I thought I'd try out CustomMade, so far no luck, but it certainly has helped in brushing up my bids. And I'm slowly putting up bits of my portfolio on their site. This is odd looking device is a drip coffee holder, the cones fit on top and the cups below and here it uses a commercial drip tray, aluminum, stainless, and sipo. Below, a rough sketch for a 5' X 5' painted table that I decided not...
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This design is about as simple as it gets, but I think the proportions came out very well. Something most people don't consider is that once a table is surrounded by an army of chairs any fancy legwork, pedestals, stretchers, etc are often hidden, but don't let that stop you! This was my first experience with Sipo, (Entandrophragma utile), a mahogany look alike and it behaves like a good quality African Mahogany with...
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This little table, "Reta's Oval", turned out to be not so diminutive in terms of construction. It's been a while since I've done any curved work, and it was on a project where time and money were not the objective, still, it's surprising to have to re-learn what you've known. Here's a couple of photos of some of the jigs and fixtures used to make the table. The X-Y axis oval cutting device didn't...
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The cabinet job, which for various reasons took over twice as long as anticipated, is coming to a close. Here are a few shots of the ongoing installation, minus the custom top which should be installed shortly as well as the lighting and other final touches. Arthur Gomez of Volume Studio has taken a tiny office space and made it into a very functional and compact office space as well as utilizing an ingenious cable chase to make all...
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Yes, everything is an emergency, maybe I should change the name of the company? Mara is on the verge of getting large amounts of antique (by American standards) furniture from a dealer who scored some fine pieces in the former industrial heartland of the USA. Check out the auction site here. This calls for another work table for Mara. Welding the beast, I do not recommend shorts, open shirt, and sandals for anything but...
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Aren't all weddings emergencies? In this case my customer needs a cypress sink base and he has the cypress. About 15 hours later we had our piece. No time for bevels and fine details but he has a nice concrete top to use with it and it will look just fine. Great timing too, in spite of the rush, because I lost about 5 days on the cabinet job when the materials being used were switched. Some pics: ...
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