by Peter | Aug 21, 2010 | At the Studio
Thought I’d throw up a quick picture of the insanity of the moment, as I get ready for the Evanston Craft show. Using a transit to site the cables on a mock-up of my latest hall table….
by Peter | Jul 20, 2010 | At the Studio
When I bought my Hardinge turret Lathe I wanted to use it to make a specific part. It turns out I use it all the time. The part I bought the lathe to make gets used in my Callisto table, Jupiter Bench, Mercury bench, Radian table, and Tangent liquor cabinet. It is a...
by Peter | Mar 22, 2010 | At the Studio
I thought I would show some of the process that I use to make my Parallam furniture. I recently built a Convergence table- my parallam coffee table and took some pictures of the steps along the way. Parallam is an engineered wood beam made by weyerhauser. They are...
by Peter | Feb 3, 2010 | At the Studio
After I built the Torus Pedestal table I was still intrigued by the possibilities of creating joinery by milling chunks of aluminum. In designing a new dining table I chose to use a similar technique to create the joint where the leg meets the stretcher. My first step...
by Peter | Jan 27, 2010 | At the Studio
If you have ever had the opportunity to see my furniture in person, you may have noticed that all of the exposed stainless steel fasteners have a great luster to them. This is a finish that I have to create on my own. It is done with a metal lathe and, although...
by Peter | Aug 3, 2009 | At the Studio
I have been planning for some time to build a pedestal table to complement my Xenon Pedestal. The design I came up with references my Carbon hall table except that it uses an aluminum joint instead of the cast concrete joint that joins carbon’s legs to its top....
