A CYPRESS FRONT ENTRY DOOR

A while back I had a Customer who was a Nurse up in Gainesville

approach me about building a new door for her house.

It had been a while since I built an entry door, so this was a nice challenge I was willing to take on.

The door is built of cypress. 

The main frame is tongue and grooved with the T&G being 3/4" thick, which adds quite a bit of glue surface area, making for a strong joint and door.

With the cypress panel insert, I did a V joint tongue and groove on multiple pieces, then glued them up as one large piece, then cut it to fit the top section and the lower section, keeping the wood grain pattern running together from the top to the bottom.

The customer is beginning to apply there clear coat to there new door.

The door from the front porch.

Nicely installed too, with new hardware.

And of course from the inside too.

Be sure and click on the picture to enlarge.

THIS TINY HOUSE

This one has been a long time coming.

A couple a years ago, I was recruited to head up the interior fabrication and design of this

 Tiny House.

Much of the fabrication I did but I also hired out some of the necessary 

work like the electrical wiring, Sheetrock and drywall, this was done because I can't be absent from my shop during the normal business week.

This Tiny House started out as a 12' x 30'  shed with an entry door only,

the interior was just studs. it has a 4' X 10' porch incorporated into it's lay-out.

There in the shed was a 12' loft on one end and a 10' loft on the other. I built and added an 8' wall and ceiling kind of inline with the porch layout on the left which connected the two lofts with a crawl way , but also created an area for the bathroom layout.
Be sure and click on the photos to enlarge.

I built all of the kitchen and note the base cabinets are 16" deep not 24' like your standered due to space constraints

Every thing was built and designed to scale, the sinks were little galvanized bucket's I found at Walmart. The 2 burner cook top worked out perfect and is recessed flush with the counter top. Of course I used reclaimed wood for the cabinetry fabrication.

All of the drawers have full extension guides except for the front under the sink.

All the doors have touch release mechanisms'

I built the stairs of old growth pine with a live natural edge on the bottom of the stringers.

Notice the 2 stairs come together with a common landing and a pull-out 1st tread or step.

In the one picture of the loft you can see the crawl-way that goes over the bathroom and connects the 2 lofts. Note the caged ceiling fan so little fingers can't get in, AC in both lofts.

You can eat at the bar which is a slab of oak with natural edge,looking out the picture window.

And of course the bathroom end wall is featured with reclaimed wood and a sliding barn door.

And here is a peek into the bathroom, a full 36" shower, cobble stone tiled floor,

a small but in proportion porcelain sink.

All the lighting in this little cottage is recessed L E D lights.

This project was a lot of work but rewarding with the final product.

There is much more to mention, but I'm done typing.

A CEDAR BENCH

Alright,  had a customer come in and had several printer pictures

of benches in hand and wanted me to pick a design.

Well I usually don't stick to printed design and never really build anything by plans. 

Now I may incorporate certain ideas but most of the  I get on a roll and do my own thing.

This customer is building a water garden with water falls so ta speak where they can sit and relax.

 They wanted a bench about 8' long, well it's hard to get a finished 8' product out of 8' stock,

 however I did manage to get the bench to clean up nice at 7'

Be sure and click on the picture to enlarge.

 I don't know what happened here but I got the camera tilted on the one below

 The customer will be doing the finishing on the bench,

when it was picked up they mentioned they would like a coffee table and 2 end tables.

Will see.

CEDAR TABLE

O.K. Here is a lil project that went out several weeks ago.

An older gentleman stopped in and was intrested in a table

 something not of the ordenary, so after a bit of talking over ideas, it was decided on a cedar table.

 He was excited about it and new it would be a table he could leave to his kids.

Enough of that, here's the table, be sure and click on the image to enlarge, and there not great, took pictures with me cell phone. 

 

 

Lil Red Bridge

It,s been a while and time to update.

I had a returning customer come into the shop with his wore out bridge.

This old bridge was used at one end of there pool and the old bridge was made of cypress.

It was loose and rickety. After talking a bit we decided that Aromatic cedar was to be used.

I didn't have 2x12 stock for the main arch frame, so the customer  went to the local home center and acquired three 2x12x8's for the main arch frame.

Now the reason the 2x12's were used, he wanted to push it up higher, as he has a Lil troll he attaches to it underneath, because of the grand-kids excitement. 

 Now coated deck screws were used in securing the cedar boards to the frame as well as the railing. 

Stainless steel bolts and washers were used on the support post. A fun project to do.

 

GOVERNMENT STYLE PARK BENCH

Alright This customer stopped

by with this 

naked metal bench, badly in need of wood.

 Now the reason I call this a Government style bench 

is usually our money is no object for them to spend

and most people couldn't afford a bench of this nature.

This customer found it at a yard sale for a very good price

and wire brushed it and gave it a good coat of paint.

It was decided Southern Cherry was the wood of choice

and would go well with the bench frame color.

I cut and processed the 21 Cherry slats and he picked them up

for the clear coat, this was done to save money.

 when brought them back he also supplied the fasteners which was

 84 bolts washers and nuts, YIKES,

That was a lot of hole drilling.

Anyway it turned out well and become a bench anyone would be proud 

to own.

Don't forget to click on the photo to enlarge.

 TABLE FOR THE BIG GREEN EGG

All right It's been a while and time to update here.

Had a customer stop by the shop and told me he had bought a komoto cooker

 also known as the Big Green Egg, some time back But didn't want the table they offered with it an option, because of price. So after looking and studding the cooker a bit

 It was agreed I would build the table for him, but he would have to go shopping 

for the pressure treat wood and wheels etc.

I also decided I didn't need the lid to it as that would be just something else to handle at the shop.

 I gave him the list and soon the materials arrived and I got started.

As I built the table I decided to make sure all the fasteners {screws}

were on the bottom side

away from the weather as much as possible { no screws on top}.

This would help the wood as much as possible weather Florida's ever changing 

environment.

Well when it came time to install the wheels, I discovered they where gigantic.

 I had to cut and install a type of skirt around the base of the 3" legs to 

create the necessary  surface area for the castor plate to mount to

but it looked fine and will do the job. this is the only area where 

the fasteners are exposed to the weather.