Tony Needs Hobbies

This weeks project is a leather sunglasses case. It will be made out of thick vegetable tanned leather and it will be very sturdy to keep my fragile glasses safe. You can find the free template by clicking the link below:https://www.tonyneedshobbies.com/plans/leatherworking/

In this video I will show you how to make a hexagonal penny table with epoxy glaze. This size is ideal for use as a side table. I have been collecting Euro cent coins since introduction of the Euro as currency in Europe. I have over 8000 coins now so it was time to do

My wife won a bet, placed two videos ago. That’s why she gets to cut my hair in this video. Please stay home and don’t be tempted to visit illegal hairdressers. You can always do it yourself, but don’t let your wife cut your hair!

In this video I am going to reuse candle wax and make new candles by melting leftover candles to make new ones. As a mold I will use toilet paper rolls, mason jars or even whisky glasses. It definitely saved me many pennies.

This video is all about making a 5 liter batch of homemade sweet apricot wine from dried apricots. Will you choose to let me do the Cut Your Own Hair Challenge? Click here to go directly to the recipe.

For already two years I had this idea to make a rack for my strawberry plants. I love strawberries and want to grow a lot of them every year. In this video I will show you how to build a vertical gardening strawberry rack so that you can grow a lot of strawberries on a

A month ago I took a bladesmithing class and learned how to make a viking knife. In this video I will take on another leather working project: make a leather sheath for that extremely sharp hand forged knife.

In this video I am making natural soap using the cold process. A few months ago I tried out the hot process. To give the soap a black color I use coarse ground activated charcoal. It will have a double use as a scrub. Because I am very happy with how this soap turned out,

My next video will be about soap making using the cold process. Before I can do that, I need to make soap molds for the soap to cure in. Making soap molds is not difficult and can be done in one afternoon. In this video I will be making two molds out of plywood. They

In this video I show you how easy it is to make a wooden toy plane from beautiful scrap pieces of wood. I don’t own much woodworking tools and I want to show you that you don’t need a lot of fancy tools to get amazing results. This is illustrated by the wooden toy airplane