Big News
Posted: 2011/04/27 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Big News!
Square Form has a new website. Please visit it at www.squareform.net
Additionally, Square Form is officially packing up and moving operations to Washington D.C.
We will be open for business in D.C. in late May.
Custom Fir Bookcase
Posted: 2011/03/09 Filed under: Furniture | Tags: Bookcase, bookshelves, Custom Furniture, Fir, Furniture, Modern bookcase, Modern furniture, Square Form Leave a comment »
Today I delivered this custom bookcase to a client.
It is made from 3/4″ A1 CVG Fir ply and 4/4″ CVG hem fir. At 6′(w) x 4′(h) x 16″(d) this case is just huge!
I am really pleased with the bookcase, but the pictures didn’t turn out so well (I noticed in the side shot there is some drywall dust from the rather hard task of getting it in the office building).
Modern Fir bookcase
The size of the case allows it to be used as a room divider
oops! A little bit of drywall dust on the side there.
The Director Desk
Posted: 2011/02/22 Filed under: Furniture | Tags: Bamboo, Computer desk, Design, Desk, Modern Desk, Modern furniture, Steel Leave a comment »
The Director Desk
The Director Desk:
Today I delivered my latest commission. The piece is a custom bamboo and steel computer desk. It has a full extension 20″(d) drawer, an adjustable shelf on the back, and a soft close cabinet that holds the clients computer terminal, router, etc.. This was a hard commission to deliver, as I really want it for myself!
and here (but not as much)
Custom steel pulls on the drawer face & cabinet door
Steel Planter/Bookshelf
Posted: 2011/02/21 Filed under: Furniture | Tags: Bookshelf, Douglas-fir, Furniture, Modern, Modern furniture, Planter, Steel Leave a comment »
I designed this bookshelf/planter as a possible option for a client. I designed a different design that will suit the clients needs better, but I still want to build this one. How about it, anyone out there want one?
Steel planter mounted on top of CVG Fir shelving
Attending the Lie-Nielson hand tool event in Portland
Posted: 2011/02/14 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bench Plane, Block Plane, Blue Spruce, Bridge City, Chisel, Glen Drake, Hand tool, Lie-Nielson, Marking Gauge, Planes, Tools, Woodworking Leave a comment »
Lie-Nielson Bench Planes
- This weekend I attended the Lie-Nielson hand tool event at the Northwest Woodworking Studio. It was quite amazing to see all of the offerings from Lie-Nielson in one place. Bridge City Tool Works were there as well with tools that I didn’t even know existed! The most amazing tools I saw (in my opinion) were from Bridge City. The first was the CT-17 Dual Angle Block Plane.
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The CT-17
- The CT-17 is a stainless steel block plane that may be the finest looking plane I have ever seen. At $859. I will sadly have to pass on this one. I think my money would be better spent on the JM SW Joint Maker from Bridge City.
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JM SW Joint Maker
- The JM SW Joint Maker was demonstrated for me during the event and the cuts came out so clean that any finishing work seems optional. The tool is basically just a Japanese saw mounted stationary and a table that slides over it to which the work piece is mounted. Clean cuts, no dust, no earplugs. Such a neat tool!
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Demonstrations at the event
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Blue Spruce Tools
- Blue Spruce Toolworks were there as well. These Chisels are just beautiful.
- The one tool that I am sure I will be buying after this show is from Glen-Drake. They make such a nice Marking Gauge. At $99. for the longer model, it seems well worth it for such a nice tool.
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Glen-Drake Marking Gauge
Another Blog writes About the Weigel Bench
Posted: 2011/01/26 Filed under: Furniture, Press | Tags: Lumber yard, Shoebox Dwelling, Weigel Bench 1 Comment »The Weigel Bench has been getting a lot of attention recently. It has been on several design blogs in the last few weeks. Today it found its way onto Shoebox Dwelling.
I ‘m off to the lumber yard to get some prices to field the quote requests that I have been getting from interested blog readers!
Lending a hand to Joe Wills
Posted: 2011/01/22 Filed under: Furniture, Uncategorized | Tags: 3Form, Comet Ping Pong, Darryl Carter, Joe Wills, LED, Square Form, Steel, Washington D.C. 1 Comment »I have been traveling to Washington D.C. a lot recently and working with Joe Wills (head of Square Forms Metal department) . Joe and I have been working together for ten years. He taught me much of what I know in the way of fabrication, and taught me how to weld. Together we built Comet Pizza and Ping Pong. Comet is an all steel restaurant in the district. You can see pictures here. Recently Joe has been doing a fair amount of work for Darryl Carter. Most recently Joe built some really exciting steel elements for a private residence that Darryl designed. I was really happy to lend a hand to Joe on this project and only wish I was able to stay longer and do more. Here are some pictures.
Custom Steel Barn Door Hardware
Steel barn doors with panels of steel cast in gypsum cement
The worlds heaviest coffee table
Decretive skylight made of steel, LEDs, and 3Form. AKA a really heavy installation
