wenge dining room table

Finished in November, just received pictures so I thought I'd post them.

things i've made that are still sitting around the shop today

one DJ booth/commercial shelving unit



one unfinished pepper mill



one arm repair still unpainted on red velvet Victorian style couch






four pieces of cherry that go to a bench i still haven't made for my brother



five sapele railings, unfinished



fifteen spindles, still need paint

chisel mallet

I made a mallet today, mostly a product of boredom but also because I needed a mallet. I've been using Evan's chisel mallet which was actually his grandfather's who was a woodworker. So in order to abate the wear and tear which is already abundant on this mallet I made one of roughly the same design because it's a shape and size that feels good to me and I'm used to. Here are some pictures of both mallets. Both are oak.

three-legged stool

Just finished a version of a three-legged stool, a design taken from Tage Frid (widely considered the dean of woodworking teachers in America, originally from Denmark then came to The U.S. when the American Crafts Council asked him to start the first woodworking program here after WWII, also taught at RIT and RISD for years). This is my favorite design of his and I may be doing a run of a few of these very soon. This one is oak from some reclaimed beams my father gave me with wenge wedges and a simple Tung oil finish.
















Oh Tage...such a goofball.

-from my little helper

miscellanea

Oak cake pedestal






sapele window mouldings


- my robot

for Ruth and Barlow

coffee table. cherry with turned walnut dowels. a wedding present for my sister and her husband.








-from my robot

keeping up the shop in Frankford

So, I finally made the move up to Philly for a woodworking apprenticeship with a cool dude named Evan. (Def check out his shit which is undoubtedly the tytetron: evanleedesign.com) And for now I'm sleeping in the shop, working for him during the day and just picked up a busboy job near Center City at night. Doesn't leave a lot of time to make work or to make any friends for that matter, both of which are non-existent so far. If you guys, you readers (whom I fear are just as well non-existent), know any Philly connects give me a ring. Regardless, here are some pics of Evan's ridiculously chron shop I now have access to. Also there are some pics of work I've been doing for Evan. Also if you have not read East of Eden do so right now. Steinbeck is my personal shaman.