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   latheman | Nov 14, 2011 10:54pm | #1

   I like the contrast between the wood and steel...thanks for sharing!

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   OldShavings | Nov 16, 2011 09:21pm | #2

   Intriguing work. How does your design process go? Do you think about the metal first, then the wood? Is your metal design driven by found metal?

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   JimSpiri | Nov 19, 2011 06:11pm | #3

   >>OldShavings writes: Intriguing work. How does your design process go? Do you think about the metal first, then the wood? Is your metal design driven by found metal?<< Thanks! In this case the wood (the end of a slab of Eucalyptus i bought from a fellow furniture maker in Arizona) came first. The big pipe is also from Arizona (found in the Hassayampa wash in Wickenburg), i knew it would be a base for something. I'd been thinking about using a steel post through it, a feller who was sharing the shop space i rent to renovate a sailboat gave me a broken spar or jib (a big dowel) and i saw it could be that post with a wedged flush through tenon. The rest fell into place.