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Travel Arrangements

I spent my day today making two dovetailed boxes. In my last post I mentioned the saw bench I want to build but decided it would make more sense to build it when I get out East next week where I’ll need it the most….


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How to live in less than 500 square feet ?

Habinet 1st position

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Phase Two

Finetuning the socket and taking the time to check for square.

Well here I sit, Monday morning and I’m feeling really good about phase two of the habinet project. I started the construction yesterday after giving two classes on Saturday- a good weekend indeed.
The second part of  the project is a large Armoire that’ll stand next…


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Habinet Update

Kristen waiting for her new table top to be attached! The paper and blue tape are wrapping two strap hinges that allow the table to fold up and fasten to the bed.

The Habinet (fold away bed cabinet with maple diner table and rolling side table) was installed this past weekend and I couldn’t have planned a better installation. My good friend Douglas (who you may remember from the earlier post- Inner city Lumber Jacks) and I…


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is it really love ? or only good design…

cedar box- haBinet drawer components dimensioned to size.

nothing subtle about the exploitation of traditional joinery and theories…

blasphemy!

sculpting

attempting

‘creating’

dare I say -

‘working’


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Quick Pics

The figure in the maple reminds me of the ocean.

Well it’s been another busy week but I wanted to share a few pics around the shop.
As mentioned in the last post, the dining room has become the assembly area and my trestle table a make shift workbench.
Back down stairs on the regular workbench I’m…


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Working (ply) Wood

Working with plywood is an altogether different animal than with solid wood. Given the choice, I’d prefer solid wood but sometimes solid wood isn’t the best option.  When I worked in the Set Design Industry we worked with plywood almost exclusively- these past few years however, in my…


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Modern Living

The next two pieces I’m building are indeed a stretch outside the norm of what I’ve been doing these past two years here in the wood shop. The first piece is a fold away bed with side table and the folding bed hardware dictates that plywood…


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Christmas Cabinet

Last week I finished off my new sharpening bench and I’m quite happy with the results. Before the oil had a chance to dry I was into another project, this time a small wall cabinet for a Christmas gift. I used up the last of…


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Mixing traditional Skills with Modern Design

I built this wall shelf a couple of years ago using hand cut dovetails and solid Mahogany. The drawer is Flame Birch and made using half blind dovetail joinery incorporating side runners to give the appearance of it ‘floating’.

It was a fun little project to…


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