My big pile of cherry lumber. Finally starting to work my way through it. In its rough cut state it certainly doesn’t look like much. Shockingly the retail price for that stack would be way over a thousand dollars. Thank god for Craigslist and people that have trees fall down… To give you a sense of what it looks like after going through the planer, take a look at the second picture which has a before and after piece side by side.
It’s almost criminal how much people are charged for custom poster frames these days. Now I realize that the people making/selling the frames aren’t likely millionaires, so they have to charge what they do based on the volume of business that they do… Below is a cherry frame that I built for The Kills concert that I went to at the 9:30 in 2011. The piece was constructed from a scrap piece of cherry lumber that I found in the shop. I basically put it together between other projects at the shop (or more likely to avoid spending the time to clean the shop). The mitered joints are reinforced with contrasting walnut splines. Some might debate the value significance of concert art, but I’m thrilled that this piece is now in a one of a kind frame. Original artwork (“Operator Put Me Through”) was done by Third Alert Designs.
Today’s projects are a random mixture of items. The walnut box with all of the clamps will be the base for an Edison lamp. The poster frame is sitting in my sled to cut slots for the splines in the miter joints. Fortunately these are both small projects so hopefully they will move to the finished furniture category next weekend.
In between all of the other shop activities, I turned out a few new stylus (styli?) this weekend. The walnut one was from leftover wood used for a concert poster frame. The cherry one was from an old cherry table that couldn’t be salvaged (how could I let that lumber go to waste). The maple one comes from the drawers sides / backs that I was working on this weekend. All proudly displayed on my Dodo Case of course…
Claremont Designs 