Glacier National Park Centennial Coordinator Honored

I was honored to be asked to create this plaque for the Glacier National Park Employees

to be given to Kass Hardy at her going away.  

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Custom Gummy Cherry Cribbage Board

 This three person Custom Cribbage Board is made out of Gummy Cherry.

It is around 6 inches wide x 12 inches long.  As you can see it had an awesome grain pattern once the finish was applied.




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Custom Dark Walnut Cribbage Board.

 This custom board is on its way to Edina MN as another Christmas gift.

It was made out of Dark Walnut and is around 5 inches wide by 18 inches long.
The lettering was lasered in using an Epilog laser printer.

As with all of my boards there is a dovetailed track on the back to store the custom metal pegs in.



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Custom Natural Cherry Pizza Peel

The finished product!

Once the oil is applied , the grain pattern really pops!

Before the food grade mineral oil was applied

It was made out of Natural Gummy Cherry and is  16 inches x 16 inches with a 8 inch long handle

Boards cut and in glue up.....

This request came from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and is now there awaiting some unsuspecting  person on Christmas morning.


































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Custom Walnut - Mahagany pizza peels

Here one is in glueup

I was contacted by a client who is working in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  He wanted a couple custom pizza peels to use with his portable pizza oven.
 He chose to make out of  Walnut/Mahogany, with  one being 12.5" wide and the other one 14.5" wide each with additional 2 feet for the handle.

Wood selection was made and the process begins.

The clamps are now off and the scraping, shaping, & sanding  begins.  

These two woods should go well together and when oiled will look very nice.  Sometimes you don't know until that first coat of food grade mineral oil is applied.

 
Here is the finished products.  They really came out nice, he will have a hard time using these to cook on.

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Hi Dave,

You're right.  I love them.  Almost to the point of not wanting to put food on them.  Gorgeous wood!  Thank you.
Still looking for mineral oil though.  I'll probably just order some online.

cheers,

Dick

Custom Long handled Birch pizza peel

Here is the rough layout of the birch I chose for this project.
The top of the handle will have a canoe paddle end shape.

This custom pizza peel  was made for a client to give as a Christmas gift.  It is on its way to Park City, Utah to be used in a wood fired pizza oven.

It was made out of local birch and has a four foot handle on  a 12 inch  round paddle for total length of  5 feet..

 

Here we have the paddle in glue up..

Peel out of glue up and the shaping has began

Custom laser engraving

They wanted laser engraving into the handle. Because of the length, I had to figure out a way to make that work.

 So the answer we came up with was to engrave on a separate piece of contrasting birch that would fit the laser printer(18") and inlay it into the handle.

The client was pleased that it came out very well.  
What do you think?

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Sorry for lack of posts........

 Sorry for the lack of posts here...The Christmas rush is on.....will have lots to post once the smoke clears.....
Happy holidays......   :)


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Custom Cribbage Board Maple/w/ bloodwood and steel

This order is a present for the clients dad who just retired from a job as a metalworker.  It will be a four person board with special inlays.

The main board will be made out of hard maple and have a 3/4 strip of blood wood run down the long ways with a 3/4 inch strip of steel going across the width.

This is the drawing I came up with using CorelDraw and the clients preferences.

This is the steel strip which the client made to be inlayed into the board.

My client wanted this to be a special board and asked to combine wood and metal into this board design.  They designed and created the metal strip for me to be inlayed into the board.

This was the first layout with the bloodwood, steel inlay strip and track layout...

Now to drill the holes and layout the dado's for the inlays.

The dado's have been cut and  the strip put in place.

Front of finished custom cribbage board

Back of custom cribbage board

Lasered custom logo

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Spalted Maple Table Top Cribbage Board

This finished project was a combined effort.  I was contacted by a cabinet shop in Ontario, Canada:

Hello from Ontario

I am a cabinetmaker with a request from a client for a crib board incorporated into a frame and panel table top. We have seen your site and are impressed with your product.
Cheers Tom

Thus the project began ending with these photos and comments from the family that placed the order.

Dave

We picked-up the table last Sunday and I couldn't be more pleased.  You both did a wonderful job and we now have this beautiful piece to enjoy.

I believe you saw pictures of the finished table.  The cribbage board is exactly what I wanted.  I have yet to play as my wife has still to learn the game.  My daughter and son plan to visit in two weeks and we are looking forward to having a number of games.

Thank you both,

Jim

This project was a true show of combined craftsman workmanship, while being far apart, crossing borders, and never meeting each other.

I am very pleased with the outcome and feel privileged to have been a part of it.

Overall panel size was 16 inches wide x 30 inches long, to be encased in a  three inch wide border.

The Cribbage board layout is 10 inches wide x 24 inches long
with a 1 inch lip all the way around for the panel joint.
Pegs holes are 3/16 inch to accommodate the over sized custom metal pegs for this board.

I will construct the cribbage layout.  The plan is for the cabinetmaker in Ontario, Canada to ship me the panel he has built for the top. I will do the cribbage layout and return ship to him.  He will then construct the table and incorporate my cribbage panel into the top.  This is an exciting project to be asked to be a part of. 

