View fullsize At the Dusty Slay show @dustyslay in Royal Oak wearing my best wolf shirt from @mikemcchillin. We’re having a good time!
View fullsize Some Wharton Esherick inspired stools for a local customer. One with a cherry seat and the other walnut. Both have white oak legs and stretchers. The stool with the bit of live edge and black legs was my prototype. The seat is cherry and the legs are
View fullsize Flashback to maybe 5 weeks ago when my brother and I were camping outside of Teton National Park. Did a bit of fishing to catch dinner. Such an awesome trip with my awesome brother @mikemcchillin
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View fullsize Caught my first two Michigan brook trout last night. Such beautiful fish! The river is tight enough that I had trouble casting without getting snagged on brush. Some roll casts and stripping line out to let the fly float downstream did the trick. Cau
View fullsize Just picked up some awesome flies and got some advice from the local experts @thenorthernangler. Fingers crossed for some beautiful brook trout this evening!
View fullsize I’ve always been interested in making scale models of furniture designs. This is my first one. Upcoming customer job. Turned out pretty decent.
View fullsize I haven’t posted in a LONG time but wanted to share a trip that was a long time coming. My brother and best buddy @mikemcchillin and I finally made it out to Maroon Bells to hike the Four Pass Loop. Covid and a surgery postponed the trip for tw
View fullsize Setting up the lock miter on my shaper. I’ve gotten much better over the years about what I think of as “smart setup”. The quality of my work and my enjoyment have improved exponentially with the increased use of precision tools lik
View fullsize This is the first time I’ve really been out to my workshop since September and starting my new job at the school. Working on a customer mantel (56” x 10” x 6”) that will head down to TN in a few weeks. Somehow I find myself wo
View fullsize Installation day for my customer @sue.teggart and her lovely family. The floating bench went in without any issues which is always nice! It rests on 3 heavy duty welded steel brackets rated for 750# each from @richelieuhardware. I doubt it would be p
View fullsize Out at the Berkley sidewalk chalk festival thingy today with my wife and dog. This sure feels like a @davidzinn creation??!? Pretty cute little guy anyway…
View fullsize Almost done with a custom floating bench for an awesome local couple in Huntington Woods. It will have upholstered panels which is what is getting done here. The idea is for them to be removable as they have two young boys. I told them the story of m
View fullsize So I finally finished up some bowls as presents for two dear friends @sjg2199 and @earthskymoon3. Both are delivered and crossed off the list. It was nice to drive Natalie’s bowl over because it’s the same route I take to the church where
View fullsize Just figured I’d post this quickly to see if any of my woodworking buddies is looking for a VFD before i post it on eBay. This is a 230v 2hp Teco N3. I also have an extension cord and a wire strain relief attachment. Everything is brand new, un
View fullsize Finally got my Hammond G-140 wired up in the basement. Since this machine is far away from my phase converter where my other fast spinning blades live I had to add a small VFD to bump my 240v single phase up to 3ph. I figure it will also allow me to
View fullsize Finally finishing up a birthday present for my bro @mikemcchillin. Only 6mo late! Haha 😂. Hopefully 2021 allows for a backpacking trip to another National Park! Thanks @parksproject
View fullsize I haven’t posted in awhile but I have a bunch of small things happening. I just installed the glass top on my new desk this past week. Still need to get to the ebony knobs so I can get rid of the blue tape!
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