Drilling and splitting sandstone to replace deteriorated stone drainage under roads
Drilling and splitting sandstone to replace deteriorated stone drainage under roads
Shaping stones to match original in shape and tool marks
The Amphitheater before repair of masonry and trellis, began scaffolding and bracing columns
Woodwork removed inside the amphitheater with new woodwork installed on main podium.
Trellis being removed around podium
4” x 8” Plates installed around Podium
New trellis being installed on podium
Showing woodwork on trellis amphitheater and podium
Finished woodwork/masonry being repaired and painted
Original carriage being dismantled
Original wheel and hub
Original wheel and hub on site
Turning new hubs
Laying out mortises for wheel spokes
Hubs turned and mortises cut
Installing brass bushings
Erecting new carriages
On site installing wheels and cannon barrel
Finished carriage
Finished carriage
As Castillo is the oldest fort in the US and it sits next to the ocean there is no original wood left. Photo shows reproduced casement doors. Cold rolled (soft) rivets were heated, put through the door and shaped on the other side.
Poor pictures but this draw bridge was built at the Castillo shop by myself and there crew. We tore down the existing bridge when the park closed and replaced it with the reproduction.
Poor pictures but this draw bridge was built at the Castillo shop by myself and thier crew. We tore down the existing bridge when the park closed and replaced it with the reproduction
This two piece cabinet is over 10 feet tall and a reproduction of the original in the Historic Gambril house in Maryland. The office there needed more book space and it had to match the original.
Upper section painted and trimmed.
Lower section showing doors opened
Lower section showing doors
Cabinet installed
No original existed. Plans were pulled from the archives in Washington. Making a double tenon.
Fabricating the main carriage
Fabricating the main carriage
All stretchers installed
Cutting the axel by hand
Cutting the axel by hand
Finished wheels or tires
Wheel being installed on brass bushings
Getting a finish coat of paint
Front view
On Site
On Site
Training a volunteer and a maintenance worker how to build in a remote area without power tools
Original door showing warpage
Front section of door being made in Maryland a back section attaches to it making it 4 inches thick and weighing 800 pounds of solid white oak
Showing rivets made out of brass as per request of the park to make it maintenance friendly
Showing rivets made out of brass as per request of the park to make it maintenance friendly
Filling shipping holes being filled
Working with a crew from Point Reyes to help hang the doors
Doors hung showing wicket door
Doors hung showing matching chevrons
Closed off the doorway , removed door to refinish in Maryland shop
Base cabinets in progress
Wall units in progress
Wall units in progress
Cabinet door
Cabinets being hung
Transformed a standard kitchen and reproduced a full working catering kitchen