Every year we make awards and plaques for various sporting events around the area. Today we’re making plaques for an annual golf tournament hosted by the American Petroleum Institute. This tournament has 6 flights consisting of a Championship flight, 1st flight, 2nd flight etc… all the way to 5th...
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FLEUR DE LIS KEY
A customer has requested 2 Fleur de lis keys to made from Extira for placement above his garage door openings. The pieces will be center of the overhead door and a brick soldier course will butt each side of the key. The key size will be 10” in height...
CHILD’S ROCKING CHAIR
I decided to make my little granddaughter a rocking chair. She is a mess…at the ripe old age of 1…she is climbing and into everything. I thought if I made her a rocking chair, she might actually sit still for a minute!! The first picture is the cad file....
DE-NAILED PINE CORBELS
We made corbels today…these will provide support for the mantle in our earlier project. The dimensions for the 2 corbels are… 10 ¾” tall, 5 ½” wide with a depth of 8 ½”. The body of the corbels consist of 4 pieces…the 2 center pieces are 2” thick &...
GATE PROJECT FINAL
We finished our gate project today. After removing the clamps, we ran the pieces through our sander. This removed the glue residue and evened up any height differences at the joints. The next step involved cutting the arc for the outside radius doors. Since all the gates were pairs,...
THE CRUCIFIX
Carvings are one of my favorite things to do. I have carved many scenes with my MultiCam CNC router but none as interesting as the two Crucifix projects we are about to undertake. One customer has requested a life size Crucifix to be carved from reclaimed pine. The piece...
ELLIPTICAL ARCH FRAME
A customer has requested that we supply framing for (2) 36” elliptical arches with a 9” rise. The frames will be installed in 36” openings and sheetrock will be applied for the jamb. The precision of our MultiCam 5000 will provide a true arch for the sheetrock to follow....
THE GATE PROJECT…PART TWO
Today was the day for putting the gates together! We dry fitted our components to verify our measurements & began the process of assembling the gates. The first picture shows the insertion of 4” x ½” dcwel rods into holes we drilled in the mortise channel of the stiles....
THE GATE PROJECT
A customer has requested our assistance in constructing new gates for 3 courtyard openings. The project will consist of 1 opening that is 6 feet wide by 8 feet tall and 2 openings that are 4 feet wide by 7 feet tall. Each opening will consist of a paired...
CYPRESS BATTEN SHUTTER
We made this Cypress Batten Shutter to be used at a customers camp. The project measured 35 1/2 “ wide x 39 ½” tall. We glued up a panel 44” x 38 ½” allowing us to machine the project as 1 piece. The mortise & tenon joints coupled with...