Reclaimed and Restained Woodworking

09/07/2021

Pay attention to detail.

07/27/2021

The RIDGID Power Tools cordless brad nailer will be a game changer for our installs.

07/24/2021

We are still in the process of rebuilding a bar for the .grill in Evanston. The restaurant used to house Evanston Fire Engine 22 and Truck 22 until a new quarters was built for those companies down the road in 1954. With the history of the firehouse, we thought it would be fitting to build the bar using a Japanese technique of burning wood called Shou Sugi Ban. When we finish up we will post the before and after photos and go more in depth of this really fun project.

07/10/2021

Just picked up these Ridge Carbide table saw blades. They will be getting a lot of use coming up. 24, 40, and 80 teeth; makes a nice set.

06/30/2021

We installed the lower portion of the bar and cut for the sink today. The Elm really shows off well. Next step is handles and pulls for the cabinets.

06/24/2021

Spent most of the morning hand planing this 13’ long Elm bar, before giving it a good hand sanding. Got a nice break when my little one came out for a visit.

05/21/2021

Making progress on the current bar we are working on. We recently finished up the back bar installing the glass doors, and crown molding. One step closer to finishing off this amazing bar.

04/10/2021

04/10/2021

I had an hour of free time the other day so, I built this vacuum hose holder out of scrap wood and an extra 22.5 degree elbow. Keeps the hose off the ground when not it’s not hooked up to a machine.

03/27/2021

Here is the bar top installed. We finished this beautiful Elm with . Now we can work behind the bar getting more Elm slabs ready for tops and cabinets installed. Check back for our progress.

03/26/2021

Time to join the slabs and make a massive bar top come to life. In order get all the angles accurate, we built a template out of 1/8” plywood and some hot glue. After making the cuts we used a hand plane to make the miters join as tight as possible. We used dominos to join the slabs together. To draw the miters in as tight as possible we cut small blocks, super-glued them to the top and clamped the pieces together.

03/24/2021

The bar is going to be topped with a live edge Elm slab. It will be upwards of 14’ and needing a fair amount of with a black and silver metal flake added. We used hot glue to damn up areas needing a tall pour of epoxy. Next we will need to make some miter cuts to form the angles we need. Stay tuned!