A quick update

we have the help a friend special still running..have had several email asking.., Sherri is working on order fulfilment, and im slamming my %^$%$#^ off to get these chairs and rocker done…sort got distracted last couple of days and they got to go Monday morning…guess I should have stayed a little better focused this week, [...]

An Amazing Day

Well, the chairs didn’t get done, but that’s okay.  We’ll get them today.  The response to the email we sent is quite humbling and I will address it more in the June newsletter, but to say “Thank You” is an understatement.  Big Time.
But I must say, the willingness of others to help people they don’t [...]

Excellent Suggestions

I have to admit you came up with some good stuff…and because its in a DVD doesn’t matter… with that said if i can help , I will….the gadgets and Gizmos is a real good idea ..but i have to warn you i got a ton..I will start with the miter sled..alot have ask about [...]

Assumption

We all know what assume means and often I take for granted that folks know the simple things (or simple to me), a bad assumption on my part. I try to not overlook what to me is the obvious but after this many years I often miss the boat.
It’s the little things that often make [...]

Bubinga – Sand or Scrape?

Having worked a fair amount of bubinga, I can tell you it scrapes much easier than it sands.
Bubinga works quite well with both hand and power tools, but it is hard, using good sharp tools is a must, it sands to a very smooth surface, but not easily – I much prefer scraping.
On these chairs, [...]

Outdoor Wood

Here are some photos of my garden, lots of stakes and stuff. The stands are used for “sprinklers” so they get “lots of wet” they are made from some old white oak I had, it had been stacked outside for about 25 years and the one stand is about 10 years old. White oak holds [...]

Bubinga Chairs cont’d

I ran into an issue, the splats twisted some when they dried, it happens, so I gave them a quick dip in hot water and twisted them around some then I clamped them all together, this forces them to be smooth and equally shaped.
A solid form would be better perhaps than the drying racks we [...]

Coming Along

The splats are dry, well, close enough….a little scraping and sanding and then it’s assembly time.
I will assemble the back and fronts then do the sides. The posts are 1 1/2″ square to begin with and I use a 5/8″ radius bit to round them up as much as I can, or rough them out [...]

Bubinga Chairs – Bending/Shaping Bubinga

Well into the chair making but had a few minutes to write a bit so a lot of photos and a little splainin’!
First, here is a photo of my chair, took a long time to get it right but it is very comfortable and we’ve sold a lot over the years, also make it in [...]

Dodged the bullet

its May 19th, and we never have frost this time of year, NEVER, but last night was an exception, we had a killing frost, luckily I had enough furniture blankets and boxes and what ever else i could find to cover my plants, had i not we would have lost the majority of our garden, [...]