Al Mansur - Wood Work

Wine Racks

Projects in J, Cradle and Traditional Styles. J is a single bottle per shelf style made in either coopered wood or formed veneer. The coopered version attaches to the wall with a French cleat. Cradle is similar to J but uses 2 slats to hold each bottle. Traditional has a coopered cradle supported by two arms.

  --  J Style

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  --  Cradle Style

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  --  Traditional Style

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Home Accessories

These projects satisfy needs around the home. The Cutting Boards are medium sized to fit anywhere and they hang on the wall when not in use. Double sided and edge grooved for long life and ease of use. The Spice Racks fit under upper cabinets hanging from French cleats. This allows quick and easy access to common bottled spices. The Wall Shelf holds things like CDs and DVDs and fits in out of the way otherwise unused spaces. The Craftsman Style Settle is a large piece of furniture similar to a sofa. Not shown in the images is the full cow hide cushion. The TV Stand is Mahogany plywood, edge banded and uses RTA connectors.

  --  Cutting Boards

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  --  Spice Racks

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  --  Wall Shelf

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  --  TV Stand

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Remodel Work

The Bath Remodel resulted in a wall of mirror being replaced by two mirrored medicine cabinets with shelving on each side. It also has Formica with Beech edging counter top. The Kitchen Remodel was a gut job. Woodworking here is the kitchen island table (except for the top), the Mahogany open shelving and the Mahogany edged Formica counter tops. There are also some modified IKEA cabinets.

  --  Bath

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  --  Kitchen

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Lamps

These projects pushed my skills to a whole new level. First with bent laminations then with triangular assemblies and later lampshades made using wood-on-wood veneer. The lamp with the flower style shade used LEDs (MR16 w/ GU10 base) lamps. The curved computer lamp was made with bent laminations and uses self-adhesive strips of LEDs.

  --  Lamps

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Old Shop

This is my old shop in a 2 car garage. The shiny stuff on the ceiling and garage door is radiant barrier. I've seen a 10 degree drop in summer and a 10 degree rise in winter. That's for San Diego. Note the dust collector up in the overhead with a prefilter under the table saw's right side table with a homemade 4-way blast gate. If your shop isn't 3 dimensional you're not using all your space.

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