Went back to the Keys to install this cypress job. These were 8’ tall and 11 1/2” square. There were 18 all together. We spent 2 1/2 long days working and 1 day fishing. We caught allot of barracuda. It was fun.

This fret work was all made from Poplar, primed with oil base primer and painted with latex paint. The handrail is three pieces of 3/4” x 3” Poplar laminated together. The screen door is 1” thick Poplar.

Here are the final pictures of the Cinderella Carriage bed. The installers were only able to get two pictures before they had to leave Morocco. If you guys have been following the 8 part blog on this bed you know how it was built. http://lumberjocks.com/grosa/blog/34320 I hope you enjoyed the process of making this bed. I will try to get bigger pictures of the finished bed. The foam pumpkin surround and the painting was made by a very talented airbrush artist, Jason Hullfish https://jfishart.com/ And the woodwork of this bed was made by us at S&L Millworks https://www.facebook.com/pages/SL-Millworks/173697076100025?fref=ts

All the woodwork and the 18” crown molding and the light mounting circles where made at S&L millwork. I made the radius molding on the light mounting circles. The columns are a wood frame with a breadboard panel. The crown is a 3 piece crown. The light mounting circles were made from MDF and the molding was made from Poplar. The molding was cut on a radius using a band saw with a swing arm, sanded smooth, profiled on a router table then put back on the swing arm and cut the inside radius.This was a ballroom in Key West.

This window casing was made from poplar. South Tampa Historical society was restoring an old house and they had trouble finding someone to duplicate the old rotted molding. They gave me a piece of the old molding and I sent it to Woodworkers Tool Works ( http://woodworkerstoolworks.com/ ) They make all my knives and custom router bits, ask for Bobby. They will even ship them in 24 hours if you need them quickly. All I did was the window casing The contractor is working on the window jamb. The last picture is the original casing full of bondo from the last repair.

These booths were all made from 3/4” plywood, painted and I airbrushed all the artwork. It is a very colorful place. Great food at a good price.

This was my very first. My father was remodeling the basement and I took a scrap piece of 2×4. When he wasn’t looking I used his jig saw to cut the 2×4 the way I seeing it in my head. Every time he came out I quickly put the saw down and when he went in I continued cutting. This took a long time. Then I used his utility knife to shape it. That took even longer. Then I tried to sand it with sand paper. I remember looking at every time I tried the sand paper and saying this is stupid, it is just scratching it! So needless to say there are a bunch of scratches in it. The pegs took me 2 days to cut. I waited till the project was done so I could take my fathers knife without him knowing about it. Got cut 4 times and never told anyone. The flower painting was my very first attempt at decorative painting. I was so proud of this piece. I gave it to my mother. She said: so this is how you got all the cuts on your hands. She had a tear in her eyes. That’s what started the fire in me to do woodworking. It my not be the best work I have done but it is the most valuable. Everything I have done in woodworking started with this. In memory of my mother and thanks to my father I love you both.

This is a small side table. The top is made from 1”Red Oak and has a scalloped edge instead of being square. The base is also Red Oak with a red Mahogany stain. The 6” spiral is made from Ash, The ribbon is painted with midnight copper and the edges of the ribbon are painted gold. The top is !” x 15” x 20 1/2”. It stands 25 1/2” tall. This was a fun project. When the lacquer drys I will sand and buff it smooth. Hope you guys like it.

This is a display frame. It is made of Sepele 1 1/2” thick. The base is all steel and powder coated silver. The base legs go into the frame 3.5’ for support. It was finished with a clear conversion varnish.

This is a bedroom set. The box is made from 3/4” maple plywood with a solid wood (poplar) edge. The drawers are solid Maple dove tail drawers with a lacquer finish. The draw fronts are solid Walnut with a brass nuckle inlay. The brass nuckle was cut from 1/4” solid brass. We used a 3/4” plexiglass template to cut the pocket for the brass nuckle on all the drawer faces. I used double stick tape to attach the template to the Walnut faces and cut it out on my inverted pin router. The boxes were painted white then cleared with a conversion varnish. I turned all 8 legs on the lathe from solid Walnut. This project was made @ Prestige Casework for a designer named Dan Greene. What do you guys think? I don’t care much for the white boxes. The drawer faces were made using 8/4 Walnut and re sawed to get the matching look on each draw face. The backs were also finished so they don’t have to be agents the wall.

The table top was 44” x 96” x 2” thick. The boarder was 2” x 2” beech and the field was Wenge veneer to make a cross pattern. The legs were 3.5” x 3.5” Beech. The long leg had the two notches to accept the other two legs, They were glued and screwed together and mounted to a piece of 3/4” plywood at the top. It was all stained with an espresso stain and 3 coats of vinyl sealer and clear coated with conversion varnish. I personalty do not like dark stain on light wood. All my project get a clear on the natural wood, but it’s what the customer wants. What do you think? Do you like dark stain on wood?

The center rope is made from Pua Rosa, the outside is made from Hickory, the top and base is made from Purple Heart. It has 4 coats of clear water lacquer.

These frames were made from Beech. The silver insert was Poplar. And the field was MDF painted a bronze. The information panels were glued on 1/4” Sentra and they were glued at different heights by using stand-offs threaded into the MDF. This was another project for Studio B Designs.

This project had it’s challenges. The star base was all designed on sketch up before any cutting was done. The scalloped face was cut on the legacy mill with an 1 1/2” core box bit.

This star frame was made from beech. The center insert was made from 1/2” Sentra with brushed aluminum mica on the face and the 3D look was painted on. Click on link to view the production slide show.
http://s861.photobucket.com/albums/ab178/grosa1/Movie%20LoungeFurniture/?albumview=slideshow

This was a custom design for a restaurant. they ordered 6 of them an they all had to fit in one crate. It measures 3/4” thick x 18” wide x 4’ long The fret work is made of Poplar, the balls and dowels are birch. It took me 6 hours to design the spandrel. This is a finished product. The contractor will get it stained or painted. I never get to see the completed project unless they send me some pictures. Because a spandrel is a symmetrical design you only draw half and make two of each design. By the way this was not done on a CNC. The template was cut on a scroll saw then, with the template I used an inverted pin router to cut out the actual parts. Hope you guys like it. Thanks for looking.

Last week I bought a Legacy Ornamental Mill (1500) This was my first attempt at the hollow spiral. I had a 1500 a long time ago but I only did rope turnings. This was a first for me. Left to right. Hollow spiral, Barley twist, Shallow rope, Deep rope, Readed.

All the solid walnut was bleached 3 times and the plywood was bleached once. This is the wood bleach we used.

We used yellow dye stain, orange dye and a brown wipe on stain as a glaze and clear coated with conversion varnish.
This is the appliques being bleached.

See the blog on how it was made. http://lumberjocks.com/grosa/blog/25143

This kitchen was made from Cherry plywood and solid Cherry. The doors had a 3” solid wood frame and a 1/2” plywood panel. The curved front panel had a plywood frame and was covered with 1/2” MDF and finished with a Cherry veneer. The lights were all LED’s. This kitchen was made at Prestige Casework.

These cabinets were made with white liner plywood. The base was constructed from plywood and the face was 3 pieces of MDF glued together. The door frames were made from solid maple with a 1/2” MDF panel. The tops were granite.