Ready for polish, assembly and set up. I generally like to post complete projects but, I’m keeping my hands off this one for a few days till it’s totally sold to block, polish and assemble. Looks a bit more yellow in the tube lights than in natural light but I rather like it. Should lookContinueContinue reading “Earth II in the final stages”
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Custom Job (somewhat) narrows it’s focus! (ADHD be damned)
Custom Job left it’s last shop in Tolland, CT in September and, with limited local shop space, has since been focusing on Lutherie, A direction that I’ve decided to make permanent so, “Hello” from Custom Job Musical Instruments! After years of fixing my own and other peoples stuff and thinking about it, I’ve pushed intoContinueContinue reading “Custom Job (somewhat) narrows it’s focus! (ADHD be damned)”
Rest Easy, Brother.
Artemus 2010 – 2023 I had to let go of my eldest dog Artemus this morning. He’d not been doing well the day before and suffered a number of seizures that took his sight and ability to walk over the night last night. He passed away in my embrace, with as much love as IContinueContinue reading “Rest Easy, Brother.”
1961 Caper Cycle Falcon Restoration
The restoration of my first minibike. A 1961 Caper Cycle Falcon.
1959 Economy Country Squire Tractor Restoration
This was what was still bolted together of my paternal Grandfather’s Tractor after a tenant of his blew the piston, took the whole thing apart, “LOST” the hydraulic pump and left it sit outside for a number of years. It’s a long story. Bought new by him in (around) 1959. He used it for everything from the lawn to the garden to grounds clearing. Pretty tough little unit, all said….
CONN. GENERAL 2557A HOME OFFICE.
An old filing cabinet module that belonged to my Grandfather. I was obsessed with my grandfather’s workspace when I was a kid. He did a lot of electronic work … televisions, radios, amplifiers…. Of the many many fixtures in his shop (one of which was a collection of vacuum tubes I’ll never see the likes of again), this was central to my understand of creative spaces and remains a central fixture in my shop to this day.
Studebaker Jr. Wagon
This was a kit build for a Custom Job client. All I had to do was figure out how to put it together, how/where to get the stencils made, how best to apply and protect them, put it all back together and deliver it. Smooth, right?
1948 Gretsch Drum set
I found the snare and two of the toms at a picker type place. I’ve since restored those, added a bunch of new stuff, made a drum from scratch and modified a few drums to fit the package.
Early 1900’s Oak Dinning Table
This is an early 2022 job I picked up off of Craigslist. It was a little more than I wanted to spend but it was precisely what I wanted: a round, oak, two leafed pedestal table with as little ornamentation as possible and a highly figured top.
75 Doyle Bath Shelves.
We’d decided that our downstairs closets were, well, stupid .. as most who own a traditionally styled house do. (who the hell owns that many coats?). So while I planned out some more flexible modular based build outs for those, I took the knotty pine used as shelving, trim and dividers and built them inContinueContinue reading “75 Doyle Bath Shelves.”
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