Grind & Slurry.

Before I got sick, I ground and slurried the counter top. Sorry that the pictures are a little blurry, but thats how I feel today anyway, kinda blurry. I'll do a second grind/slurry this weekend to fill in the rest of the holes.

Broke the mold!

The Counter top has cured for enough time. With help from John and Doug, I pulled the massive slab of concrete out. It probably only weighs about 150 lbs, but it is pretty awkward.
Tomorrow I get to grind down the top and see what lies beneath the surface.

The Pour.

Over the long weekend, I managed to find some time to pour the concrete into the mold. It was messy and pretty stressful due to the limited time to work the concrete. My good buddy Ross helped out, and the help was definitely needed. This Saturday I will be breaking the countertop out and grinding it.
WOO HOO!

TI-Op

I made several of theses bartender style bottle openers out of Titanium with various differences. This was the first one I made. Why would you need a Titanium bottle opener? I really like the look and feel of Ti.

Pachinko!

This pachinko machine has been at my parents house for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, i spent many hours playing with it. It still works after all these years. At some point I'm gonna make a case for it, buy more balls and hang it on the wall.

Towel Bars.

A while back I made towel bars.

I like that you can swing them over the bathtub to hang your wet wetsuit on.

The mold is done!

Hopefully the pattern will stay through the pour. It is made from marbled glass that I broke up with a sledge. And hopefully the glass wont be sharp after polishing.

One Step Closer To Finishing

I built 2 medicine cabinets for my bathroom out of poplar. The hinges I made from copper. If I ever need to make hinges again, I think they will come out much better. They cabinets probably took me about 60 hours to make.

The mirrors were cut from a $30 mirror that I had bought from home depot. I eased the sharp edges with my diamond stone. It was pretty easy and saved me some $$.

I think the all of the small shelfs make it interesting, but almost impossible to install in the wall with a normal screwdriver.

I really liked this portion of the board, the grain was very beautiful. It had a check in it so I fixed it, and it became one of my favorite details.

Last Years Luau.

Last year I was honored to be selected to surf on the Scripps team for the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard Invitational.

Scripps Team from left to right: Jessica, Garth, Bob "The Greek", Glenn, Me.

Surfing Legends

One of my 1st projects.

This is one of the first things I ever tried to make. A footstool made with birds-eye maple and jarra butterfly. I was very bad at making the mortise for the leg and cracked off a large chunk of wood, thus the butterfly to stabilize the piece. I Think I started it in 2003 and Finally finished in December of 2006.

New project for the new year.

Happy New year!

Even though I have not finished the hammers, I started the cement counter top for my bathroom. This is the mold for it sans the knockouts.