Gayus Wood

busy, busy, busy here the last couple of weeks.  so busy, i havent been able to keep up with my blogging ... its a GOOD problem, actually.  possibly a sign that things are finally, maybe, picking up a bit.  we have had some good new sales and a definite increase in requests for quotes on new projects.   let us all knock on wood here.  where to begin?  above, is the finished upper cabinet for the kitchen we have been working on.  that project is all installed now.  click the photos to enlarge them ...
 in the works now is another pool table to go in the room with the 12 claro walnut table we shipped back in july.  must be a big room !
there were two different designs floating around and so we made a scale model of both options, and the client chose the long x in the top photo.  sam will be making a welded metal base for this one ...

the only problem was, not one, but TWO different sets of slates arrived from florida broken.  definitely a setback as we had to drive to albany to purchase a third from an old friend who restores pool tables, so we could finally get underway this week.
 will has about got the rails under control ...

and jim and i have about got the slate support frame under control.  it will have metal edges to match the metal base that sam is making ....
and sam is ready to weld tomorrow
besides the pool table, sam is extremely busy in the metal shop.  he installed two railings this week, a short one at a home in rupert, and then a more substantial one at the new chamber of commerce building in manchester ... photos of those later.  he also delivered the bench above to go with the x table he made a few months back. (scroll down)
and back in the woodshop, will wrapped up this cherry trestle table Thursday, and it is in the finish room getting its final polishing.
its a new, custom version of one of our early (1980s) shaker inspired designs

.and we went to a wedding and celebratory bonfire last weekend ... it was a good un.  we burned 10 years of old bookkeeping in that one ...
hot an fast
and quite beautiful ...
and will found us an almost new in the box number 80 on ebay ... you cant have too many of those around when there are four people in the shop ...
and, weve also got a pair of cherry tables going that will be mostly separated, but can be put together for large parties.
we had some beautiful matched figured cherry boards from our friends at irion lumber.
and laid them out and cut them ... going to be cool ...

wait !  its hard to believe, but i almost forgot the next big claro walnut table.  the slab for it is now in the garage, waiting for the pool table to get out of the shop.  well be working on that soon ... it will have a metal base like the table we recently sent to aspen.

Sams been working with metal now for about 5 years, full time for the last two. Hes a great welder and fabricator and his artistic and problem solving sense is evolving everyday. As we get more and more requests for pieces both entirely of metal and as furniture, in combination with wood, often questions of finishes, materials, and capabilities arise ... Rather than answer the same or almost the same questions over and over, this post will serve as a general outline for potential clients who want to know more about what we can and cant do ... Click the photos to enlarge them ....

We have a fairly well equipped metal shop. We could use a little more space, a milling machine and maybe a more professional drill press but mostly, were pretty well set. We also have a company we work with for custom CNC waterjet cutting and custom CNC plasma cutting, as well as chrome plating and powder coating ... Right here in Vermont ....

This cabinet belongs to some friends down in Oregon. There is something about it that I just love, but there are a lot of things about it I cant quite figure out. Every time I see it, I seem to find some new detail that adds to the puzzle. Id love to figure out a general history if possible.


Im pretty sure it is old, maybe as early as the 1700s. I dont have anything solid to base that assumption on, so of course I could be way off. It does have many indicators of age - for example it shows a major repair and some hardware replacement on this drawer front.


The sides of the same drawer show what I assume to be rodent damage. Im thinking that the repair on the front was for something similar. Also, on the hand cut dovetails, note that the groove for the drawer bottom was left exposed in a pin, rather than being concealed by the tail.




The inside of the upper door panel clearly shows marks from a heavily cambered plane iron.


I really like the inlaid stars.


The crown moulding is a little strange. Its a fairly complex profile, but not smooth at all. Its wavy, like it was carved and not planed. Hmm.


Finally, there are the turned bun feet. Is it normal for the front and rear feet to be different? And I dont know why, but every time I see those feet I think of Bermuda. Where did that come from? I just dont know...


Anyway, if you have any insights or ideas about this cabinet, please comment, Id love to hear them.

Enjoy...

If you watch very closely at the 0:11 to approximately 00:13 second mark, you may just see for yourself the secrets finally revealed of the traditional leg vise. So, this is what the experts were talking about, in all of the fancy magazines all of this time!
Seriously though...Imagine working wood in this way; relaxed, focused and at perfect ease with the wood, the tool and the joinery. Incredible...
We all can learn something from this, regardless of the work you do.
Cheers!

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