Mass Wood working

Hi Everyone,

Well, I looked at the bowl and decided to hollow it out more and Im much happier with it. Here is a photo of it:



Now for the bad news: my lathe has suddenly stopped working. I had switched off the lathe and took the bowl off to look at it and then I put the bowl back on to begin sanding it. I reached for the switch and nothing happened. I tried several times to turn it on but it isnt working.

Im not sure whats wrong with it. It is hot outside and the motor is hot and covered with wood shavings so it might have over heated.

Im going to let it cool off and try it again in a couple of hours.

Keep your fingers crossed.

VW

just like in the wood shop, sam is humming along in the metalshop, welding away. now that all the table bases above are finished and ready to ship, hes been working on other projects. click the photos to enlarge them ...

these are the, i dont know, 25? base shoes for a large railing project with a local builder in rupert. stairs and a deck around a pool house thats 80 long and 50 wide.

looks like 116 of it, without the stairs. gonna take a while ...

and then we have a new style blackened shaker steel base. i really like it. its kind of shiny, but not too shiny, kind of black, but not too black ... its just a really nice complement to the claro walnut slab top.

a corner of the table top. more on that later ...



and then he fabricated the full size version of a steel table base shown in the model below ...

first make a U and then add two Ls and some 1/4 x 2 aprons.

trevor routed fitting jigs on the cnc which made the job a little easier. it was still fussier than it looks. mitered corners in 3" tubing ..

and then, after making the curved towel bar above ...

he use that concept to come up with a leg design for another clients table base. roll the 3/4 square stock and then give it a half twist to make the s shaped legs. pretty cool imho.

leveled and flattened all 8 legs and then

added the plates so it can sit outside on the grass ...

and then we met with a client about a hoist bar over his new barn loft ... thatll be coming up soon as its been in the background for a while ...

and then, when i came home for lunch yesterday, i was surprised to find this object in my driveway. take a guess .... no, ok, ill tell you ... its for hauling your hounds in the back of your short bed toyota pickup. the bed is 63" and so is the unit above. it will have welded on open mesh sides, top and door, and it will be just like the dogs are riding in the back of your pickup, but legal. in vermont, technically, you cant just stick em in the back, (or strap them to the roof for your family vacation), but thisll be fine ... enough update for now....

After a short break for some odds and ends .. fireplace screens, a couple of repairs, a very short one step railng, and some work on a couple more cockatoo chairs, Sam has headed into another big railing project with his builder friend Scott Thompson. This design is one loosely based on a previous project for a contemporary house Scott built in 2008.
These are the first two completed sections and Sam and Jim oiled them up before they left today. I havent been to the house or seen the full drawing, but these two 7 sections will be installed next week and measurements will then be taken for the other 7 section that will connect them and complete the open balcony area. Then I understand there are at least two angled railings that go down the stairs ... I cant wait to see the finished house ....
Heres an end view showing the half posts that will bolt to the inset beams at the ends of the open section. The railings jut out from the posts on short angles so they can attach to the vertical edges of the beam which will provide a secure and rigid connection. Apparently there are some other angled elements on the floor below that suggested this interesting and artistic concept. Ill have to see it when its all finished.
As usual, Sam made the drawings and then Trevor cut a spacing jig on the cnc that enables Sam to quickly and accurately weld up the pieces.....
The angled jigs were a little trickier, but a lot smaller and worked slick ...