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I got better things to do. Like build walnut bar s

I got better things to do. Like build walnut bar stools. Music courtesy Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Sick slow mo footie inside.

I am once again asking for better back support wit

I am once again asking for better back support with free-floating curved back braces along with a place to hold like a thousand crumpled receipts.

Fine furniture needs tight joints. Here is a rear

Fine furniture needs tight joints. Here is a rear leg to seat joint on a Taylor style bat stool.

It’s Friday and #nationalhatday today. Flashback

It’s Friday and #nationalhatday today. Flashback to an undisclosed location delivering fine furniture for the urbane Embassy / intel set.

From a thought to paper designs to a real piece of

From a thought to paper designs to a real piece of furniture. Here is a sketch of the Rhody Chest I made years ago and here it is live.

Flashback, warm nights. Almost left behind. Great

Flashback, warm nights. Almost left behind. Great @cyndilauper cover by the incredible @esteswhalen. Chiseling the nubs off the maple plugs in the walnut bat stool.

Plugs. A special drill bit called a plug cutter do

Plugs. A special drill bit called a plug cutter does just that. Then you place the screw in the pre-drilled hole, then glue the plug into the hole. Whamo.

2020 at least advanced a lot of scouts’ confiden

2020 at least advanced a lot of scouts’ confidence with STEM and STEAM. Designing and building mahogany and rosewood serving boards using a drill press, sander, chop saw, router, etc. I believe that children are the future.

Arlingtonmagazine.com Best of 2021.

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Best of 2021.

Best of Arlington! We did it. Thank you for the gr

Best of Arlington! We did it. Thank you for the great press @arlingtonmagazine - the Arlington Magazine edition is on local shelves now.

Grinding the bat stool.

Grinding the bat stool.

Why are some chairs comfortable and others are not

Why are some chairs comfortable and others are not? If you use a straight piece of wood and cut a shallow backrest, then you have 25 minutes tops before your back hurts. If you cooper the backrest using vertically aligned wood, then your back is in bliss mode. To get repeatable and perfect curves, I use this bandsaw jig to create the curvy and coopered backrests invented by the chair master @haltaylor_rocks

TL;DR: longform anatomy of how to measure arms for

TL;DR: longform anatomy of how to measure arms for a bar stool. Each arm starts out as a block of wood that will eventually attach to the rear legs from its back and the front legs from its top. Photo 1 shows the rough template for scale. Photo 2 shows how we need to bevel the rear of the arm, since your elbows right now are outside of your shoulders. Photo 3 shows how I use a bevel to measure that outside angle to go from back to front. I also have to account for the rear of the new arm, since that angle is not square from the rear leg. This bevel I use is from my boys in Japan from the company Shinwa. They have absolutely no social presence, but they make great stuff. Photo 4 shows the Veritas bevel angle reader, since my Shinwa is just "some angle". The reader locks it in. I transfer those bevel and mitre angles to the saw and use a test piece. I chop both the mitre and bevel at the same time to make this easier. The rest of the photos finish the process of pre-drilling the holes, bandsawing the shapes, and glueing and clamping the new arms. How 'bout that?

Sup dog. Bench dogs or pinch dogs are a simple and

Sup dog. Bench dogs or pinch dogs are a simple and ingenious device. It is shaped like a C with pointed ends, and you can glue up angled pieces where a clamp would fail you. This is why a bat stool back rest is so comfortable as we cooper it with angles pieces of wood before we bandsaw this.

The epoxy river looks like it is flowing.

The epoxy river looks like it is flowing.

Router safety. Use a small dowel as a post when do

Router safety. Use a small dowel as a post when doing fine work. Putting pressure on the post ensures nothing jumps. These are bat stool legs. The more you know.

How does the batstool backrest feel so comfortable

How does the batstool backrest feel so comfortable? It is angled for maximum chill mode. Measuring angles on the rear legs and drilling the screw holes before glue up.

Outdoor seat grinding and indoor sanding gets this

Outdoor seat grinding and indoor sanding gets this Spugnardi Batstool onwards.

English walnut cigar ashtray. Part of the American

English walnut cigar ashtray. Part of the American Bad Ass ashtray line.

“These are badass.” - Sophia Loren. Here comes

“These are badass.” - Sophia Loren. Here comes the latest in the American Bad Ass cigar ashtrays. American cherry. I claim no rights to the last photo, but she looks cool.

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