a walnut dining table with a leaf

we shipped this one off to Florida last week ... natural walnut,

54 x 88 closed, one 20"" leaf .... 

                        This was the inspiration photo sent by the client early in the negotiations…

                                       So we started with some nice walnut from irion lumber

                                                and some poplar for test pieces

and a new cad drawing

we had a little back and forth on the apron details, but we got it

and we ordered a new custom shaper knife to cut the profile in one pass

ta dah!

it took a few shots to figure out the cnc work on the leg, and 

get the profile exactly the way the client wanted it,

but we finally got to a place where we were all happy

the top was pretty straightforward with the fine wood from irion lumber

time to get it all together

we finished it up, and off it went to florida ...

and we didn't hear a peep for a month or two. one day Kristian

asked if i had heard anything, and i hadn't.  then, i kid you not, later that day

i got some photos, and one of the nicest emails about a piece of furniture

a person could hope for ...

all for now

some bubinga chairs

 

good to go!  off to the west coast later this week!

 

we recently completed 10 bubinga chairs for a client in california

who made his own bubinga table during the covid lockdown

 and i must admit, he did a most impressive job!

 

back in 2003, we made this dining table with a slab of bubinga

from goodhope hardwoods and the sideboard and chairs from another.

the chairs are a contemporary adaption of our classic transitional chairs

which are an adaptation we made from an original fully upholstered 

beidermeier style chair that we copied for some clients in the early/mid 90s.

 

we also made these 8 mahogany and maple burl chairs and sent them 

to hawaii with this claro walnut slab table

however, since at that time i had 4 guys in the shop, i did not

have much to do with their construction 

so, fortunately, Kristian is up to speed on the cnc so he took over figuring out the 

joinery and programming to cut the parts ...

and there were a lot of parts ...

also fortunately, we had a mockup side chair and a mockup arm chair we

made when we did previous runs of these chairs.

since we have a new cad/cam program for the cnc, we weren't

able to use the existing files, but Kristian was able to use our 

existing cad drawings to cut the new parts.

all glued up and at the upholsterers now, awaiting their seats and

their upcoming cross country trip!

my original portfolio page from 2003 showing the table, 

the chairs and the sideboard we made way back then ...

 

algebra ... geometry ... math in the workshop

 

above is a projection of the theoretical line profile of a hip rafter for two

 intersecting curved roofs ... the pink curve is made up of short straight lines 

connecting the projected intersecting lines so autocad did not generate a radius. 

fortunately, we were able to take the pink line drawing to our cad program 

and work with it. yesterday, i was talking with 3 former math teachers and the solution 

to this problem came up as one of those former math teachers, 

my friend mrs manley, was able to solve it for me when it came in last january.

this project happened in 2021, and i have always meant to write about it.

here goes .... click the photos to enlarge them ...

the rafter profile we were looking for is the angled one in the corners ...

and the architects response below

we had to use this formula on other, longer (12') 

hip rafters that we had to cut in two pieces

the main roof

a test in advantec

 

the two piece hip rafters

and then we had to cut a template sheet for the plywood 

****

well that is the algebra part ... next the geometry ...

 

you can see the main entry on the right side of

the elevation above, below the cupola ...

the entryway space looked like this

 

' Ensure Slope Matches Side Wall Angle for Conical Ceiling'

at 2 and 1/16th x 12

 not a lot of detail there ...

i sort of sorted out that info in my cad program

 

and then to be sure i understood what i was trying to do, i decided

                                to make a 1/8th scale model from my drawings on the cnc

looks like it all might work ...

a little harder than it looked, as theory collides with reality ...

the right hand wall was off a couple of degrees

and it all worked out in the end ..

plastered and stoned

we later made the forms for the circular steps 

leading up to it, and you can see that process 

at this link

inside ... living room ...

 

a live edge coffee table

we dropped off this fine piece of claro walnut 

to a home on stratton mountain last week

a claro walnut slab from the 'specials' section of goodhope hardwoods

we cut it back to about 72" to go with the clients sectional sofa

it cleaned up very nicely and we routed the bottom for 

a steel base by sam

ready to roll

 

to see more of our lived edge work over the years

try this link

CHANGE IN OUR CONTACT INFORMATION !

 

NEW CONTACT INFO !!!

i i have been having trouble with my phones and email server

the best way to reach me now is by email at

MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS

danmosheim@gmail.com

if you get no response, you can also try

kristian@dorsetcustomfurniture.com

we are generally available by appointment on holidays and weekends if you call 

or email us ahead of time .. our shop is at 23 goodwood lane, on your left,

one mile up danby mountain road from route 30 in dorset, vermont, u.s. of a.
since we get soooo many junk phone calls at the shop,

 the best way to reach me is at

802-379-1478 ... 

you can also leave your number on my home voice mail at

802-867-0139 ...

  
OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS
 po box 442
dorset, vt 05251

and there is a map to goodwood lane at this link

looks like this from goodwood lane
 

Happy New Year Again! ... A repost from 2015

new year's day 2015! .. a time of reflection and optimism .. today's sunset above augurs well for 2015.  red sky at night; sailor's delight .... isn't that the saying?  2014 was an interesting and challenging year ... (as was 2021!) .. a little above average, actually.  some jobs just flowed; some jobs were like pulling teeth .. some had easy deadlines, and some, like the last three weeks of them, were rapid fire, one after another rush, rush, rush.  it's also possible that in reality, my management skills may be fading as i enter my 36th year of this grand production.  all's well that ends well though, and it's onward to 2015. 

since this blog post, i have organized all my slide shows in a page on my blog

here's a link to them ... thousands of pictures of pieces we have created over the last 42years.

Enjoy your tour!

2014
click an image there and arrow through it.. while you are there,
you can also access more albums from other years, like the ones below
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
live edge tables
furniture from reclaimed lumber
sam's metal work
a hundred or more dining tables
digitized sketchbooks
stuff you can do with a cnc router
happy new year to you all, and all the best for 2022!