Category: Latest Work

The project I’m working on has two countertops made from rift saw white oak plywood. Instead of using a black plastic grommet to hide the hole for electrical cables, I cut some custom grommets from solid white oak on the CNC router.
Very pleased with the results 😊

At the end of each year I go through the images of all the projects I’ve worked on during the year and compile a calendar. It’s a nice memory of the years highlights.

I’ve been doing this since we purchased the workshop. It’s hard to believe that this is my seventh calendar. How the years have flown by!

Vacuum pressing slab doors and drawer fronts.

Rift sawn white oak paper backed veneer pressed onto a core of half-inch plywood laminated with 1/8″ MDF both sides. The plywood reduces the weight and makes for better screw holding, while the MDF ensures a flat surface.

The veneer pieces are laid out and cut sequentially so when the cabinet is assembled the grain will flow uninterrupted across the front of the cabinet.

The vacuum bag and pump have proven to be very useful over the last couple of years. The CNC table makes for a nice flat surface for this process 😁

My next project includes a number of floating shelves made from rift sawn white oak plywood.   I cut them out on the CNC using a 91-degree V-bit.   I don’t cut all the way through the plywood, I leave around 10 thou of an inch.   Once cut they can be folded up and glued like a box.   They will have LED lights recessed in the bottom of the shelf.

I installed this project yesterday. A set of cabinets to fill a niche opening in a living room. The cabinets feature inset doors, scalloped toe kick and a really big top! Nearly 12 feet long, the top was quite a challenge.

A number of years ago when I was installing kitchen cabinets I noticed how many new homes had niche openings in the walls like this. I would often think to myself, “I bet someone could make a living building stuff to fill those holes”.

Well, it’s coming on three years now and I’m hanging in there!

I got to revisit a project we built and installed a couple months ago. My clients asked if I could come and install a decorative metal artwork that had been made custom made for them. The metal piece has elements of a palm tree, a theme repeated in other places in the home. The metal looks great, contrasting nicely with the stained alder.

I made this three legged table a while ago. It’s built from cedar. Eastern red cedar.

It’s been sitting in the workshop office for a while. This week a visiting client decided she had the perfect spot for it and so it has a new home now ?

The Jacksonville Fair opens on Wednesday, along with the annual woodturning competition. This is my entry this year. A maple platter with walnut and pewter inlay. Just shy of 24″ diameter.

A set of maple doors in progress for a built-in media center I’m working on. These will be finished with pigmented lacquer. It’s good to know that under that color there is attention to detail and solid joinery.