Thanks Tom and Jim for asking!

Initial layout I created using CorelDraw. I then will use a CNC router to drill the holes and create the lines between each track.





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Custom Four Leaf Clover Cribbage Board

Creating this layout was fun, and I decided on placing a street on each of the four leafs.  The layout and hole pattern was created using CoralDraw and then cutout using a Shopbot CNC router system.

Here is the actual board after being cut,drilled,  sanded and the first coat of finish applied...

This two person board has really came out well and will go as a present for a client to his wife.

It is made out of hard maple and is roughly 13 inches square. There is a slot on the back to store the custom metal pegs when not in use.

This is the computer layout for this cribbage board.




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PIzza boards for Orso Alaska

 The order was for a pizza serving board.  Here I created two boards, one out of dark walnut, and one out of hard maple.
They were shipped to the client and they will make a decision on which type they want.
The boards are 7 inches wide, 14 inches long, and 3/4 inches thick.
The edges were all rounded over and sanded smooth, then coated with a food grade mineral oil for preservation.


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Surprise.....a new game

The surprise game board is being created for a client in Southern California.  It will be played a bit like cribbage with variations (I think).

They have not come up with a name for their game yet.  The blank area below the finish hole will be where we laser it once they arrive at a name.

The board has been shipped and the client liked it a lot.  They now will work on a marketing ploy.
Their goal is to have me manufacture this board for them.

We will see how it goes...

Here are the two back slots created to hold the large amount of pegs required for this game.

Finally...we believe the surprise game board is nearing production.  Here is the prototype I will ship to the client for their final decision on the product.

It was cut out of native birch and is 13 3/4 inches long,  6 3/4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick.

  This is a major changes in the design...The board is being cut and drilled currently and should be ready for the client to start showing it around to create interest.

This is a new board game that was designed by a client in southern California.  I created this using very specific guidelines from the designer.



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Custom Cheese boards for Henry Public in Brooklyn, New York

 These custom cheese boards  will be used in Henry Public in Brooklyn, NY.  The first photo is the prototype I sent to them to see if they needed to change anything.

These boards are made out of dark walnut and are roughly 6 inches wide x 9 inches long with a 2 1/2 inch handle.

Walnut is especially notorious for each board being totally different in grain pattern and color of wood.  However, it is always beautiful.

Three days later here is the result of the first prototype; nine more boards.

Here are the nine boards oiled and ready for leather handle straps and the packing box...

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Custom Travel Size Cribbage Boards

For those of you who follow this blog you know that I have been working on this design for a while.  It has been a real trial and error, but I think we are finally getting closer.

This board has a space for a clients choice of photo or logo. Here I used the Centennial logo for Glacier National Park.

It is a folding travel board for travelers, hikers, or just folks who don't have a lot of space.

With this model I used native pine, but this project could be made out of any wood you would like.

Inside we have the space to store the custom metal pegs and a deck of cards.

There are two strong earth magnets being used to hold the box together once it is closed for travel.




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Custom Pizza Peels being created for Tomatina International, located near San Francisco CA...

The peels have been completed and are being packed for shipping to their new home in California.

There is 4 @ 21 x 24 inch peels and 2 @ 18 x 24 inch peels.  They all have around a four foot handle.


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All six peels were cut into the basic shape today and tonight.  Now the time consuming process of sanding and final shaping of each one, one at a time. 

Here is the first 18 inch peel.  It has been cut to basic shape and now the sanding and molding begins. The top of the handle will be rounded over with a hole drilled and a leather strap tied in to hang it with.

Here is the four 21 inch peels, tomorrow they will all be cut to shape and then wait their turn in the sanding and shaping process.

Here are the two 18 inch peels.  The left one has begun the process and has been cut to basic shape..

Here is a shot of all 6 peels. This shipment will be a big one.


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21 inch peel in glue up

Third and Fourth peels are in glue up.

18 inch peel in glue up

The scraping begins

Scraping and shaping has begun on the first peel.

First two peels with the clamps off

First two peels out of glue up

Second 21 inch peel in glue up

Second peel in glue up

First 21 inch peel in glue up

First 21 inch peel in glue up.  The boards and clamps hold the boards flat ad together the drying process of glue up. 

Beginning stack of Birch lumber.

Dry lay out of two of the custom peels.

This custom order will soon be going  to their new home at Tomatina International located near San Francisco, California.

I start with this stack of birch lumber, out of which we will create a total of 6 custom peels.  The peels will end up as two different sizes.

First we will have four peels which will have a paddle size of 24 inches long and 21 inches wide, with a handle 41 inches long.

Second there will be two more peels 24 inches long  and 18 inches wide, with a handle also of 41 inches long.





This will make the peels at over five feet long from end to end.

Boards being planed to proper thickness

Once we cut the boards which will be used to make up these six peels to size they are planed to the proper 3/8 inch thickness.

The center board is allowed to stay at the full thickness of the board so we can mold a nice thick handle to support the pizza's that will be made on them.




Once everything is the correct size we will start the gluing process.

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