"Rotary Airlplane Engine Cofee Table " -assemblage construction

A table made from a 1920's Kenner rotary airplane engine I found in the rafters of an old barn. It was in it's six component pieces, so I had to reassemble the engine. I also removed the rear aluminum cover to expose all the gears and timing cams ( the engine sits face down).

The glass top is one inch thick and five feet in diameter.

"Antique Slot Machine Rebuild " -white oak, metal castings, glass, and brass

This was a commissioned piece for a slot machine collector. He had found a pile of rotting parts in an old barn for a slot machine made in the very early 1900's (the last photo in the stack). The request was to reuse the rusted castings, and replicate the woodwork designs and joinery as close as possible with new lumber.

I had the castings plated in copper at the patrons request, instead of the original nickel. The internal clockworks was missing, so I suggested we shorten the design to half the original height and made the front into a door: effectively repurposing the slot machine into a small storage hutch. As the original crank was missing, I made a new crank in brass that doubled as the door knob.

"Airplane Engine Cofee Table #2 " -assemblage construction

Another table, made from a more recent model engine. The glass top is forty inches across.

To make the table more visually interesting, as well as to make the tripodal footprint more stable, I split the engine block and inserted black painted tubing as spacers. In this way the engine interior is now visible, creating an interplay of light and shadow. It also resolved the problem of where to mount the third foot....

"Kate's Media Credenza " -in black walnut

This media credenza in black walnut was made for my wife Kate as a gift in 2008. It is about 7 1/2 feet long, with fully dovetailed drawerboxes, full-extension ball-bearing slides, and a black glaze and lacquer finish. The top drawers were designed to hold DVD's. The plasma TV is on gymbol, so it swings away from the wall at an angle when being used.

As I typically tend to overbuild everything that I make, this unit is very heavy... also, the Cylindrium Lamp can be seen on the right side of the credenza.