Tectonihks

Another batch of woodworking joint examples for the kids. I like making these visual aids, I always think they're easier to understand than a diagram in a book. Sorry showing my age there - I meant computer screen. 😂

Rejuvenated an old cricket bat as a gift for my sister-in-law who founded the company 'Brixton Gin' with her husband [who coincidentally plays cricket]. Took longer to get that blasted new grip on then anything else. Apparently you need a special tool, though thankfully some gent on YouTube shows you how to do it with a plastic bag. Epic. Random fact but I used to work with a Canadian fellow who was the sole cricket bat maker in North America. He's a lovely bloke is Mark and he taught me a lot, funnily enough none of which was in regards to cricket bats. That reminds me, I really must drop him a message.

Watch stand / aluminum / brass

Square / steel

Crank shaft candle holder / aluminum

Watch stand / hardwood.

Lamp / cast concrete base / Italian braid/ switch and plug from ap lieu street.

Pen holder: aluminum and concrete. Aluminum offcuts machined on lathe. Hand sanded cast concrete. Solid brass pen - 'Fred' model.

Headphone stand.

Yesterday's 3mtr oak table rebuild for . All praise to . Three years ago I just drew dimensions on a napkin and he made the magic happen. Inch and a half solid oak salvaged from an old staircase.

Teak and oak tidy.

Additional shot with the candle.

Think it turned out pretty nicely this one. Small sculptural candle holder. Solid aluminium with an acrylic insert inside that top disc for the candle to sit on. Thinking I'll make another for the more traditional chandelier candle vs the tea light.

Last one in the series folks. 5th of 5 and this is the best. 2.5k. Hkd. DM if interested. Not available in Lane Crawford. All proceeds go towards building the next creation. 👉 'Champagne Supernova - Burnage Banger #1'. So buy this while you can. And even if you don't. I'm still gonna build the next. It's gonna be good.

Made up a suitably scrappy stand for the signage this morning. Job done. Have a great weekend folks.
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The tectonihks team. We laugh in the face of life even when we sleep.

Sixth marine diesel engine filter lamp in production. Sold a few of these over the years. Each ones a bit different from the others, this one I laser cut an acrylic disc for the lamp fitting to sit on and chose a new lamp fitting material. Quite like the new shiny brass vs the old bronze patina. Will tidy up all those nut and bolt connections but it's all fitting together which is vaguely positive. Though I guess it should after 5 other iterations. 🤔
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Just finished up adding another 3 florescent tubes to the back of those beams at the back of the shop. Lights and cables cost about $400. Architectural lighting on a budget. Check out Louis Kahn's Kimbell museum for the real deal. Diffuse lighting on strong structural interior. Sublime stuff really... Right... time for bed. Laters.

Rest assured no power tools were operated under the influence of alcohol - just producing content for whilst all my tools are strewn about...

Latest cabinet installed on Saturday eve. Minimal lines in keeping with the rest of the clinic fit out and whitewash stain finish by to complement the other wood grains whilst not being too  overpowering. Thanks to
and for another collaborative project. 👍
 

Applying paint samples. That's about it for this post. 😂 Not too exciting but satisfying none the less.

Rigged up some lighting ideas for the new wine shop ceiling (see light running left to right). That black lighting rail running front to back is the existing lighting and is counter intuitive to the structure (a distinctive steel ceiling supported on i-beams). The mock up shows lighting strips running parallel to the beams so each beam and compartment is lit, creating a rippling effect from front of store to back encouraging movement. Well that's my theory...I remember attending a lecture by the lighting designer Jonathan Spiers in the early 2000s. I don't remember being impressed by the buildings he'd lit, more by his use of artificial lighting as an architectural tool. Physically intangible but visually solid. Yeah... I used to enjoy architectural theory... 🤙

Another late one in the shop so wound down by adding another layer on this. It's part of that Hong Kong bus I worked on years back, I thought it would make a good canvas so kept the fibreglass section I chopped out. Average about one canvas a year so hardly prolific... This one's: bus, car body filler, a single pack fine filler and white caulking. Thinking I'm going to (semi) dip it in epoxy resin for a gloss finish. Generally steer clear of gloss finishes in construction. Exciting times. This could be the start of my Gloss period. 🤔 Ok night y'all. I'm obviously delerious. 😴

Third collab with 👉👉 and we're making progress on the cabinet project.

Gluing up the shelves in a sandwich panel construction to get the desired stiffness for the 1.2mtr span whilst also hiding the battens they slide onto for support. Once all dry fitted it can be disassembled and I'll get busy staining.