A triangular coffee table

well ok ... here's one from back in the fall.  thanksgiving to be more precise.

the clients had a table that had been made for them, but

over time it had acquired some structural concerns, like about an inch

and a half warp across across the middle, and they we looking

for something with a 'live edge on three sides', kind of a tall order.

BUT!, Goodhope hardwoods had the exact slab i needed for the project!!

cad drawing to measurement specs ..

then i photoshopped the planned cuts

and we did the initial surfacing down the road at a friend's factory ...

a little scraping and we moved it to the shop

after Sam fashioned the steel parts, we decided that the initial

bracing concept was unnecessary and we went with just the three legs

i cut the legs from a dead tree that had fallen in the woods behind the garage ..

beautiful double crotch figure!

home in time for turkey day ..

ok, i'm back ....

it's been almost 6 months since i have added to the plus or minus 900

blog posts i have written.   my longest time off from blogging since i started in 2007. 

in november the doctors gave me a date of January 21st for open heart surgery 

to repair a leaky mitral valve, and that threw me off stride a bit.

my surgery and recovery has gone well; i have been back to work now for

a couple of months, feeling good, and the golf courses have opened!

we just shipped out a nice outdoor commission last thursday and

it all looks very happy in its new home ...
click the photos to enlarge them ... 

 nice river view!  

as you can see below, there were lots of steps between the drawing and the finished product ..

the table was easy .. sort of like my original dining table i made for our house in 1975.

the chairs, not so easy .... but typical of the process ... 

first i made a poplar mockup from an inspiration photo that the client sent me ... 

which after due consideration, the client requested that i lower the top of the chair 4", 
which i was able to do here in photoshop ..

coming together now

since my office has been moved to my old finish room, for larger
projects now we often go to finish them in my garage, which is heated and more spacious.
ready to roll above, a great project with great clients!

i will try to add other entries on other projects we have completed since 

november as the spirit moves me ... 

good see that folks are still reading even though i haven't been writing .. 

Another ‘studio style’ desk

another studio style desk now in california ... we sent a similar

one to conecticutt back in february ... this one has our 'Egypt leg', 

a leg style i did first in 1987.

from the website

 
cad drawing 

parts and joinery

structure for the drawers

secret compartment

a better photo

visiting some old friends

i had a call recently from some clients that i made some furniture for

in the 90s and very early 2000s.  they recently sold their original vermont ski house

and moved to dorset.  even though they've been here a few years, i hadn't made the effort 

to stop and see them.  they got a small 'ring' on their table after a recent dinner party

and i got the call to come see if i could help with that.  i am still thinking on the best 

way to handle it.  but, i rnjoyed my visiti and it was good to see some furniture

i made nearly 20 years ago look pretty much like it did when i delivered it,

back in the day.

this is a cell phone picture i took when i visited the lasgt week ...

and this is a picture from my website that i took with 

my nikon film camera when i delivered the table, chairs, 

mirror and sideboard when it was new ...

the table and chairs today

the table picture from the dining table section of my website

construction shot in the shop

and it was also nice to see this curly oak and lacewood coffee table 

with some ebony and reclaimed piano key details

and a pair of our arts and crafts cherry and burl stools 

with their original fabric .. it;s all good ...

another sideboard

this mahogany sideboard looks pretty happy 

in its new home on lake george ...

team design with the clients to accommodate their storage needs 

lots of mortises and tenons

and some interesting intersections

and all the wood came from one 21" x 13' plank of mahogany from irion lumber ..

some dovetailed drawers

and weare ready for hinges, hardware, stain and finish

this sideboard joins two other pieces we made
last year for this boathouse on lake george.

for a fascinating description of part of its renovation
here is a link to a blog post entitled
'adventures in underwater construction'

it sits completely in the lake with only a small 'causeway' connecting it ot land

we also made this custom walnut game table with a
compass rose inly

readers

now that I no longer have to keep three employees busy anymore

I have been a bit lax in my blogging for the last year or so. 

 as I finished the previous post about an art deco sideboard, out of

curiosity, I clicked on the 'stats' page … it has changed since the

last time I looked when it showed 30 day visits and you had to manually 

enter dates to view total page visits

here's where we are as of September 6th …

 one million, seven hundred seventy three thousand, eight hundred and forty five page views!!!

so, thank you readers.  I hope you have enjoyed your visits here,

and I am flattered by your attention.  I will keep writing occasionally, but

certainly not like I did from 2010 to 2014 when I was trying to share and document 

everything I did so I could remember the process and explain how we did things both 

to my employees who maybe weren't here for a particular project, or were 

working on something else, and also so as I aged, I could remember 

how things were done my own self.

as I look back through the 900 some blog posts, I am amazed and honored

at the number and variety of complex and rewarding projects our clients

have allowed us to create … 

Onward we go!

steel base for a slab table post 36,401 views

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a nice walnut sideboard

we recently finished this mirrored art deco styled bar cabinet, and 

today we got a confirmation of delivery and a nice note... 

this new cabinet was a 'simplified' version of the original cabinet below that we made for another client way, way back in 2009

they are both stained/painted pieces, one with gray mirrors with a back, and the 

original with an open back ... both were fun and challenging projects.

cad  comparison

early stages ... mortises tenons and tapers on the cnc

the openings were filled in with walnut ply, allowing spaces for the mirrors

and some 'speed racks' on the doors ..

installed the grey mirrors and sent it on its way ...