the california pizzeria

ok, we recently received some photos from the pizzeria in california .. they are up and 

running, and the owners 'love their stuff'.  looks pretty good to us too .. 

here's the hostess stand with some polished rebar elements...
click the photos to enlarge them ..

and the pizza assembly table with the peel in the 'ready' position ..

and the particularly 'heavy duty' side table with 1" rebar .. that baby could support a thousand plates ...

and some 'in process' photos, before the marble, which was fabricated here in vermont by herb johnson at johnson marble and granite in proctor and shipped with the pieces to california.

A Claro Walnut Slab Table

This post actually starts back in February when I wrote abut some claro walnut slabs that I had on hand. So far we've completed projects with two of the slabs ... I still have one available ... The latest project is a desk/table for a niche in the walnut paneled room we completed recently. It involved some fine metal fabrication and welding by Sam, as well as a good effort from the woodshop team to polish up the slab and get it to Holman Studios for one of Steve's fine finish jobs ... Anyway ... Here it is ... Click to enlarge the pictures for better viewing .....

Close up of the model and the figure in the Claro walnut top (from Good Hope Hardwoods)


The whole deal

Fine welding by Sam ... that's 3/4 x 6" solid bar welded to 1/2" and 1")

The naked base ...
The base building process below

The flat trestle bases and a 1.5" solid round bar connector ... drilled up through the bases and bolted to the tapped solid round stock ... Bolts and unbolts for shipping ...

The jig for welding the steel parts together

First end welded