Reclaim Mahogany Slab Bench

The rough slab I started with:

 This eighty year old Bailey hand plane was actually my grandfather's:

 After planing and final sanding:

After finishing with hand-rubbed, high-gloss polyurethane: 

 I left the old hash marks from the original saw milling intact on this bookmatched end:

I built the supports from old barn door hinges: 

 I welded in a rigid support to make the hinge into a stationary bracket:

 High-gloss black paint with the HVLP gun:

 The final product:

This bench is now in a loft in the Five Points community of downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Feel free to email me if you are interested in commissioning a piece of your own.

drew.silvers@gmail.com

http://www.jdrewsilvers.com

My shop is based out of Metro Atlanta, Georgia

Industrial Reclaim Mahogany Slab Side Tables

These two tables were built from a reclaim Mahogany slab which I hand-carved Maple butterfly keys into.

Rough:

 Planed and Sanded:

 Antique, 1940's era stair rail:

 Sectioned stair rail, prior to straightening and black-tinted clearcoat:

 Slabs after sealing with glossy varnish:

 Completed tables:

Feel free to email me if you are interested in commissioning a piece of your own.

drew.silvers@gmail.com

http://www.jdrewsilvers.com

My shop is based out of Metro Atlanta, Georgia

Industrial Reclaim Cedar Bookshelves

This Cedar bookshelf unit was built from 1/2" steel box tubing, fully-welded, and painted black. 

The wood was finished with four coats of high-gloss Spar Varnish.

It's new home is in Kennesaw, Georgia

Feel free to email me if you are interested in commissioning a piece of your own.

drew.silvers@gmail.com

http://www.jdrewsilvers.com

My shop is based out of Metro Atlanta, Georgia

Reclaim Western Cedar Table

These are a few of the salvaged boards which make up the Cedar table.

They were saved from a demolition project in Alpharetta, Georgia.

After planing and jointing:

 A showing of the grain character:

After cutting and sanding: 

 Initial assembly of the tabletop:

First coat of Tung Oil: 

 After five coats of Tung Oil:

Table completed and seven coats of hand-rubbed Tung Oil later: 

This table will soon be with its new owner in Kennesaw, Georgia, in August of 2014.

Feel free to email me if you are interested in commissioning a piece of your own.

drew.silvers@gmail.com

http://www.jdrewsilvers.com

My shop is based out of Metro Atlanta, Georgia