by Jeff Johnson | May 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
I planed these boards by hand with a Stanley #7 tri-plane. Honestly I could have done without the clamps as the boards were so true that these 66″ boards joined together perfectly. The final step of this phase is to true up the ends of the table in order to...
by Jeff Johnson | Apr 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
A hobby that I have taken up is that of burning wood with electricity. Not for the faint of heart, this process uses 4000 volts to burn a random pattern in wood. In this picture are examples of black walnut (sapwood), cherry, black walnut and another board of sapwood....
by Jeff Johnson | Apr 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Jeff Johnson | Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
I originally saw this by another woodworker on Reddit. I asked him about some of the unknowns, such as the electrical and light bulb, which he readily shared. While I modeled the design after his, I did my own measurements to ensure proper proportion and a whole...
by Jeff Johnson | Jul 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
There is no greater challenge then working as a carpenter on a boat. So many rounded surfaces and virtually nothing is built square. Here is the latest project I have taken on – a couple of stairs on a boat undergoing refurbishment. But rather than simply...
by Jeff Johnson | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently decided that it was time to build a slab table with a live edge. A friend was in need of a work station for a recent start-up business. He commissioned a desk and gave me complete freedom to design it, with the only stipulation that it be custom suited to...
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