Custom Built Live Edge Maple Desk and Floating Shelves.

These items were custom built to order for a really swell customer in NW Portland.

The "Stirrups and Triggers" Wild West Themed Coat Rack with Vintage Stirrup Bits and A Pistol Trigger. $89.00. Free Shipping in US.

Really rad concept on this one if I do say so myself!. just under 30 inches long, this rack incorporates an old stirrup cut into bits and a pistol trigger from a revolver as coat rack hooks. Live Edge Walnut gives it that wondrous dark tonality, as well as a very natural organic line.

Walnut Bike Racks with Upcycled Spoke Gear Hooks. Sold.

One live edge rack and one straight edge flush front. Each with upcycled bicycle spoke gear hooks.

Maple Bike Racks with Upcycled Spoke Gear Hooks. Sold.

A new set of bike racks, one in burly maple and one in spalted, working on some walnut ones now.

16 inches wide, mounts on a 16 inch center stud layout via creative screw angles.

Live Edge Walnut Coat Rack with Reclaimed Drill Chuck Gear Hooks. Sold.

Going back to a very simple open design on this piece, 32 inches long, the shelf is 6.5 inches deep.

The drill chuck hooks hold quite a bit of weight.

Driftwood Spruce Butterfly Joint Side table with Osage Orange Legging.. Sold.

Lots of great dynamic tones on these pieces of driftwood, goes great contrast wise with the Osage orange.

70.5 inches long, 30 inches high and 13 inches wide.

The shelf is it 10 inches off the ground and mounted with walnut pins.

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Custom order Live Edge Juniper Bench and Live Edge Redwood table with Juniper Legging.

Making butterfly joints for a driftwood plank bench!

So, I have never done this traditional oriental joining technique before, having said that, I also decided to go my own way and combine elements from Tibetan and Japanese joints. The Tibetan joint, which I have seen employed on antique prayer tables is more of an s shape, rather than this h shape I have decided to go with. The Japanese version is basically opposing v shapes, this seemed stronger than both to me, as it is a double sided pull, and the right angle will provide plenty of wood to glue contact, as well as joining across the grain from the Osage Orange which I am making the butterflies out of, to these really well weathered planks of driftwood doug fir, which I am assuming were part of a dock at some point, judging by the markings.

The initial slots were made on my mitre saw, then finished out with my Japanese flush cut saw.

Next, I drilled along the line to remove excess material. I then went in with a chisel and hammer to get the surface close to square.

 

Almost there!

I then go back in with the flush cut saw to remove most of the irregularities.

After a bit of filing, looking pretty good!

Repeating the process on the other side!

All 5 are now notched out, but will require a bit of fine tuning tomorrow when I can run saws and sanders without the neighbors calling the 5 0 on me.