i love your work.
and while i need a new kitchen island, myself, judging from the high level of craftsmanship and detail in your work, i could never afford you!
beautiful!
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ETA:
Were U to see our kitchen, U’d cry, too.
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eh, I think we’re still under the cabinet companies’ estimates on this one. a lot of the expense is these special oak boards. and we stay in the guest rooms, so there’s no lodging expenses since we’re out of town.
my boss actually does a lot of work in a similar arrangement in Panama City Beach. I’d be happy to give you his contact. I know we charge more than, say, framing carpenters etc, but we’re less than electricians and plumbers.
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just realized I didn’t post all the pictures I took. I’m back home now but we’re going to build the vent hood and finish up next week
the poplar on the wall gets painted an off-white, and the oak will be stained
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My mind boggles. Amazing work!
It makes me hesitate to post these teaser pics of a small side table I’m making for my daughter’s room. All $1 bin off cuts of “orchard walnut” - which I think means claro walnut - from a valley hardwood dealer.
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I love your legs! The wood ones that is.
The woodworking projects all of you guys have shown in this topic in the last several months are simply fabulous.
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Gary the Sheet Ghost and I agree with you on all points.
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Thank you!
Necessity is the mother of invention. The legs themselves are off cuts from the tabletop. I could have just made them the right length with lap joints, but straight legs for this table would be too boring. Then I noticed the offcuts from the curves at the “knees” looked like they could be feet, so I added those back on.
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That’s a great pickup line when you’re into pirates.
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nah man, that’s super cool
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[blush] It’s just really nice wood.
I consulted my client (my daughter) who didn’t like how jarring the middle seam is, so she suggested a brass or black separation between the two halves. So I routed in a v groove and inlayed it with brass wire and backfilled with black epoxy.
Now with the first of multiple coats of varnish:
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Like an open book!
Lovely, indeed!
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Thank you! I hadn’t seen the book visage but now I do. Perfect, since my daughter is an avid reader!
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I made two of those for my dad’s 90th birthday.
They’re for the bit of the garden path where the lawnmower robot trundles across.
And will give the neighbours something to talk about.
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Well executed!
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The word Trundle just isn’t used enough these days. My thanks to you.
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I owe this entirely to The Register. They like using words like trundlebot or fondleslab.
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at home I patched the driveway.
Atlanta’s minimal frost line allows a slab of the minimum thickness, 4 inches, thank goodness. since it is on a steep incline I wanted it pinned down with rebar. here’s cutting and angling it.
and since cars go over it I reinforced it with the rebar mesh stuff. maybe not necessary but better than being wrong. the landlord thought that the previous asphalt patch sinking down meant that it was eroding underneath. I told him that wasn’t what was happening, asphalt just sinks into itself when it’s a half assed patch but he wanted it redone. more money for me.
for anyone unfamiliar with Georgia red clay, it’s pretty much rock hard. digging the depth and prepping the wooden side and rebar was the bulk of the job. mixing the concrete was a little easier, and pouring and smoothing it was the easy part.
putting a little gravel down seems to be the pro move, there was plenty from the digging and the demo-ing of the asphalt.
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Excellent work!
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