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Senin, 17 Oktober 2016

Ready !!!

well ... so much hype ... so little snow ... out of the wind, it looks like we got about 6 inches of new snow ... we did have some drifting but it wasn;t as badd as they said it would be ...
2/3/11 ... coulda been worse
OK, Im ready ... My entire day has been spent listening to the TV, the radio and everyone I came in contact with telling me how much snow we are going to get tomorrow ... Ill let you know when its over .... Weve got a lot in the yard already ... The table to the left of the benches above is 19" tall as you can see by the yardstick ...
10:30 P.M. .... Not a flake yet ...
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Sabtu, 30 Juli 2016

A Bethlehem Steel Bureau

Im sort of fascinated by the wood and steel elements of our newish Bethlehem Steel line. We have been working on it for about a year now and this is the first case piece ... There just seem to be endless possibilities here ... This one started with the drawing above, but as we were building it, even though all the other tables in this style so far have had the legs pointing down, this piece definitely seemed to want its legs inverted, pointing up. OK, well listen. We turned them over and the results are below. More anchored to the ground, but yet lighter feeling at the same time .... Sometimes you can figure things out in the drawings, but sometimes you have to let your instincts take over .... The piece, to us at least, seems to be stronger and more solid in this configuration ... Click the photos to enlarge them ...
The case with side shims and full extension undermount runners ... Its the first time we tried the Grass runners ... So far so good ... They seem to wobble a bit less when you open and close them , and close a little faster than the Blums ... Cheaper too from our supplier ... The high dolly was a brainstorm too ... Hate, hate, hate crawling around on the floor ...
Mocking up the bolts with masking tape .. three holes or four ?? Three it is ...
More bolts in the front center leg ... This is some of Irions finest figured cherry .. Ive had this log for several years waiting for the right project ... We had Just enough to make it ...
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