Woodworking Blog

We just completed a small cabinet made of Re-Claimed Teak to illustrate

 the quality of our work to a new potential client.

Pictures of the finished cabinet, as well as the rough Re-Claimed  teak lumber that we used for material appear in our web gallery under CURRENT PROJECTS . 

This was an interesting undertaking, to scan the re-claimed lumber for metal (Nails, etc...) , remove the metal, join, resaw, plane, sand, cut, layup and mill all the material to make the finished ends and doors.

Working with this material did prove to be a challenge :-)

More Pictures of the entire cabinet appear in our web gallery under CURRENT PROJECTS .  

Patrick Miller - Project Manager

CLICK HERE to see the New Video posted to YouTube of our man Seth turning a bowl made from "George" the tree.

            

We were enlisted to make usable Items from an oak tree that has been  part of this Palo Alto Community for over a century. The residents fondly  refer to this wonderful oak tree as "George".  This is the Third Blog in this series about George and we took a short video of the steps to turn a bowl and uploaded it to our YouTube Channel. 

My dad recently sent me my boyhood .22, an Ithaca Model 49 single-shot. The ejector was having problems and required taking the entire gun apart in order to fix it. Since it was all apart anyway, I decided to make some upgrades. The new stock is longer and shoulders lower than the original. I used a couple of nicely figured pieces of walnut that I found in the rack. I reshaped and polished the trigger, the lever and the front sight. It now fits me perfectly and feels great in the hand.

Michael Meyer

 

 

  Starting the process, Cleaning,  re-tooling & polishing        It was fun to restore this little piece of my past

Here is an easy way to make your own home made Wood Steamer/Bender.

The Parts you will need are :

1 - Wallpaper steamer ( got mine at Home Depot + or - $40 )

1 - 4 to 10 foot Length of Black PVC pipe with one threaded end and one Capped end

1- Hose bib ( To adjust the drainage )

 First - Drill a hole in the threaded cap to insert the end of the steamer hose

Then - Drill a hole in the capped end to thread in the hose bib

Then - Make a Horizontal stand to rest the PVC on

Then Fill the steamer with water and place the piece of wood to be bent into the PVC

install the threaded cap and turn the steamer on - when the steam starts flowing,

adjust  the hose bib to allow for drainage. That's all there is to it. Takes about  45 minutes

until wood is bendable. CLICK HERE to see a video of the final product

This is a great tool for any woodworker.

Patrick Miller - Project Manager