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Building a wood drying kiln – Part 2 – The build

Jake — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:41:28 +0000

After deciding to build my own wood drying kiln building (part 1 can be found here), the next step was to get lumber ordered. It showed up the next morning so now it’s time to get to work. The first step was the hardest – making a level area to […]

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Building a wood drying kiln – Part 1: Design

Jake — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:30:28 +0000

Many sawmills will tend to add on kilns to their operations to value add to their existing products. After a kiln, many sawmills will look to add even more value to their products by machining the lumber, be it S4S (surfaced 4 sides), adding tongue and grooves, shiplaps, or other […]

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Japanese Inspired Serving Tray

Jake — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:40:42 +0000

Here’s the finished pictures of the Japanese inspired serving tray. You can find more information and the build pictures in the original blog post here. The tray is made from cherry with maple handles and features sweeping curves on all of the faces of the tray body. The handles are […]

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Carved Sapele Makeup Vanity

Jake — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:09:27 +0000

Anniversary gift I built this makeup vanity in 2017 for my wife as an anniversary present. She wanted an area where she could put on her make up that was well lit and had a tilting mirror. I had previously built her a small cabinet to house all of her […]

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The Finished Pipiomaka Coffee Table

Jake — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:00:03 +0000

The finished Pipiomaka Coffee Table At last, I have the first Pipiomaka Coffee Table finished. I began the design process nearly a year ago and have worked steadily at the build between other projects since then. I am thrilled with how the table turned out and I look forward to […]

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Cherry serving tray

Jake — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:48:26 +0000

Cherry serving tray I was commissioned to build a serving tray. The details were left up to me so long as it could hold a plate, silverware, condiments, and drinks as well as have a pair of legs for breakfast in bed. After laying out the critical dimensions, I settled […]

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Creating the Pipiomaka Table

Jake — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:21:52 +0000

Creating the Pipiomaka table The Pipiomaka table was a design that I came up with and didn’t know if it could even be built. I had never seen wood bent in this manner. But it didn’t matter. I had the vision in my head and I can be stubborn when […]

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Marina Reception Desk Build

Jake — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:34:48 +0000

Marina reception desk build I was contacted by Hideaway Bay Marina on Lake Lanier in Georgia about building a large reception desk for them. They sent me a sketch of what they were looking for which was a great start. I created my own chicken scratch sketches which later were […]

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Duplicating a cabinet door

Jake — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 11:06:59 +0000

Building an identical cabinet door I was hired to build an identical cabinet door as the one provided. For whatever reason, through the process of having a new kitchen installed, the client was left with one of the sink cabinet doors missing. It was my job to build a new […]

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Reclaimed pine and pecky cypress ceiling

Jake — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:18:00 +0000

Reclaimed pine and pecky cypress ceiling I was approached to see if I would be able to install some tongue and groove pine boards on the ceiling of their foyer. Sure. The catch – these were all reclaimed boards that were removed as part of a renovation of a 100 […]

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