As Level

This the my final A level project. It is a light that is designed to hold and illuminate books. Its primary book to hold is for cook books because the idea is to make it easier to read from a cook book without getting food on the pages. It also lights up the book making it easier to read. The first picture is of page weights which I turned on the CNC metal lathe. The yellow part of the product is English Oak which was turned manually by me on a wood lathe. The red part is acrylic cut out on a CNC laser cutter and the blue part was MDF cut out and chiselled by me manually. I obtained the light from the internet and finished the product off by painting some surfaces black to diffuse light and adding alluminum tape to other surfaces to reflect light (3rd picture.) Then it was just a matter of sticking all the pieces together. Simple really.

Veneered Chessboard - Double sided

Walnut, Rippled Maple, Lacewood and Pear veneer.

This is a chessboard I made when attending my work experience at NEJ Stevenson.

As Level Olympic Clock

Brief: Make a clock to promote the 2012 Olympics using only acrylic materials, (with the exception of electrical and mechanical components)

I decided to make dumbbells that light up red, white and blue when turned on.

Wooden Rose

 Made from planed pine shavings, wood turned vase and a chopstick.

The inspiration behind this piece was that I'd made the vase at a wood turning class so I thought it would be a good idea to make a rose to fit it and hand it to my grandparents as a Christmas present.

Kitchen Archway

This is the archway made from MDF for my grandparents kitchen. My Grandad cut the MDF out and I applied the silk emulsion finish.

iPod Docking Station (GCSE project)

Unfortunately, this is the only image I currently have of my iPod docking station that I built and at this stage it wasn't quite complete, the blue acrylic was to be polished and the front drawer needed a handle. To make up for this I have included a 3D CAD model of this product (below).
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12' Rowing Boat

I built this boat from plywood using the "Stitch and Glue" technique. What I did was attach all the panels of plywood (which I cut out using jigsaw) together with cable ties. I then used epoxy resin mixed with a filler to fill in the gaps where the timber joint. After that I used fibreglass + epoxy resin to permanently bond the join creating my boat. After that the same technique was used to built the interior then all I had to do was give the product the appropriate finish.