Aaron Maret | Design Build Studio » Woodworks

Making Things

aaronmaret — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:51:03 +0000

I’ve finally had a lull in some of my officey work and got to get down in to the shop to make some things.

2 hour bed

aaronmaret — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:00:02 +0000

i needed a platform for my bed at home, but frankly, don’t have all that much free time right now to build one. so, i set out to build a bed in two hours over the weekend. ka-ching. success. i started building this platform and was sitting back admiring it’s simplicity and, more importantly, it’s ‘done-ness’ right around 2 hours later. [sound of myself patting me on the back...]

Torsion Box

aaronmaret — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:42:52 +0000

Andy and I finished assembling and glueing-up the two torsion box workbench tops that we’re building for a friend’s workshop.

From Wikipedia:

A torsion box consists of two skins applied to a core material, usually a grid or framework of some kind. The torsion box functions as a beam, but is considerably lighter than a solid beam of the same size without losing much strength. Torsion boxes are used in the construction of airframes, especially wings and vertical stabilizers, in making wooden tables and doors, and for skis and snowboards.

Here Beth gives an assist with strength testing and some much needed compression.

The assembled grid-core.

Salvaged Barn Timbers

aaronmaret — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:27 +0000

I picked up some salvaged timbers (Oak, Chestnut, and Pine) last week to use for a new photography project I’m working on. I’ll be building timber frames for large format prints of some of my abstracts. Stay tuned for more details.

A Boule

aaronmaret — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:01:05 +0000

“A plain-sawn log which has been reassembled in the original log form, but with spacers between adjacent slabs.”

These two logs are soft maple, from the same tree. Cut and milled locally. It will need to air dry for at least a year before it’s ready to be used.

The Shop

aaronmaret — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:51:57 +0000

This is the birdseye view I get of the woodshop from the office mezzanine. We have five huge south facing windows that brighten up the shop rain or shine. The shop is so amazing in so many ways, it takes me aback sometimes. I’m definitely fortunate to have manifest such an ideal space for making.

Heartwood

aaronmaret — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:47:10 +0000

When trees sustain an injury, they are unable to repair or heal the injury. Instead they grow new tissue around the wound site and isolate it. This looks like an oak tree, maybe 80 or so years old. I took this at C&N Sawmill in Marshall.

Big Teeth

aaronmaret — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:39:59 +0000

My shop partner and good friend, Andy Rae, illustrates the intensity of this 60″ sawblade at a local sawmill.