Climatology
We have been compiling and creating a packet of climate information pertaining to Chelan that will help inform us and our clients on the design process. Check it out.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Climatology
We have been compiling and creating a packet of climate information pertaining to Chelan that will help inform us and our clients on the design process. Check it out.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Climatology
We have been compiling and creating a packet of climate information pertaining to Chelan that will help inform us and our clients on the design process. Check it out.
Cox Residence
The custom staircase is finished. We designed and built this staircase to be more functional than traditional spiral staircases, while taking up a very small amount of space.
The center post is steel with adjustable tabs that the treads attach to. The treads are made of 8/4 (2 inch thick) poplar which we milled from rough stock then laminated on center lines (radiating from the center pole) so that each tread connects to the wall.
This stair is very functional. The rise is 7 3/8 inch per tread (standard spiral cases have a 9 inch rise). The user has the freedom to walk along the wall, giving more tread per step, unlike traditional spirals which are circular. There is a solar light tube installed directly above the post in the ceiling to cast natural light down the stairwell. The railings were jointed and shaped to give a seamless experience. Finally, the top landing is perfectly flush with the floor (more on how we constructed the floors later) eliminating the need for a transition.We fabricated the stainless steel rod railing by threading each end to ensure tension (there are nuts hidden in a recess behind the poplar section).
The custom staircase is finished. We designed and built this staircase to be more functional than traditional spiral staircases, while taking up a very small amount of space.
The center post is steel with adjustable tabs that the treads attach to. The treads are made of 8/4 (2 inch thick) poplar which we milled from rough stock then laminated on center lines (radiating from the center pole) so that each tread connects to the wall.
This stair is very functional. The rise is 7 3/8 inch per tread (standard spiral cases have a 9 inch rise). The user has the freedom to walk along the wall, giving more tread per step, unlike traditional spirals which are circular. There is a solar light tube installed directly above the post in the ceiling to cast natural light down the stairwell. The railings were jointed and shaped to give a seamless experience. Finally, the top landing is perfectly flush with the floor (more on how we constructed the floors later) eliminating the need for a transition.We fabricated the stainless steel rod railing by threading each end to ensure tension (there are nuts hidden in a recess behind the poplar section).
It's surprisingly often that we can't find a part that we need in the
store. I made this stair-rail bracket for a contractor who needed a
little more reach.
Small Town Ink
We've started work on the display cases for Small Town Ink . We designed them with security in mind, with hidden locks and 1/4" steel construction they'll definitely do the job.
The non-glass portions of the display case will be made of reused OSB that is planed down and finished. This type of material is used for building sheathing and is typically a huge waste factor on job sites from window and door cutouts. The material in this project will not see the landfill.
The non-glass portions of the display case will be made of reused OSB that is planed down and finished. This type of material is used for building sheathing and is typically a huge waste factor on job sites from window and door cutouts. The material in this project will not see the landfill.
Folding Couch
I've been working on a design for a folding couch/chair set that can be manufactured easily, and folded into a small box for shipping and moving. It'll be sold as kits, where you buy individual sections to turn a chair into a loveseat into a sofa into a super sofa. Here's what I have so far:
I've been working on a design for a folding couch/chair set that can be manufactured easily, and folded into a small box for shipping and moving. It'll be sold as kits, where you buy individual sections to turn a chair into a loveseat into a sofa into a super sofa. Here's what I have so far:
Sofa Table
Building furniture is a serious undertaking. This is a live edge sofa table that I built in the shop recently. In my opinion, simplicity is the hardest thing to achieve in fine furniture because it often takes more work. This piece is a prime example of painstaking simplicity. I pulled this particular spruce slab from our stock (we milled it two years ago) after measuring and bisecting the grain of every slab until I found that this one was suitable for mitering at that particular spot so that the grain would continue around on every edge without interruption. You can see in the detail photo's that the live edge carries around the miter and even the grain on the beveled edge (back of table) continues without breaks. That's the sort of detail in woodworking that we don't always see at first. The jatoba (Brazilian cherry) base is seemingly simple as well, until you know that it was a single 2 inch thick board that I re-sawed in half. I'm a big fan of modern tools, sanders and planers, but I tend to learn more about a piece if I work it by hand. So I hand scraped and planed this piece. The joints were also made with hand saws and chisels. I also used three different joint methods on this piece depending on what type of pressure the joint would need to sustain. I finished the piece off by tapping in some adjustable feet that both give a shadow line, and level the piece on uneven floors.
