvas laptop sleeve

OTHER

South African Biltong

A delicious dried beef Biltong

WOOD

Biltong Box / Drier

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  • I cut down a thin strip of plywood to use for supports. There are 5 pieces. The most important is a long piece attached to the back, right underneath the seat in the middle. The bulk of the weight pushes down here so this one is quite important. I also added some 45-degree mitres to this piece so the legs wouldn’t catch it as they swung open. Then there are two more on the outsides of each of the legs. At the bottom, there are 2 more thin pieces that help guide and secure the legs in place when they are up. These are not as important as the ones above, but they do help it feel a little bit more secure overall! I just used some wood glue and screwed these into place. Check out the full video at YouTube.com/CuriousCreator #FoldingSofaVideo #plywood #sofa #plywoodsofa #flatpacksofa #plywoodfurniture #foldingsofa #wood #woodworking #modern #design #maker #youtuber #create #creator #curiouscreator #tinyhouse #powertools #dewalt
  • Next, I fitted the legs onto the base of the seat. So the seat folds up onto the back of the sofa. And on the underside of the seat, the legs fold out. I again used my self-centring drill bit to predrill the holes for the hinges and drilled them into the wood. These hinges are shorter than the long piano hinge, and each leg has 2 of them on. Check out the full video at YouTube.com/CuriousCreator #FoldingSofaVideo #plywood #sofa #plywoodsofa #flatpacksofa #plywoodfurniture #foldingsofa #wood #woodworking #modern #design #maker #youtuber #create #creator #curiouscreator #tinyhouse #powertools #dewalt #brass
  • Transfering this to the offcut piece of plywood, I then cut it out using the circular saw. I set up some guides to help me get a nice straight cut with the saw. Check out the full video at YouTube.com/CuriousCreator #FoldingSofaVideo #plywood #sofa #plywoodsofa #flatpacksofa #plywoodfurniture #foldingsofa #wood #woodworking #modern #design #maker #youtuber #create #creator #curiouscreator #tinyhouse #powertools #dewalt
  • I then took a scrap thin piece of plywood and traced out this shape left on it. These are the legs that will support the weight of the sofa seat. This is quite an odd shape, so this was by far the easiest way to do this. Check out the full video at YouTube.com/CuriousCreator #FoldingSofaVideo #plywood #sofa #plywoodsofa #flatpacksofa #plywoodfurniture #foldingsofa #wood #woodworking #modern #design #maker #youtuber #create #creator #curiouscreator #tinyhouse #dewalt #powertools #jigsaw #sawdust
  • I’ve always been terrible at fitting hinges, and one of the reasons is I can never seem to line up the holes with the centre of the hinges. I found these on Amazon, they are self-centring drill bits, or hinge drill bits. They have a spring loaded drill bit that pushes out and ensures that the holes are fitted in the middle of the hinges. It really helped when drilling loads of holes in the project! #FoldingSofaVideo #plywood #sofa #plywoodsofa #flatpacksofa #plywoodfurniture #foldingsofa #wood #woodworking #modern #design #rocklerplywoodchallenge #maker #youtuber #create #creator #curiouscreator #tinyhouse
  • Back in the workshop. Man I’ve missed the feel of wood glue on my hands! Not a fine woodworking project by any stretch of the imagination. But a fun one for sure!! #woodworking #maker #youtube #make #create #curiouscreator #wood #glue #mdf #project #weekendproject

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