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Hobby Woodworker
A new workshop was one of the motivations for a custom house build...
We can scour available homes for sale in Vancouver, but it is unlikely to find a house with a good wood workshop. Our house is designed around a 650 sf shop with nearly 10' ceiling. I will contribute to the build and custom cabinets and millwork. Thanks the
North American woods and reclaimed boards...
Being able to work wood is a gift. More and more, we have to use engineered product for conservation purposes. However, whenever possible, I try to use natural and local products. The Northwest is blessed with abundance of Douglas Fir, red cedar and yellow cedar. We include all 3 softwoods in our build. We also use significant amount of North American hardwoods, in particular rift cut white oak. Rift cut black walnut is selected for our kitchen island centre piece. For conservation, I resaw 5 mm walnut veneers to laminate plycore. We find the linear grain of the rift cut more pleasing than the cathedrals in flat sawn boards.