Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Custom Wooden Buttons

These buttons were turned on my lathe to be used on these hand crochet purses. 




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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Custom Beer Bottle Cribbage Board with Shipyard Brewery Pumpkinhead Logo

This custom cribbage board is being made for a client in New Hampshire.  The board was created using hard maple and is around 7 inches wide and 16 inches long.

Permission was graciously given by Shipyard Brewing in Portland, Maine. Thank you very much.


Hand rubbed poly applied.


Cleaning up the edges a bit.


Lasering has been added..



Shape cut out and board is drilled. Adjustment made to track so it would flow more.



computer layout


Pumpkinhead Logo



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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Custom Tournament Style Cribbage Boards

 These boards are being made for the Burbank Senior Center in Burbank, California. They are for their annual cribbage tournament.

They are made using hard maple and are 3 1/4 wide and 22 1/4 inches long.  The square on the one end is where a metal engraved plaque will go.





Now separated into two individual boards



Boards have been cut and drilled.

Hard maple chosen for this project.


These are the completed boards I did for them last year for their annual tournament.
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Custom Wooden Crochet Hooks

 This request came from several different clients. Wanting to use my lathe more I was intrigued to try my hand at making these.  The first one has produced rave reviews with slight suggestions to improve them. I am learning each one should be made for the individual persons likes or dislikes.  First comment was can you make something like this, only make a bigger bubble up from the point.

 It is roughly 6 inches long with the point and throat around a number 5....Once it was turned on lathe, the tip is shaped by hand using files and knifes. Then finish sanding and coating with a hand rubbed finish.

The biggest comment I have heard so far is the standard crochet hooks make your hand tired after using them for a while. Therefore the bubble turned into my hooks allow the user to cradle it in your fingers.



First project in progress with this hook.

Lathe work and hand shaping done with a hand rubbed finish applied

Basic shape in progress of being turned.

Starting out with the rough piece of wood on the lathe.


Standard sizing template I found on line.



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Large Custom Pizza Peel For Las Vegas Planet Hollywood

Another custom pizza peel was made for Bally's in LasVegas.
It was created out of a local birch and measures in with a 3 foot handle and a 30 inch x 30 inch peel, making it over 5 foot long..

The extra back boards were added by client request to provide additional strength in the handling of the huge pizza's they are making.




Completed pizza peel



The boards on the back were added to give additional strength for handling the huge pizza's they are making.



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Custom Cedar Door Mat

 This project was made out of cedar and measures in at around 36 inches wide and 24 inches deep. Each slat was around 1 1/2 inches square and I rounded over all the edges on the router table.


The finished project in use.

Then I setup a jig so holes could be drilled on each end of the board, so a rope could be ran though the holes to hold it together and make it easy to pick up and shake of any dirt or mud.


Edges then rounded over to provide a smooth surface.


First cut to length
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Custom Four Person Travel Cribbage Board


This custom travel cribbage board was created for a client who wanted a board to carry with them on a trip.
In order to get a complete four person track in a small layout I had to use 3/32 inch holes to go with the custom metal pegs.

The board is 4 1/2 inches wide and 13 inches long and was made out of Hard Maple.



Board ready for edging and final sanding and finish

Back from laser shop and hinges installed



Cut in two



Board drilled and cut to size

Computer design layout



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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Custom Salt and Pepper Grinders

These custom salt and pepper grinders were created as a gift request for a special client. Sorry for the delay, I hope the wait was worth it.

The dark one is being used as the pepper grinder and is made out of  Cherry and  measures in  at 2 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches.
The lighter one is being used as a salt grinder and is made out of Maple and measures in at  2 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches.


The first grind out of them.


Being turned on the lathe


Maple being turned on the lathe.






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