A Video Tour

A tour of my studio, the farm and my work, courtesy of Canadian Woodworking and Home Improvement magazine. 
Enjoy it here.

Some British Press

I had a wonderful article written about me in the British magazine Furniture & Cabinetmaking.
You can read the article here.

The Golden Touch

Just what every piano leg needs... some gilded piano wire.  This "piano leg" project it taking me places I never thought I'd go.  Isn't that why we all step into the studio every morning?

Strength Test

Here are the results of a strength test I did for piano legs I am making.  I will post more about the project later but here is a teaser.

Yup, I think they will hold a Steinway grand piano!

 

Woodkilton Studio in the Toronto Star

Woodkilton Studio was featured in the Toronto Star along with two other Ontario furniture makers. 

 Read the article here

Patience

Finally.

Patience 2014

Four or more years ago a client arrived in my shop with 5 pieces of oddly shaped maple burl veneer and asked me to make a cabinet inspired by the veneer shape.  And so my journey began...  

After making a "proof of concept" and many mock ups

Work began on round drawers

Bow front doors

Hardware

French polishing for that perfect shine

and trimming

and fitting

and overcoming obstacles

Fitting drawers

and turning drawer fronts on the lathe

It was a long journey but well worth it.

Cutting Mortises for the Stern Chair

Here is how I cut the mortises on the back of the Stern chair.  

My Domino would not cut a mortise wide enough so I made a jig to accurately overlap two Domino slots.  It took quite a bit of trial and error to get the hole spacing on the jig just right.

The jig served as a reference fence for the Domino

The centre line on the jig marked the centre line for the mortise

The outside hole on the jig marked the location for Domino pin to cut the first slot

First mortise complete

The inside hole on the jig marked the location for the 2nd

 plunge cut

The mortise is now complete

The walnut tenon fits perfectly