Here’s a look at my official first floor tile job. Not the best, but certainly not the worst!
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He knew exactly what he wanted and communicated it to me very clearly, so he got exactly what he was looking for. Rail made from 1×6 and 1×2 pine from the depot, with uniform 3/4″ gaps and black-painted hidden vertical … Read the rest
Ohh baby these things turned out sweet. Worked with Temo from the cabinet shop and boy did we knock it out of the park. You can’t tell by looking at the ceiling, or by any photographs, but there is a … Read the rest
Bev’s Parents (Gary and Nancy) live in a nice little neighborhood in Atlanta, and one of their neighbors introduced himself one day while I was working for Gary. I was honored to meet the man, an Army Veteran during the … Read the rest
Back Porch Patterned Trex Deck
Beverly was just as excited as I was with the way it turned out! Yessssss!
Everybody has that one wildcard neighbor. I help mine when I can, and about a year ago I was helping him move lawn mowers around … Read the rest
My cousin Greg was in the market for a cutting board and I was looking to learn to make one for somebody. Took a bunch of cut ends and scraps, glued them together on edge and cut them on the … Read the rest
Built-in coffee bar constructed with live-edge walnut slabs. Wired up a light switch and sconce behind the wood panel kitchen wall to the outlet below, and added a Walnut shelf with hooks for cups. Shelf, bar top and supports finished … Read the rest
For the renovated bathroom I decided to install live edge shelves. I visited my chiefs in Roseburg, OR to drop of a 20′ aluminum ladder for their alaska sawmill, and while I was there I asked for any slabs they … Read the rest
Beverly loves her knives. Pocket knives, throwing knives, machetes, bowies… It is sort of her thing. So I made her a few from an old circular saw blade. Cut with a 4″ angle grinder, shaped and sanded, then I heat-treated … Read the rest
Our fellow Shadowhawk Trieu commissioned me to make him a 21″x24″x2.5″ cutting board. I explained that his desired thickness was a bit overkill and that I could make him a matching set with an additional lazy susan, coasters, maybe three … Read the rest
12″ diameter susan made of reclaimed plywood, patterned in a hexagonal “vector” (whatever that means) which i like to call a Tri-Hex Weave. Macacauba exotic hardwood base, six cork pads on the bottom. Finished with sanding sealer and five layers … Read the rest
Patterned reclaimed plywood, resembling Michael Alm’s “Alpine Peak” pattern. Transparent layer of epoxy near the top, sanded and shaped down to 320 grit and finished with orange oil-beeswax to a nice, smooth luster. Currently available for sale in our … Read the rest
Slices of spalted driftwood from a creek near our old home, cut at an angle, drilled and sanded. Finished with sanding sealer and durable lacquer. Available now in our Etsy Shop.
Doug Fir patterned into hexagon triplets with a layer of cork underneath. Sanded to 220 grit, painted blue-green-grey on the vertical sides and finished with a layer of sanding sealer and three layers of satin lacquer. Put ’em together and … Read the rest
A gift for Beverly, these are made of patterned reclaimed plywood, glued together in a star pattern and filled with a walnut plug in the center. A layer of cork added to the bottom to minimize table scuffing, finished with … Read the rest
Figured Walnut, Maple, and River Driftwood that were way too beautiful to make it to the burn pile. Sanded to 220 grit and finished with orange oil/beeswax. A staple item in our Etsy Shop.
I made this board game for Bev as a Christmas present. When we were living in the Olympia apartment we had dinner with our neighbors Jannah and McKinley, and McKinley showed me their board game called Quarto. We played … Read the rest
I like biochar to be crushed: from my reading and experience it is best to have it in relatively uniform pieces, sizes ranging from a dime to a grain of rice. So, I filled two sono-tubes with concrete and suspended … Read the rest
Biochar “kiln” made from an old 4’x12’x 3/16″ thick scrap steel tank, trailer axles, a few trunk jacks from the auto wreckers, and a new 2″ ball hitch receiver. Great for small-medium size production, just wheel the wagon up to … Read the rest
Decided to purchase a custom branding iron for my woodworks and I needed some sort of logo or signature. So I grabbed the straight-edge and started drawing out “JPJ” a bunch of different ways, and then threw the … Read the rest
First is our Avionics shop’s favorite variety of tequila label (we called it “War Chicken”), but rather than a skeleton with a sombrero and a spear, I drew a skeleton with a cranial (flight deck safety helmet) and the test … Read the rest
In 2015, just out of the Navy I inherited this banjo from my father’s father Grandpa Russ. By the time it made its way into my hands, the case was shredded; constructed of pressed particle board and some sort of … Read the rest