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Great Bear Woodworking
Anna and I were married a year ago today! Happy Anniversary, Anna! What a crazy first year it’s been. Grateful for our health and ever rising happiness. Here’s to many more!
New legs are finally getting attached after an arduous finishing process. Lots of testing dye mixtures to make sure the stain matched between the older, darker mahogany of the front legs, and the new, lighter mahogany for the back legs. #mahogany #to
@jakecarloni and I were able to quickly knock out this install last week. Don’t worry, we wore gloves and masks all day and I sanitized the hell out of those shelves!!! Thanks Jake! #covidcarpentry #covidcarpentercleanup #loveland #covid
Mocking up a leg for the Tobias Lear chair today. The original legs were installed as one piece with mortises, but since I don’t have the luxury of taking the sides and tenons apart I’ll have to settle for this puzzle piece arrangement.
Cleaned out the remnants of the upper leg and joinery. Unless this chair underwent major a 1800th century rebuild at some other point in its 210-240yr life, these were the original legs. The mortise and tenon joinery mandated that the these legs and
Starting an exciting project today. A new set of legs and some restoration for this historic chair. This chair belonged to Tobias Lear, George Washington’s personal secretary and an important figure in the Washington extended family. Stay tuned
Hell of a shirt
Wrapped up a little custom trim project this week. The window trim will get black paint to match the windows. Lots of reclaimed lumber involved, which was new for me, but pretty fun to work with. Couldn’t complain about the view from the office
Grad school, not cool. Tgif #tgif #notcool
Wyoming weekend with @aegroman. Tackled Medicine Bow Peak yesterday morning for sunrise!