Speakeasy Woodworking

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Furniture Maker in Houston, TX

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2024-08-28 02:17:32 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2024-08-28 01:47:27 UTC

This was a 1980s Star Furniture “Hemingway” dresser that my client had sitting in their garage. Now it has custom doors made from wood taken from a Jim Beam aging warehouse, LED lighting, and soft-close drawer slides. Client loved it!
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2023-12-20 12:01:22 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-12-20 00:29:21 UTC

300 year old white oak wine rack for a client, I wish them luck trying to wrap this thing for Christmas!
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2023-12-19 00:44:07 UTC

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#woodshop #woodworking #grownostr #furnituremaker #makercommunity#woodshop #woodshoplife #woodworkingtools #woodworkingtips

2023-12-19 00:43:27 UTC

New project: wine rack from 300 year old white oak! https://video.nostr.build/a945d8bf3c9edff069567e65f756f5231798207f92e05a262e5ded317dbfaaa2.mp4

2023-12-16 20:45:37 UTC

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Beautiful, can’t wait to see it finished!

2023-12-16 20:44:03 UTC

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Very nice!

2023-12-15 13:38:24 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-12-15 12:58:38 UTC

Just finished this coffee table with wood from a 300 year old farmhouse!
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2023-12-01 04:06:12 UTC

White oak bow ties that pre-date the Napoleonic War!
This is on a big coffee table for a client, almost finished sanding. Next step is deciding on stains with the client.
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2023-11-30 03:58:21 UTC

Napoleonic War era white oak from the Austrian Empire, added two bow ties to the large crack to stabilize it. This is one of two feet for a massive coffee table, 7’ long!
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2023-09-01 16:57:04 UTC

This might look like a small door for a gantry crane, but it’s old growth red and white oak 🌳.
I originally bought this crane when a client brought me a 600lb slab of Sinker Cypress, since then I’ve lifted heavy tools and 12’+ tables, highly recommend!
Don’t mind the suit, gearing up for a themed YouTube channel and trying to set the style 🕺.
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2023-08-31 14:59:45 UTC

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Exactly, love working with this stuff

2023-08-31 14:15:32 UTC

Jim Beam warehouse wood: just installed these barn doors for a client, I used a plywood core and wrapped them with wood from a decommissioned Jim Beam aging warehouse 🥃.
The finish on these doors is Rubio Monocoat, it’s a one coat finish that’s VERY durable, no VOCs, and smells like green tea!
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2023-08-04 01:06:09 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-08-02 13:18:18 UTC

Dovetail joint on a 10 FOOT barn beam console, I originally bought this gantry crane to help flip and load slabs, but it’s working great for what started as a 16’ long 11”x11” barn beam. Based on the growth rings and the time this barn beam was originally used, the tree this beam came from was a sapling around the early 1800s!
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2023-08-01 03:01:07 UTC

Wood from a whiskey aging warehouse that I’m turning into double barn doors for a client!
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2023-07-26 14:06:41 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-07-25 03:03:34 UTC

When I started making furniture I never expected to be here. I made anything and everything, with no vision or unifying theme. Piece by furniture piece, I’ve come to a realization: I’m in the business of story-telling.
Each furniture piece I make uses reclaimed woods from a bygone era, from trees that were saplings when our nation was formed. I may use tools to craft my furniture, but all of my clients truly fall in love with the stories. A new business logo may not seem like a big deal, but right now it’s making me feel a new clarity and focus. I just got this design back from a very talented artist and I love it. Here’s to many new furniture pieces and many new stories.
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2023-07-17 15:02:07 UTC

Finished installing the copper panels in these custom doors! The client found antiqued copper and some cool wrought iron floral work so I figured out how to add them in. The reclaimed wood doors are only 17” wide each, but they weigh a lot. I ended up sinking some longer screws through the hinges just to be sure I never get a call back about the doors sagging.
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2023-07-17 14:52:07 UTC

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Love this jig saw, use it all the time making furniture. Will cut through at least an inch of red oak with only a little bit of deflection on the curves, I use it for making rough cuts all the time.

2023-07-16 22:59:29 UTC

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2023-07-14 14:31:56 UTC

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Gotta love this surface-of-the-sun heat in Texas!

