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Handmade by Matt

How it all started......

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Handmade by Matt started back in February 2018, when me and my now wife decided to get married. After months of preparations we were nearly ready to go, and started to put certain things together. Unfortunately we soon discovered the table number holders we had purchased a while back were sitting too low in the centrepieces, so I decided to make some stands to elevate them...
Inspired by YouTube videos I decided they needed to be woodturned. No real knowledge of woodturning or equipment to do it on, I decided to build my own lathe and so it began...

With lots of trial and error, I made my first lathe. I used an old pillar drill, a motor I bought second hand and lots of scrap metal. This allowed me to make the table stands but there was a lot wrong with it and it needed upgrading.....

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I started turning and practicing most days after work and after many failed attempts I slowly started to make items I was happy with. I made so much I didn't know what to do with it all, so...

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I did my first ever craft fair in Farnham and then in Ripley village hall, the fairs were a great success, and it all took off from there...

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