A FIne Bedside table

A couple years ago we made a bed for a client that had, inlaid in the headboard, our interpretation of the family coat of arms. It was a challenging inlay with many different elements and woods finely executed by my man Trevor. It was one of his first really complex ones after he took over the CNC router operation. About now, he's definitely got it all figured out. Anyway, now he's working on a bedside table to complement his first project, plucking small elements out of the larger inlay and setting them a various places on the table ... Cool project ... Click to enlarge the pictures.

The Search Feature on My Blog ...

Well, OK, I guess Google really is my friend. One of my human friends pointed out a feature on my blog that I was (after almost a year of writing it) totally unaware of. Up in the top left hand corner of the first page is a search box..... I never paid much attention to it. But while I was clicking through July and August unsuccessfully looking for the post we were talking about, he says "just put the title in the box up there and hit 'search Blog' ". Well, imagine that. So, if you're looking for posts related to "Greene and Greene" enter that in the box and all of those come up, or "Art Deco", or "Inlays", or 'Guitars', or whatever. I will never be lost on my own blog again. So, if the current post isn't interesting to you but you've got some other subject in mind ... Try the box ... Leave a comment and let me know if it works for you .... Thanks ... dan
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A Graphic Inlay

The finished inlay

My younger son Will worked for VewDo, a local balance board company, while he was in high school and for a few years after he graduated. He still does website and graphics work for them and the photos below show one of his recent collaborative projects. He and Trevor took a hand drawn graphic and created files that could be used on our CNC router to create this inlay design of Peruvian walnut in natural cherry. There are a lot of pieces but all the pieces fit great. The VewDo people have some ideas how they are going to use this piece and I can't wait to see the finished products. I think it's a great concept ....

The walnut inlay pieces and Trevor's first sample test inlay in mdf and fibrex

The finished, sanded inlay

Imagine it up high like a sign ....
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