Wood Tiles

I have a nice collection of images from a project I have been working on for the last four months. Back in September I attended the Surf Expo trade show here in Orlando. I got to talking to one of the reps from a retailer who, as it turns out, was discarding their entire booth comprised of probably more than 100 sheets of 4'x8' thin plywood. I called DIBS! on their trash (my treasure) and walked away with almost 70 sheets of very nice wood with a variety of stains and grains.

After a few laborious steps I had turned the entire stack of wood into many stacks of 9"x16" wood tiles.

Soon after this good find I was approached by some friends who are involved with the Urban ReThink space in Thornton Park near Orlando. They asked me to consider a few projects including a small kiosk area near the entrance.

When they described the aesthetic it was almost as if they knew I had those wood tiles waiting to find a home. Check out the Urban ReThink site. It is going to be a great addition to the Orlando creative world and it will benefit everyone that takes advantage of this community hub.

Bracketry

Came across this image of the reinforcement brackets I made for the wall mounted cabinet project I did last year.

Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek at the latest project. This will have to suffice until I can get some professional looking images, and some without people in the way.

Down in front!

Delivered!

My first major client-driven project has taken most of my spare time and 7Side's online presence has suffered most. I apologize and promise to do a better job keeping up with the blog and twitter.

Did someone order 7Side?

Had a great milestone the other day when I delivered and installed my latest project. I still haven't really disclosed details and will probably wait until I get some better quality images of the final installation. The client seemed very pleased with the results and it turned out to be a great addition to their contemporary space.

Using the official 7Side ride to its full size potential.

Motivated

The project that I started back in March has been taking a good bit more time than anticipated. Unforeseen material and process challenges are working against the high quality results that I expect.

Despite this, I have been so pleased with the results of each step that staying motivated has not been an issue. I will admit to a few sweaty late nights where I had to remind myself: "As long as I am making dust I am making progress". In fact that became sort of a mantra for this project for a period that involved an absurd amount of hand sanding.

Panels lined up to get a high build primer sprayed. Right after this was taken, I sanded forever.

Burning late night electricity.

Can I quote myself talking to myself? Sure, it's my blog right?

"As long as I am making dust I am making progress".

- Matt Tierney

Project Udate

There's only so much time you can allow an image of a 1986 Tercel to be at the top of your blog without loosing respect and I am well past that point. To break that streak are some images of the project I am working on right now. A full recap once the part is installed in the client's home, but I had to share some of these crafty images

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Vintage Tools

Has "vintage" killed the "used" market? Why sell used goods when you can slap a vintage label on on a microwave and charge a couple more bucks? Marketing spin for the privateer? Maybe, or maybe vintage has come to define used products with a higher value?

1986 Tercel advertised as Vintage and Retro.

That would be a perceived value of course, but that would describe my elated feelings when I became the steward of this Superior Power Tools Heavy Duty 18 Speed Drill Press. I say steward because a tool as solid as this will one day be passed on just like it was generously bestowed upon me by a good friend who was making room in their garage. I gladly took it in and have begun some mild refurbishing.






The drill came to me well cared for, but I will get some more pictures up when it is shining like new. I am glad to have it in my arsenol of tools.