2023-07-14 12:14:41 UTC

Good morning nostr friends, nearly finished building these custom doors for a client!
Jim Beam whiskey decommissioned some of their old wooden framed aging warehouses (after lighting made a few of them go poof) and these doors are made from the floor planks that used to store the whiskey barrels. The client found Spanish tiles they liked as well, those are the inserts in the bottom panels.
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2023-05-26 13:39:29 UTC

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Thanks for the heads up, I’ll work on it today

2023-05-26 02:43:01 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-05-26 02:40:35 UTC

This was the biggest dining table I’ve ever built, and man was it heavy. I ended up building a giant cart for it with 8” casters, the whole thing glided around like butter!
Next up - reclaimed wood arched doors, this will be a unique one.
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2023-05-21 03:07:14 UTC

Broke out the card scrapers to do some final cleaning of the curves on this table base. I’m a hybrid power tool/hand tool shop and this is a great example: using a band saw to cut the curves for the feet and legs, then breaking out the hand planes and card scrapers to dial everything in (then back to a nice power sander for the final prep work). There’s definitely something fulfilling about using hand tools.
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2023-05-19 12:12:44 UTC

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Yessir! Just over 12 1/2 feet, client must have a huge family

2023-05-19 11:39:06 UTC

Jim Beam warehouse floor boards all assembled and stained on this beast of a table. The gel stain I used evened out the tone of the various wood species, when the Jim Beam warehouse was built in the early 1900s, the floorboards were made from whatever was close by in Kentucky: oak, fir, spruce, hemlock, and some poplar. All of these pieces came from floor boards that were 2” thick and some of them smell like bourbon when they’re cut.
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2023-05-14 19:51:08 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-05-14 19:40:25 UTC

Solid oak table base for a client, top will be reclaimed oak flooring boards from a decommissioned Jim Beam whiskey aging warehouse!
I’m using Festool dominos (floating tenons) to join the stacked leg pieces. Once everything is stained and sealed I’ll do the final assembly.
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2023-05-01 14:27:09 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-05-01 14:26:45 UTC

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Nice work! I’m familiar with that exact brand of anxiety dealing with epoxies haha

2023-04-30 03:14:10 UTC

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I’ve bought milk from them before, it’s a bit of a drive for me from Spring, but totally worth it. Next time I go I’m picking up 3 or 4 gallons

2023-04-30 02:59:04 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-04-30 02:58:43 UTC

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Thank you, I think that’s why I’m always drawn to reclaimed stuff, especially wood like this

2023-04-30 02:21:55 UTC

I’m turning whiskey warehouse floor boards into double doors for a client! A few years ago Jim Beam had a warehouse fire caused by lightning, that warehouse burned to the ground, but these floor boards came from an adjacent warehouse when the company decided to renovate everything.
#grownostr #woodworking #furnituremaker
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2023-04-25 00:25:02 UTC

I just finished installing this reclaimed white oak vanity for a client, the original saw mill marks are there if you look close. The design feature on the doors is my signature style and I’m definitely happy with how it turned out!
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2023-04-24 03:48:14 UTC

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Thank you, it’s almost ready! And thanks for the zap!

2023-04-24 00:46:24 UTC

Jim Beam distillery floor boards turned into a huge table top! The amount of work I’m putting this poor block plane through to plane down the high spots is tantamount to abuse. I’m about to pull out the Jack plane and really go to town.
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2023-04-23 15:08:28 UTC

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Thank you very much!

2023-04-23 13:38:31 UTC

12.5 ft reclaimed wood table coming along nicely! I’ve wrapped the edges of the plywood substrate with reclaimed wood from an old Jim Beam distillery warehouse where casks of whiskey would be aged.
Next step: dialing in the miter saw to a perfect 45 degree cut and starting to build the three center medallions. Still working with the client to decide on stain options.
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2023-04-23 13:29:46 UTC

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Here to do my part

2023-04-23 00:48:06 UTC

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Totally agree about visible hardware, great idea on the sliding dovetail!

2023-04-21 01:13:21 UTC

Building a 12.5’ long reclaimed wood table for a client, this is the inner framing to reduce some weight but keep the rigidity. This will all be covered with a thin layer of plywood, then a veneer of 100+ year old wood!
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