Friday, February 25, 2011

Custom Mahogany and Walnut Pizza Peel

This request came from North Carolina asking me to create a custom peel.  They chose the Walnut center with the Mahogany sides. Final dimensions were 16 inch square paddle with a nine inch handle. Included with a leather strap in the handle for hanging or displaying.

Their request also included the laser engraved letter C in the center of the paddle.


This combination of woods goes together nicely and creates a very nice end product.


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Custom Walnut Pizza Serving Peel

Finished pizza serving peel

This request was from a client in Pennsylvania. They wanted an elegant way of serving their customers.  This prototype is now on its way to its new owner for their approval.
 

I used dark walnut to create this peel.  It was designed to serve a 10 inch pizza on a 10 1/2 inch space with a 6 inch handle and around 3/8 inch thick.  As with all my peels it was finished using a food grade mineral oil to enhance the grain and to preserve the wood.

I used an Epilog  laser system to laser engrave the business on the handle.



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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Custom 1974 Corvette Cribbage Board

Custom 1974 Corvette Cribbage Board
This is the finished project.  It was created out of hard maple and was 24 inches long, 8 inches wide and 4/4 inch thick. I used a hand rubbed polyurethane for the finish.  A set of custom metal pegs and a new deck of cards went this new board.


Using CorelDraw, I created the outline and  the track layout. This is what I came up with, 

The car layout was a bit hard because of the angle of the photo I was provided, however  I think it gets the point across and was approved by the client.





 With this request came this photo of their 1974 Corvette.  They wanted a custom cribbage board to be made out of the shape of the car,







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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Custom Rosewood Cribbage Board w/ Lasered Inlayed Name



Hi Dave


  I loved the "bespoke" cribbage board. The rosewood was very elegant and rich wood and did not disappoint in any way.

Many thanks for your efforts and most importantly your advice along the way.

I am very pleased and wouldn't hesitate to recommend you.

Many thanks

(Note) Bespoke  is a British term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification.


Finished cribbage board



It is a custom piece created to display elegance and beauty.  I think the Bloodwood inlay into the Bolivian Rosewood creates the exact image we were trying for.





Beautiful end grain and Custom pegs

This is an end  view showing the custom metal pegs and the grain pattern of the board.  Also the dovetail slot on bottom to store the pegs. As you can see it looks awesome.



The beginning piece of wood.


After much looking this is the beautiful piece of Bolivian Rosewood that I found and started with.

Nice grain pattern, lots of potential. As always you never really know what will show.  I was excited to see what it would look like once I got the board created and applied the finish.







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Friday, February 4, 2011

Custom Cribbage Board for Colorado


The finished custom two person cribbage board is on its way to Colorado. The photo did not come out real clear in this photo, but it did turn out.  The photo and lettering were done using a Epilog laser system. and was done by Northern Lights Engraving in Columbia Falls, Montana.





Here is the mock up layout I did using CorelDraw. This board was made out of 4/4 inch Maple and was roughly 8 inches wide and 18 inches long.  There is a slot on the back for holding the custom metal pegs.
The appropriate skunk lines were also engraved into the board.





 This request came from Colorado and this is the photo they wanted lasered onto their new cribbage board.  This photo is really busy, but I think it will turn out good.






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