Around the fourth lap of the final finish coats of paste wax and steel wool.
This, and its sister bench, have been featured in Fine Woodworking magazine with me using it! Workbench based off the popular split top Roubo trend going on using Benchcrafted leg and wagon vice. Oak top, curly maple accent, curly maple and oak bench dogs. This was my favorite project. It is to the woodworker what a self-replicating 3D printer is to an Industrial Designer. A machine for building more machines.
This is in the running for the most beautiful piece I worked on in the shop, besides the 36" Jones Superior bandsaw. Jeff's final rocking chair prototype. I have never seen a chair with more beautiful lines. The best part is we have all the jigs, patterns and tooling for it so it is infinitely repeatable.
Headboard for Jeff's signature bed. Jeff's hand cut joinery; veneered, dimensioned, fit and finished by myself.
Jeff's previous apprentice carved out this seat with a scorp. The back was a little thin and broke when the stool tipped over, but we learn from these things.
Curly maple bench dogs for the Benchcrafted/Roubo workbench
One of Jeff's earliest and roughest prototypes for his rocking chair series, and the final rocker as of January 2012 so many decades later. He still takes lunch and phone calls in the prototype rocker, its very comfortable. PROTOTYPE OFTEN!
One of Jeff's bent ply stools and our tiny tablesaw/horizontal borer. Lots of Inca machinery in the shop.
One of a room full of custom pieces nearing completion.
Setting up lighting to shoot the workbench for Fine Woodworking magazine.
I helped reorganize and clean Jeff's shop as well as unearthing some forgotten oldies. Jeff made these for his chair making book. The one on the right features a trick too complex for most people to repeat, so he made the one on the left for the book in the end. His son had grown up using them, I bought the frames from him and refinished them in my spare time, weaving the seats and making them whole again.
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J. Miller (2011-2012): Furniture apprenticeship
I organized a furniture design apprenticeship with a master furniture designer of 30 years, Jeff Miller. These are some of the things I worked on for Jeff, for clients, or for publishing in Fine Woodworking magazine.
