Thompson Woodworking

I'm in Methven today at the Craft Market in the Methven Hall.

I'm all set up for the start of the Methven Craft Fair which runs from 10am - 4pm today and tomorrow at the Memorial Hall on the main street of Methven.
Come and see us there are heaps of stands.

I haven't posted in a while, but I will be at the Methven Craft Fair, this coming weekend 5-6 August. I haven't been for a couple of years but I look forward to seeing people there again. I will be selling things that I make from the scraps left over from making furniture, and talking to people about items that they would like made.

Not long ago I started working on making two cockpit tables for a large yacht that was being built. To see how they turned out follow this link to a blog on my website: www.thompsonwoodworking.nz/blog/2021/8/7/yacht-cockpit-tables

Just set up for the the Methven Craft Fair which is on today and tomorrow from 10am till 4pm in the Methven Memorial Hall. There are lots of interesting stalls. Come and have a look.

This week marks 5 years since I started Thompson Woodworking after I retired from teaching, although it was not until the end of 2018 that I stopped having some part time classes.

My first job was to build the interior of this motorhome. It was a very detailed job and took quite some time to do but I was very pleased with the way it turned out.

I've done all sorts of things since. Furniture, joinery, boats, trophies, signs and kitchen utensils (my last job for the day today was to make a special rolling pin). There's plenty of variety, and I'm still very much enjoying it.

I enjoy making display cabinets, and I was recently looking back over some of the ones that I have done over the years. So I thought I would share these photos with you, even though the quality of some is not so good. I hope you enjoy looking at them.

I have been repairing this table, which extends with a mechanism that you work by winding a handle. I have repaired a number of these before. But this one extends from a small square table to a banquet table about two and a half times its original size with three large extension pieces that fit in where miost tables only have one . Quite amazing.

Support our local businesses in Ashburton and Mid Canterbury. You'll find our listing under 'Furniture"

Well, now that we are at level three of the Covid-19 alert level I am able to return to meeting customers as long as I maintain distancing. So you may not come in to my workshop, but we can certainly converse from a safe distance, or by phone or email. So if you need something wooden made or furniture repaired, please contact me in the first instance via my website www.thompsonwoodworking.nz