md3 furniture

Greetings everyone. So here is the exploration, a hollow wooden surfboard that I’ve crafted in 5 days. We brought down Paul Jensen from Washington who has been making these boards for some time now and shed some light on his particular way of  constructing this surfcraft. It was a very intense and interesting class that we held in Half Moon Bay/Princeton Harbor. We lost our indoor facility so had to make due with an outdoor concrete slab, which was nice except for the high humidity which was a little stressful at times. Not something you want when building anything of quality.

This is a 5′ 7″ x 23″ x 3″ Mini Simmons. The final dimensions may differ once everything is finished. I will add more pics once things are finished.

I’d say i am about 80% complete. The rails need to get shaped out, need to add glass-on fins, and also need to get glassed, which I am going to attempt myself.

Anyhow, it was a good experience for the first round. I already have some ideas and things I want to perfect in board 2.0. Stay tuned and enjoy some images!

MD3

So, here we are. This is my most recent piece, which as you can see is an easy/lounge  chair made out of Kwila and leather. This piece was the most enjoyable as of yet and plans for the second rendition are underway. I was going to sell this piece, but after some initial R&D (a few hours watching the world cup) I’ve decided to keep this. The only complaint I have that it’s difficult to get out…once you sit, you don’t want to get up.

Project #2, College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program. So most recently out of the shop is this piece. I’ve added a piece of glass to the top to add durability. Enjoy.

Materials: Peruvian Walnut, Hornbeam, Cedar of Lebanon, and Gaboon Ebony. Hardware and hinges are brass.

Photo by David Welter.

For sale on Esty.com

Project #1, College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program. A special thanks to my mom, dad, T.G Daley, Mike Arnette, Ken Phillips, and Geo Monley.

Materials: Kwila and American Elm.

Photos by David Welter.

For sale on Esty.com

So in this experiment with laminated 1/4″Baltic Birch plywood, I’ve done a glue up with 1″ strips interlaced with Black Walnut. The legs have a giant mortise that runs the width of the mitered top portion of the leg. The top ends are done with a large tenon. I like the overall concept here, but I am not happy with the fact that it looks like a bench. Several people have actually sat in this piece which now adorns my living room.

So in my down time between projects, I’ve decided to knock out a surf rack. Made out of Douglas Fir, this 1st generation rack may double as a base for my kitchen. Made 3 of these so far and I’ll post pics of the 2nd generations soon. But the main difference here is that I’ve added a shelf for wax, combs, tools, beers, etc. I also made the rail channel not as deep and made the base posts (4″x4″) a few inches taller. I also tweaked the ends just a tad which you will all see in the next round of pics.

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So after about a straight week of finishing, staining and sealing, this piece is in action. There is no hardware in this piece….just solid construction techniques! The piece is made up of 5 individual parts and can be broken down without needing any tools. All the birch used here is FSC certified!