woodguydan

Vancouver, BC, CA
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I have been working with wood since about 1981, first restoring antique furniture which lead to apprenticing as a joiner.Then from there I went on to restoring (not remodeling) heritage homes,all which I still do .Other things, or some things I have done since are building all furnishing for many high end restaraunts /and pubs,restoring/rebuilding 3 woody wagons.I was filmed building a reproduction of the ark of the covent for Bluebook films(the ark revealed )is the name of the film .I am now hoping to finally make the move to doing mostlly gallery work.I have been self employed for the last 12. years ,strictlly by word of mouth so I think its time.

Gender: Male

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Jara book case

Jun 28, 2009

solid jara book case ,finish is 35 sheen pre-cat lacquer

1947 Ford woody wagon

Jun 28, 2009

1947 woody wagon ,we repaced all mahogany panels ,all rotten birch and stripped and refinished all .was finished with several coats of spar varnish

walnut and maple desk

May 16, 2009
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my computer desk made from what was a maple tree I bought10years ago,and a western walnut tree I aqiurered about 12 years ago. It desgined it self

Once was a dance hall

Apr 24, 2009
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THIS IS ABOUT 70 LINEAR FEET OF FENCE,GATE ,EC ALL BUILT FROM LUMBER RECLAIMED FROM AN 1912 ,2500 SQAURE FOOT DANCE HALL IN BURNABY BC. CANADA. THE FENCE STANDS 6FEET,6INCHS, THE PANELS ARE 8"BY1...

1893 Winchester cowboy rifle

Mar 29, 2009

this is aWinchester rifle that I built new stocks for in trade of wood working machines from my tool repair and sales buddy

edge grain fir entery door

Mar 29, 2009
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solid fir entery door with stained glass finished with 6 spray coats of exterior poly ,included is a fir door/gate finished with 10 coats same poly

2900 lb free standing stairs

Mar 27, 2009
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this is more a peice of furniture then it is stairs,it took 3 months to build out of paralam beams, the stringers are6"x16"x16 feet /there are13 treads at4"x14"x52"long. the constrution is mortise...

Big leaf maple bunkbeds

Mar 27, 2009

made for a freinds daughters afther restoring his 1914 one owner before them house. it was a gift to the girls,the bed that is.

bread and/or cutting boards

Mar 27, 2009

something to do over the holidays with the shop leftovers


Recent comments


Re: walnut and maple desk

Oh, I likely should mention that the walnut portion of the base was a huge slabe cut from the base of the tree where it was coming up from the ground formimg a giant Y. I cut it in half and fliped them side to side, there are two walnut cleats about 4" wide that are dovetailed into each side with widened slotes to srew the top in place, allowing for movement.The figured maple foot rest is mortised 3/4 of the thickness of the walnut slabes(2.25"),and all the joinery was done by hand. The desk was sprayed with 6 coats of Varethane professinal urethane(semi gloss).Lastly the top is 7' long and 28" at its widest point.

posted: 12:11 pm on May 16th  

Re: Once was a dance hall

stevegiamundo,thanx,Effort would be dead on,and the cleint was made well awhere that this piece (for sake of a better word) would reqiure up keep. I checck on it every year,and coat it as needed,he keeps it clean and we have become close friends as a result. as for the latest edtion of FW,Ikeep hearing of it but have yet to see it in my mail box.Perhaps we in western Canada are among the last to receive it? I am very pleased you like it ,and incase you are wondering ,when I say (I)built this from lumber reclaimed from an old dance hall ,I mean just that! Hence the effort statment.

posted: 2:51 am on April 25th  

Re: Took A Hit

All I can think of is WOW! love the back ground in the mirror

posted: 4:52 pm on March 31st  

Re: 2900 lb free standing stairs

GEide Thank you so much for your compliment ,yes I do have other pics of this and other house projects maybe I will do just that .the funny thing about this project is that I don't like substates at all ,so this one was a challenge for me. but the carpenters who called me in for this job where going to just bolt steel plates under the treads.so I gave the client this option and he loved it ,but I could not talk him into using the 100year old reclaimed timbers I have.all the same I'm happy with it to .Thanks again

posted: 9:17 pm on March 28th  

Re: Kitchen island

very nice. clean simple and very useful I'm sure

posted: 3:49 pm on March 27th  

Re: Acanthus Leaf Theme, Dinning Table & Chairs

wow! that is just amasing, do you fined time to eat or sleep lol.simplly amasing.

posted: 3:05 pm on March 27th  

Re: The gloved woodworker

I had to rub my eyes when I saw gloves on ajointer.25 years ago in high school I had the wonderful(not at all!)task of cleaning about half of 4 fingers(from the nuckles)on the left hand of a class mate wearing gloves,even though he was told not to every day.Over the years since I have let a few workers go because of them insisting on wearing gloves on machines.I would urge beginners to not wear gloves on any machine no matter how thin they are!

posted: 12:48 pm on January 21st