another post and beam pool table

this is what a set of pool table supplies looks like when it arrives here at our shop ... well, its actually not alchoices quite this beat up, but we have had a couple sets of slate arrive in more than one piece ... better luck this time.  no lost pieces; no broken slate.  click the photos to enlarge them, though youll have to bear with me as i learn adobe lightroom.  my ancient photoshop 7 program stopped working with the last windows upgrade .. i am NOT happy about that.  image/adjust/autolevels .. i am really missing that one.

roughed out rails and cushion wood and cushions above

 

 miracle of miracles .. it is to be exactly like the one above that we made and 

installed about this time last year.

were even using the same drawing, materials, and cutlist.

 here we go .. the new guy chris, finished the slate support frame last thursday ..

 

 and here he is beginning the assembly of the base

 all together last friday ..

 and today we added the slate frame and the slates below

 as of the end of the day today, we had the rubber cushions glued on to the poplar, and 

tomorrow well get them bolted to the slate and add the curly maple rails ...

i love a pool table project ..

and just sos you know were not loafing, weve got some other stuff going on in the shop too .. 

a 12 cherry chest of drawers above, with bookcases and ebony and quartered cherry details

and this 9 curly maple trestle dining table with an inlay.  trevors got that one in the finish room now.

more on those projects later ..
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a claro walnut dining table for sale

ive got this claro walnut table ready to ship.  it could be at your house in time for the holidays.

polished rebar and walnut base ... +/- 44 x 88 x 19.5

$6500. plus shipping

802-867-5541

dan@com

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well, after about 35 years of this kind of work, i have come to really appreciate the process of design, as much as the event of making stuff, which also is a process, and not a list of a linear progression of steps.  we do something, analyze it, do something different, analyze that, and step by step, move it all forward in small increments.  to get to the model above, ive been working with the builder, the client, and two different designers for a couple of weeks now.  it was a lot of work, but i think weve got a handle on it now, and it has been interesting.  click the photos to enlarge them ...

it started with some architects sketches for a more or less traditional kitchen, with a pantry in a separate room off to the right.  

we went with that originally, and i had just finished my shop drawings below, when i was informed that there was a new designer on board, up from florida, with some new ideas of how the kitchen should look.

 

he wanted a more streamlined, clean and modern look ... 

 after quickly revising my drawings to reflect his initial input above, trevor and i visited the site again and waved our arms and pencils and cardboard around with everyone for a while, until i realized that it was going to be a little more complicated then that ...  i offered to make a scale model.  time was short, but we got on it 

so the site looked like below thursday afternoon ... 

and the model looked like below friday morning ... 

so after another meeting friday morning, it was back to the shop, and mid afternoon, back to the site with the model below, adjustments and additions completed ...hot glue and double cardboard ... nothing better

north and east

east and south ...
back to the new shop drawings monday ... a couple more model changes and were good to go ...

so now, the confusing little room is gone, it all feels more open, clean and spacious, and, its the weekend ... 

for more on models and mockups, see these previous posts

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inventory reduction sale

in my most recent post, i mentioned i might be having an inventory reduction sale.  well, here it is.  a show ive been in since january is closing on sunday.  a gallery i was in in massachusetts got flooded. and, im working with a vermont website to market our wood and steel pieces in the future, so ive got to have a few pieces for them to show when their gallery opens in may.  soooo, in the meantime, all this stuff is ready to go, and i would love to move at least a few of these pieces to new homes.  its getting kinda crowded around here.  here goes .. click the photos to enlarge them. for info, email dan@com or call 802 867 5541 during regular business hours

the slab above is the top for a table i made last spring to display in the vermont visitors center in guildford, vermont on route 91.  it has since been to massachusetts, (flooded out), and in the process acquired a very small dent, which may or may not steam out.  the polished rebar base for it, ( a couple photos below) is kind of abstract, and i would consider adding a set of our regular shaker steel legs or some other type of welded steel base instead of the funky rebar ... as is though would be the best price.

and heres a new bridges bench, our third in the series.  instead of flat stock, this one sports welded rebar vs ... a little bridgier than the flat stock .... 15" x 54" x 17.5" high ...

maple burl and welded steel ... 31 x 54 x 17

painted reclaimed chestnut and steel side table

a claro walnut coffee table ... still in massachusetts, but available +/- 44 x 55 x 18

the bullseye chestnut mirror is still around ... wall hung in the finish room now, but ready to go either choice ... on its pedestal or wall hung, or both/either ... cool object ...

cool object ..

heres the top slab with its rebar base in the guilford welcome center .. 

the six ladderbacks are still available too.

and then we have this table, currently with the chairs below, at the helen day art center in stowe .. show closes sunday .. pick up next wednesday ....

and last but not least, we have the bethlehem steel bureau below .. steel legs and pulls by sam .. wood by will .. nicely figured cherry ...

mellowed after a year to a warmer color than shown here ... about 40 high, 18" deep drawers ...

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Jumat, 02 September 2016

open studio update 5 27

we had an excellent first day of open studio weekend saturday. we started off with a long list and a pretty big pile of disorganized stuff friday morning, but by 5:30, we had it all together, the studio doors were locked, and kit and i were sitting by the pond. click the photos to enlarge them ...
we added the leather seats to the chairs first thing and put them upstairs out of the dust explosion that occurs once a year when we clean the shop for this event.  this is what it looked like around 9:00 am, and the photos above and below were taken just before i shut out the lights at around 5:00.
as you come in the door there are two slabs of claro walnut that we finished in anticipation of clients who were arriving friday after lunch to discuss a coffee table, which they ordered. the weekend was off to a good start ...
they considered the two we had put finish on, but in the end, selected one that we hadnt prepared ... bonus ..
these 6 ladderbacks we built to go with the claro slab table with the rebar x base that we finished thursday. that table and chairs will be going to the guilford, vermont, welcome center on route 91 for july, august, and september as a display piece to troll for new work. the state offers space to crafts people who ask for it for free in three month blocks. i was lucky to get the summer block and my contact told me that over 600,000 people stop there in an average year. it is a beautiful space. imagine that ... we have high hopes for that piece of marketing.
probably the most commented on item of the day was this copper top table we finished on friday around 2:00. (cut it a little close) .. its 3 wide and 11 long.
its based loosely on an antique french provincial wood top table image from the internet. this table will get its own post as the whole process was interesting. you can see most of the half size mockup behind the chairs photo above.
it turns out that the mahogany coffee table will be around for another 3 weeks or so so we found a place for that .
sam finished the base thursday for this bench we fabricated from an offcut of a table we made two years ago. it was originally about a foot wider and had some issues, but after some judicious trimming, made a nice little bench ... i actually sold it today and it will be going to a local home where theyll use it as a coffee table on a covered porch ... perfect ...
sam had two of his three spark screen/fireplace inserts on display and they received some excellent reviews ...
and will dropped off his new daffodil banjo that he finished wednesday on his choice to a gig in glover, vermont, waaaay up north ...
rum drinks and beer for my crew ... kit got her jewelry set up in the finish room ...
and penny set up her colorings in the finish room with kits jewelry and then took a rum and a tour of the shop with trevor ...
we go back to the late 70s with jim and penny, and you couldnt ask for better friends ... all for now ...
more photos tomorrow ...

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