below is a post i wrote for the guild of vermont furniture makers blog back in 2009. i was waiting for photos of the actual show at the furniture society before i put it on my own blog, but i didnt attend the conference and so, never got any photos ... i wanted to have it here on my own space and low and behold select all, copy and paste, and here it is ... looks like i used my old camera ...here are a couple of links to some other built projects .. models can be fast and extremely helpful ... click the photos to enlarge them
the big tables .. long mdf model in foreground
the claro walnut desk two mockups; one with the photo on top in cardboard and a welded steel one far right foreground
the duck bed ... and aluminum sample before the stee, copper and brass ... foreground center
5/9/09
The Furniture Society Conference is coming up again and, just every year, I think Ill go, and then I dont. I expect this year will be the same. Like some other things in life, we think we might be more interested at first, but then are distracted by more interesting things. Happens all the time. I did, however, submit an entry in the Designs in Miniature event which called for photos of models as design tools. Since I have a fair collection of them and find them valuable study and sales tools, and I like to build them, I sent some in. Here are the pictures. I dont have many of the pieces, but I do have ALL the models ... Click to enlarge the photos ...
Tapered cherry cabinets from last fall 1/6th scale, 30 x 21 x 6
revised models
One of the finished cabinets
More models and some finished tables below
One of my favorites from 1990
happens to be currently in my home office
Night pictures are alchoices a little color challenged .. the tops are natural curly maple
the big tables .. long mdf model in foreground
the claro walnut desk two mockups; one with the photo on top in cardboard and a welded steel one far right foreground
the duck bed ... and aluminum sample before the stee, copper and brass ... foreground center
5/9/09
The Furniture Society Conference is coming up again and, just every year, I think Ill go, and then I dont. I expect this year will be the same. Like some other things in life, we think we might be more interested at first, but then are distracted by more interesting things. Happens all the time. I did, however, submit an entry in the Designs in Miniature event which called for photos of models as design tools. Since I have a fair collection of them and find them valuable study and sales tools, and I like to build them, I sent some in. Here are the pictures. I dont have many of the pieces, but I do have ALL the models ... Click to enlarge the photos ...
Tapered cherry cabinets from last fall 1/6th scale, 30 x 21 x 6revised modelsOne of the finished cabinetsMore models and some finished tables belowOne of my favorites from 1990happens to be currently in my home officeNight pictures are alchoices a little color challenged .. the tops are natural curly maple 
well, we have put our toes into what i would imagine to be an extremely teeny tiny niche market ... we have a friend, george bouret, who is a professional photographer and gallery owner in pawlet, vt. he bought a new lens for his antique deardorf view camera. it had a different focal length from most other lenses used on this type of camera so he needed a holder that would position the new lens one inch closer to the film. will whipped up the new one and after a little fine tuning ... (angling the bottom slightly as the holder had to swing into the opening because the top metal holder was fixed) off he went ... i dont expect much repeat business on this one but george says even the normal replacement lens boards are hard to find and really expensive if you can find them .... who knows ... maybe well be retiring soon after all ... ahhhh, just kidding ... what would i have to write about then? click the photos to enlarge them ... 
original on the right ..
new one on the left, before modification ... good to go now ...
