A 13-Foot Wooden Hammock for Kirsty & Scooter the Surfing Therapy Dog

Three ambitious builds with heart. We craft a 13-foot wooden hammock for Kirsty and Scooter, a rainbow resin table for nurse Rob, and a flip-down oak bike rack for Adrian. In our woodland workshop, Alex tackles his biggest build yet: an all-timber, 13-foot hammock for Kirsty, a mental health volunteer living with PTSD, and her surfing therapy dog, Scooter. He laminates curved beech and sapele slats into a flexible cradle, threads rope through precision-drilled holes, and anchors everything to a heavyweight base with cut-to-length bolts. After waxing the timber and tying dozens of knots, the reveal lets Kirsty and Scooter finally kick back together. Robin thanks charitable mechanic Adrian, who has kept Pompey in the Community’s vehicles roadworthy for free, with a solid oak, wall-mounted bike rack. He planes every board dead square, then cuts a dozen interlocking mortise and tenon joints with haunches for strength. A flip-down shelf on robust sprung hinges cradles the seat post, while compartments hold keys and jackets. A hard wax oil finish brings the oak alive before the satisfying shake test and demo. Caris creates a rainbow resin coffee table for Rob, the Teenage Cancer Trust nurse who supported Megan through stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 17. Working in layers, she mixes resin and hardener, chases bubbles with a blowtorch and heat gun, and relies on a melamine mould with PVA release for a clean lift. The multicolour slab sits on a simple X base made from reclaimed scaffold boards cut by Japanese ryoba and coping saw. The reunion reveal says it all. Watch for practical joinery tips, resin pour tricks, and heartwarming reveals that show why we love making for people who give so much. #KingsOfTheWood #Woodworking #ResinTable #BikeRack #Hammock #NHS #TherapyDog