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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 21:41:45 GMT -6
I figured I'd increase the woodworking content and post some of my recent projects. All of these were built for clients at Renaissance Custom Furniture, the shop I work out of. If you have any questions about any of them I'll be happy to go into detail. These first two pics are of an Alder sideboard. The doors were a fairly challenging bent lamination. Finish is lacquer.   |
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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 21:43:53 GMT -6
These went to the same client. Both are of alder. I hand carved the coffee table and did a brass inlay in the top. Finish is lacquer.   |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 29, 2009 21:48:19 GMT -6
I do like that sideboard. Is that a customer design, a shop original, a stock, or a collaborative?
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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 21:48:29 GMT -6
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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 21:50:39 GMT -6
I do like that sideboard. Is that a customer design, a shop original, a stock, or a collaborative? The sideboard was a customer design. One of our main designers who we work with designed it for her own home. |
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Post by admin on Oct 29, 2009 22:13:28 GMT -6
Beautiful work! I especially like the Walnut Cabinet. Very nice!
How did you do the inlay work on the coffee table? Router?
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Oct 29, 2009 22:19:31 GMT -6
Hey, you do really GOOD work!!
Beautiful stuff!
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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 22:23:30 GMT -6
How did you do the inlay work on the coffee table? Router? Yup I used a router. I made a template out of 1/4" MDF and used a guide bushing with a 1/8" spiral bit to go around that to cut the groove. Then is was a matter of bending the brass to fit and giving the brass a little patina using gun blue. |
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Post by Stretch on Oct 29, 2009 22:25:28 GMT -6
Hey, you do really GOOD work!! Beautiful stuff! Thank you Joe. |
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Post by deepsplinter on Oct 30, 2009 5:44:47 GMT -6
Beautiful stuff there Stretch. I'd like to stand in the corner of your shop for about a week, just to see how the "REAL WOODWORKERS" do it. My wife saw the walnut cabinet. Now she wants me to make one. Yeah right  On projects like these, do you do it all, start to finish, or is a collaborative thing? |
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Post by Stretch on Oct 30, 2009 6:15:52 GMT -6
Beautiful stuff there Stretch. I'd like to stand in the corner of your shop for about a week, just to see how the "REAL WOODWORKERS" do it. My wife saw the walnut cabinet. Now she wants me to make one. Yeah right On projects like these, do you do it all, start to finish, or is a collaborative thing? You'd be welcome to come on down for a while, but I'm afraid you'd probably be a little disappointed. We stand around scratching our heads alot trying to figure stuff out. That walnut cabinet was pretty vanilla except for the top moulding. It was made out of one piece and hand carved and shaped. These days we mostly collaborate to some extent. My boss gets the orders in and then shows me all the plans. I get the projects started and he jumps in and does parts of them when he has time between office work. The goal for the business is for multiple artisans working on their own projects from start to finish, but we're not their yet. |
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Post by cabinetman on Oct 30, 2009 7:00:35 GMT -6
Really nice work. More fun than building boxes. That scalloped moulding is pretty cool. Did you make it or is it a stock moulding?
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Post by Stretch on Oct 30, 2009 9:29:16 GMT -6
That scalloped moulding is pretty cool. Did you make it or is it a stock moulding? I hand carved all those scallops. It took me about a day to do it all. I had a sore shoulder from swinging my mallet all day.  ;D |
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Post by Leo Voisine on Oct 30, 2009 10:42:27 GMT -6
WOW - Awesome work
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Post by CajunRider on Oct 30, 2009 19:10:15 GMT -6
Beautiful stuff as always Mark. I like the big table a whole lot.
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Post by tscheel on Oct 31, 2009 8:57:51 GMT -6
You are just in a whole other league than most. Very nice...
-tyler
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Post by lexrex on Oct 31, 2009 15:13:55 GMT -6
Stretch, great stuff. It was really cool to follow you through the forum and see you go from apprentice to this! I guess it worked out pretty well, huh?
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Post by Stretch on Oct 31, 2009 16:03:22 GMT -6
Stretch, great stuff. It was really cool to follow you through the forum and see you go from apprentice to this! I guess it worked out pretty well, huh? Thank you Chris. Yes it definitely worked out well for me. The apprenticeship was really a life changing experience. Not only for my career but really in every area of my life. I don't know if I'll always be a professional woodworker, but woodworking will always be a huge part of my life. |
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Post by imahic on Nov 3, 2009 15:16:30 GMT -6
Very nice work, Mark. Was in Lindale a couple months ago but it was a quick turnaround trip. Would be nice to see the shop where all this artwork is generated. Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
Mike
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Post by Stretch on Nov 3, 2009 20:16:21 GMT -6
Very nice work, Mark. Was in Lindale a couple months ago but it was a quick turnaround trip. Would be nice to see the shop where all this artwork is generated. Thanks for sharing your photos with us. Mike You'd be welcome anytime, but I have to warn you that the shop I work at is not much to see. It's small, dirty, and really doesn't have any special tools. When I first went to visit before I started my apprenticeship, I was very surprised. I expected a much larger, better equipped shop. But I looked at my boss's portfolio, and that convinced me that the shop wasn't all that important.  |
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