Scott Morrison inspired Custom Rocking Chair......final destination ........

The custom rocker was safely delivered as well as my beautiful granddaughter.

Here is an action shot with  the  mom and daughter enjoying a little rocking time.




Comments received:

Last spring I ordered a rocking chair with matching foot stool for our nursery. What I received will become a family heirloom. It is not only beautiful, but it is also very comfortable.

After sending in some key measurements, Dave custom built this piece to fit me perfectly. Special care was taken to make sure the arms were the right height, the back was the right angle, and I can comfortably rock with or without the foot stool. He even contoured the seat so it is surprisingly comfortable without a cushion.

The attention to detail is what sets this piece apart from anything else I have. I have spent the last year rocking my newborn to sleep in it and I can just imagine her doing the same with her daughter some day.

I would highly recommend Splinters Woodworks to anyone looking for a quality piece that will last generations.

The Ericson's - Seattle, Washington

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New Montana shaped design for the Glacier National Park Centennial

This custom cribbage board is being created by special request for the Centennial and will be available for sale soon at various places, as well as through my website.

It was created using hard maple with the images being lasered using a Epilog laser system by Northern Lights Engraving in Columbia Falls, MT..

The lasering on the left is an actual outline of Glacier National Park along with the Centennial logo on the right.




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Custom Three Person Round Cribbage board

This custom created  cribbage board is a request from a mom in Massachusetts as a birthday present for her son.
Created out of Dark Walnut this board is 13 1/2 inches diameter  and almost an inch thick. The grain pattern on this board should really pop out once the finish is applied.
There will be a slot on the back to hold the metal custom pegs which accompany each board.
This board will soon be ready to sand and finish.

This is the finished product and on it's way to its new home in Massachusetts.

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Custom Cherry Pizza Peel

Work has just been completed on this custom cherry pizza peel as a anniversary gift for a clients spouse.

The first coat of food grade mineral oil is drying and it will be shipped to its new home in Alaska soon.

The lettering near the base of the handle on the front was done using a Epilog laser system.

This awesome peel was made out of Cherry per the clients request.  It is the first one I have done out of cherry and it turned out really well.  It should preform very nicely in the making of all types of pizzas.

The handle is around 9 inches x 3/4 inch that is tapered down to a 16 inch paddle with around a 1/8 inch tip. There will be a leather strap tied through the hole drilled into the top of the handle.

Using a side grinder I create a valley in the center of the board to allow the pizza to slide easily off.  Typically, the center of the tip is around the 1/8 inch  and the outside edges around 3/8 inch.

It really feels nice and balanced to hold and will create many wonderful pizzas.


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Completed Scott Morrison inspired Custom Rocking Chair

This dark walnut custom rocking chair is completed and here is a set of  photos.

  This has been a long project, so I will let the photos speak for themselves.  If you have any questions or comments please contact me.   

Once I have a chance and make the time I will do a separate blog post on the entire project from start to finish. This has been a very fun and rewarding project.

Thank you for following this project!!!

  

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Four custom pizza peels for a pizzeria in Philadelphia

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This order is being created for Caputo's Pizzeria in Pennsylvania. The first two peels are created out of birch and have 16 inch shaped paddles.
The logos was lasered using an Epilog laser system.

There will be holes placed in the top of the handle to allow them to be hung on the wall...

The other two peels will be also made out of birch, but they will be much larger.  More to follow soon.....

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Scott Morrison inspired Custom Rocking Chair continues...Part 13...........

The first coat of the oil finish has been applied. Now must sit for over 24 hours..then some steel wool..check out any spots I might have missed...if any then another oil coat,,,sit over 24 hours..steel wool.... Then start the first of three coats of the poly/wax finish....Almost there.....Looks nice if I do say so myself....

 

Custom Bloodwood plugs

 

Custom Footstool

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Scott Morrison inspired Custom Rocking Chair continues...Part 12...........

Here is an accessory to go with the rocking chair.   The stool is finished and the first finish coat has been applied.  A little steelwooling and several coats of poly/wax finish and it will be ready to use.   Rocking chair is almost ready for the first coat of oil finish. 

When chatting with the designer, he said a stool is mandatory when it will be used for rocking with a little one.

It allows the rockee to raise their legs a bit and not have to work so hard rocking. This chair is so comfy they may never get out of it.

It is around 16 inches wide, 8 inches deep and 7 inches tall and made out of the same walnut as the chair. Th legs are made from a piece of Shedua that I had around the shop.  The plugs are the same bloodwood as those in the chair.

The legs have a slight bevel to give a nice classy look to the stool.

We are still fine sanding everything and hope to have a finished photo to display soon.

Here is the stool top during some wet sanding  showing the wood color and grain contrast.....



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Large Custom Four Person Walnut Cribbage Board......UPDATED March 16, 2010

I got my board today ! I luv it, it is more than what I was expecting..

Thank you for the cards, I will be using them for a long time till I can't play with them any more. I will be ordering more boards from you in the future ! Thank you again, I appreciate all of your help, I have been waiting years to have a board like my mothers and you have helped me more than you know !

Thanks so much
Wanita - Wyoming, MI

In any down times I have had while working on the Custom Walnut rocking chair I have been working on smaller projects also to help pay the bills.  Here is the cribbage board after layout and drilling is done.

Final sanding is being done and today I hope to rout the edges, and put the storage box on the back.

Once that is completed I will apply several coats of  hand rubbed poly finish.

 Finish is being applied and drying. 

The lines between the tracks and the lettering are darkened a bit by applying some gel stain to them after the beginning coats of poly.

Once that drys a final coat of poly will seal it all together.


This large board is sure to generate many games of cribbage and years of joy to this Wisconsin family

This Custom Cribbage Board will be made out of dark walnut and is being made for a specific request of a client in Wisconsin.  It is a re-creation of a board that has been played on in their family for years.

The board will be 26 inches long and 11 inches wide. It is a four person board and will have a slot on the back to hold the custom metal pegs when not in play.

This photo is the layout I created based on the input from my client.  Using CorelDraw to lay this drawing out and design gives me great freedom to basically create any board design I want to create or re-create.

Once it is formatted  a ShopBot CNC router will be used  to drill the holes, router the guidelines and do the lettering on the board. The edging and the slot on the back for pegs will be done with a basic router.  I will apply a hand rubbed polyurethane finish once the final sanding has been completed.

This board is different and actually is something I have heard a lot of comments about at shows,  markets and from web inquiries. Folks have trouble following their track around the board. This design will have engraved lines between each track and with the groups of five also separated.  In the future I will include this style as both a regular or custom item.  I think it would really add class to inlay a different color wood in as the guidelines.

In addition, the client has requested that triple S's be placed between holes 30 and 35 for triple skunk, double S's be placed between holes 60 and 65 for double skunk, and one S be placed between 90 and 95 for a standard skunk.  Start has been added after the home pegholes and Game at the pegout hole.

Final photos will be posted as this project nears and reaches completion.

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Inlayed Maple into Dark Walnut Cribbage board...

Here is the finished board that was shipped to its new owner in Mesa, AZ.


The board was 3 inches wide and 18 inches long.

This is being created for a gentleman in Mesa, Az.  He just learned to play cribbage and liked the board so well that I did for the person teaching him, he had to order his own.  The board is a two person track with each side being a full track for each player.

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