Spring 2012 is here! I have just a (few) new classes. A quick rundown after the jump:
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This Week in the Shop: Guy Clark and Boxes
From Guy Clark’s song, “The Carpenter”: He was tough as a crowbar, quick as a chisel Fair as a plane and true as a level. He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule. He was square with the world. He took good care of his tools The early results of my boxContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Guy Clark and Boxes”
This Week in the Shop: J&D’s Chair
In early August I completed a chair & ottoman set. I built the set as a gift to two of my best friends, as they decided to marry to each other. I actually got to see them meet, watch them fall in love and be an unintentional third wheel in their relationship. Somehow, they draftedContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: J&D’s Chair”
This Week in the Shop: Don’t Touch My Blue Suede Chair
A quick sawdust update: I’ve been working finishing up a personal project this week and doing a little legwork for my next piece. In May, two friends of mine became married to each other. I got to see them meet, watch them fall in love and stand up and give a hell yeah! at theContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Don’t Touch My Blue Suede Chair”
This Week in the Shop: End of Summer Program
The summer program wraps up today. Our summer program acts as an experimental zone, a transitional buffer and a slice of consistency for both teachers and students. Personally, I love summer programs – no grades, no pressure, just the chance to provide as fun and therapeutic educational experience as possible. Anyways, this summer saw the returnContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: End of Summer Program”
Current Projects: The Butterfly Chair
One of my woodshop classes have ended for the week, so I took the opportunity to document the progress: And this is what happens when a student ticks me off! (ok, ok, I was pulling a big nail with a small hammer…)
This Week in the Shop: Cardboard Prototypes
This week’s word: Prototypes. Brought to you by the letter C for cardboard. What a week! My students spent last week drawing and planning and designing and planning and planning. We got outside this week! My chair group is off to a fast start. Both “makers” have created cardboard prototypes for their chairs, while theContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Cardboard Prototypes”
This Week in the Shop: Reading Stand from Salvaged Wainscoting
Here’s my latest workshop creation. It’s a small reading stand for my wife’s grandmother (or rather, mine too, I guess). The curly flame maple isn’t actual wood, but some sort of printed-Formica laid over some pretty expensive chipboard. The Formica/chipboard came off a local office’s wainscoting, and I just had to grab a coupla panels. Continue reading “This Week in the Shop: Reading Stand from Salvaged Wainscoting”
Bookshelf in Mission Style
This bookshelf recently left the workshop at school. The bookshelf started life as an illustration in The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mission Furniture, by H. H. Windsor, otherwise known as the good fellows at Popular Mechanics. Which the student modified to suit the schools current needs. The CAD mock-up looked like this: In the end,Continue reading “Bookshelf in Mission Style”
This Week in the Shop: A Bed Frame
UPDATE: You can pick up PDF plans for this project at http://www.woodshopcowboy.com. More plans coming soon! A little over five weeks ago, a plumbing issue at my residence caused a rather large flood. Since then, my family and I have been staying with relatives. The workshop has been closed for personal projects until further notice.Continue reading “This Week in the Shop: A Bed Frame”
WSC Designs 