I could build that if I had all those tools
One guy even wrote me over a 1000 word essay on what a piece of s**t I am and how I am doing it all wrong.
Building a Live Edge Clock
Several years ago a cherry tree came down during a windstorm in my friend’s yard. So we hauled as much of it as we could over to my shop, I couldn’t turn down free wood. I have been turning it into bowl but decided to do a little something different with this one.
May 2020 Newsletter – The Clocks
I have been experimenting with this process to add a gorgeous element to these peek-a-boo clocks. The gravitas imparted by the process and finished result (called yakisugi) are the blackest I have ever gotten wood before. Typically, using a dye or stain leaves a purple undertone to the black so it is not a true black. These are a deep rich black, that adds one more level of detail to the patinated copper clock designs.
Building a Shelf For a 1950’s Model Train
These floating shelves where a fun build. The client wanted to have one of the shelves equipped with a custom train tunnel for his 1950’s era model train.
The overall shape of the design was inspired by part submarine, part star wars ship, made from walnut.
Why you should stop asking Facebook for tool advice or any advice
There are a few questions that pop up in woodworking Facebook groups on a regular base that make me want to stab a pencil in my eye to keep my eyes from rolling when I read the comments.
Building a River Table With a Jet Engine in it
This has been one of the more unique pieces I had the pleasure of designing and building. The piece of machinery in the center of the table is a compression chamber from a jet engine. The client that commissioned this project wanted a unique way to display the engine. After a few iterations of the design, we came up with a coffee table where a river of glass is flowing out of the jet engine.