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Monday, September 17, 2012

Redwood Gates from My Recent Bay Area Jobs

3D Sketchup of Joinery idea to cover end grain and not use any mechanical fasteners.
This is a 4X4 Redwood Gate Frame held together with only wood glue  

fine joinery for gate
4x4 redwood gate built using no mechanical fasteners just glue and custom finger joints

redwood gate joinery
round top redwood gate
Curved top gate w/ Tongue n Groove Redwood facing
Euclid ave, berkeley

Lap Jointed Z Frame

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Update: Pictures of Recent Work...

Drawer front added to existing kitchen island cabinets. Stained to match original cabinetry.
Replacement of Staircase and landing with railings added for safety


Railings 90% finished before it started raining...

Curved front cabinet with detailed reliefs and stunning restored finish
Sketch-up rough-draft of customers bathroom vanity idea
Bathroom vanity idea in spray booth! Pocket screw reinforcement. Frame and panel construction on all 4 sides!
Side panels with mortise and tenon joinery from Bathroom vanity idea...
Bathroom vanity idea coming together...



Pass-thru added to load-bearing wall complete with solid oak table top stained and finished with clear





Berkeley Motorsports @ Gilman ave. On the fly camouflaged detailing + gas meter protection welded together

All new window casing added to naked window

All new stool and apron added to naked window

1 sheet of plywood dresser with ball bearing soft close drawer slides

Sketch-up draft of display stand for stained glass artwork 

Display stand made in solid white oak ammonia fumed finish sealed in clear @ Pt Richmond art collective

FOR SALE in front window of Pt Richmond Art Collective!
Solid wood stick shift nob hand carved and stained with lots of clear

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Victorian Restoration - Alameda

New medallions casted from moulds
Beautiful victorian restoration in alameda ca. I worked on with Signature Painting.
this house is over 100 years old so some of the redwood trim was missing or damaged and needed to be replaced
Locally, none of these classic trim profiles were available off the shelf. I milled all my own replacement trim from vertical grain redwood for period authenticity that will last another 100 years



missing pendants on corbels

this winged pendant was over painted muting most of its detail so it was removed stripped and copied for other areas of the house that had this detailed wing missing

the introduction of the hand held scroll saw in 1900 had a lot to do with victorian houses becoming such elaborate works of art

my reproduction scroll work in place
making copies of the original with my table saw

new medallion added to reproduction scroll work
 NEW Medallions Casted from Moulds made from Original pcs (video of Medallions being poured!)


a sun detail was a new addition to the front facade that looks original
Original scroll work getting stripped of paint so every detail can be traced onto new copies