Lavish Loft Ladder and copper hand rails for ADU in Albany, Ca

Copper hand rails. Made from real Jatoba. Treads are morticed into side frame. Backyard ADU in Albany needed access for a loft. This ladder is securely mounted to the wall and the floor. 

Cedar Tellis for rose flower vine to stretch out on

2 years later
El Cerrito Hills
western red cedar

Webster St Redwood Deck Project Oakland June 2017

New Deck is 99% done.
I'm just mocking up the handrails before the final inspection from City of Oakland. 

before...

extra wide stairs

No screw holes or seams

My 3D rendering made from home owners drawings

another convenient side staircase 

City of Oakland code compliant 42" tall railings w/ all gaps <4" diameter

old deck

New side-stair landings poured

Solano Playlot Bulletin Board Kiosk Project Richmond CA

Solano Playlot in Richmond Ca 2015

Solano Playlot Bulletin Board 3D rendering 2014 

3D SketchUp rendering 

Redwood for this community project provided by
the Lumber Baron in Albany.
Thanks Max.

Making 100+ Lath from nominal 1X goes faster
with precisely measured stop blocks clamped to the fence.
That way you only need to pull a tape measure once.

75 shouldered 1X lath's ready for pilot holes.

My Delta 10" chop saw was used to gang-cut the Lath to minimize tear-out

This is the Bulletin Boards rain gutter.
Bruce Sturgeon (CROWN Heating*Sheet Metal, INC.)
will fold-up the rain gutter.

Details of Angle Bracket for the roof

¼" Steel from Oakland
pre-cut to 49.5°.
These were fun holes to drill.

Angle Brackets all drilled and MIG welded together to form 99°.
Ready to be powder coated.

All of a sudden
Solano Playlot in Richmond Ca

The four main framing timbers being joined with metal brackets to form the roof over hang 

My neighbor Dennis asked if I was building a boat dry dock once I had the frame together for mock up

My muscle memory was dialed-in so well I was cutting shoulders off the end if these 1x ribs eyes closed.
Safety glasses still on of course

The final piece arrived exactly as dimensioned and fit perfectly

Red Oak Craftsman Bookcase Commission (Nov 2012)

Solid hardwood construction
No Fasteners
Mortise and Tenon
Floating Frame and Panel

Home made Slotted Dowels Secure the Top
 w/o sacrificing seasonal wood movement

Finish Recipes:shellac sealer
boiled linseed oil
shellac sealer
general finishes colonial maple stain
shellac sealer
deft hickory gel stain
shellac sealer
varathane satin polyeurathane x3
synthetic steel wool
pate dugay furniture wax
wool bonnet polished
(+ sanded 320grit between each layer)