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Andrew Pitts - FurnitureMaker

Andrew Pitts - FurnitureMaker in Virginia

Andrew Pitts - FurnitureMaker
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About Andrew Pitts - FurnitureMaker

Andrew Pitts is a designer and maker of original fine custom furniture, in styles which are traditional and elegantly contemporary. He primarily uses naturally finished Virginia hardwoods, such as cherry, oak, and maple, milled and dried himself at h…

Service areaNationwide
ShippingFor clients in eastern Virginia and southern Maryland, I prefer to deliver for a modest fee. That ensures the best quality delivery and your complete satisfaction. Outside that local area I contract for you with the most cost effective shipper consistent with the quality handling your piece deserves. Of course, you are invited and encouraged to visit my shop to pick up your piece in person.
InstallationIf I deliver the piece, moving it into your space is included unless the work is too unwieldy for me to handle. In that case, we discuss to options. If the piece is shipped, we can select a shipper that installs the work, or you can make local arrangements to move the work from the truck to your space. In any case, I work closely with you to ensure your furniture makes it into your space in excellent condition and to your complete satisfaction.

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Videos submitted by Andrew Pitts - FurnitureMaker

Carving a Red Oak Paschal Candle Stand
See Andrew Pitts carve a red oak Paschal Candle Stand.
Building a Red Oak Paschal Candle Stand
My last video showed how I carved a liturgical design into a red oak pascal candle stand. This video continues into the building and finishing of the candle stand.
Sideboard Buffet part 1
This is the first in a series of videos of furniture artisan Andrew Pitts making a contemporary sideboard buffet in his Heathsville, Virginia studio workshop. In this episode, Andrew makes a bending form for making bent laminated stretchers for the sideboard buffet.
Sideboard Buffet Part 2
This is the second in a series of videos of furniture artisan Andrew Pitts making a contemporary sideboard buffet in his Heathsville, Virginia studio workshop. In this episode, Andrew makes a bent laminated stretcher for the sideboard buffet.
Sideboard Buffet Part 3, Video 1 of 3
Continuation of building a contemporary sideboard buffet. This episode is video 1 of 3 where Andy is cutting joints, assembling, finishing, and gluing the leg and stretcher assembly of bent laminated and straight cherry wood.
Sideboard Buffet Part 3, Video 2 of 3
Continuation of building a contemporary sideboard buffet. This episode is video 1 of 3 where Andy is cutting joints, assembling, finishing, and gluing the leg and stretcher assembly of bent laminated and straight cherry wood.
Sideboard Buffet Part 3, Video 3 of 3
The final episode of three depicting the making of a cherry bent laminated stretcher and leg assembly to support the carcase boxes and top of a sideboard buffet. Future episodes will be about making the top and veneering the curly maple parts of the carcase.
Sideboard Buffet Part 4
Experimenting with Quilted Bigleaf Maple in preparation for making the top of a custom sideboard buffet. This video includes finishing experimentation and measuring the moisture content using a pinless moisture meter.
Sideboard Buffet Part 5, Video 1
Continuing to make a sideboard buffet, Andy makes up the plywood panels in preparation for veneering them with curly maple. In this video Andy shows how he cuts the plywood and then laminates them to various sizes in a vacuum bag clamp.
Sideboard Buffet Part 5, Video 2
Continuing to make a sideboard buffet, Andy makes up the curly maple veneer sheets in preparation for gluing them to the substrates to make veneered panels.
Sideboard Buffet Part 5, Video 3
Continuing to make a sideboard buffet, Andy glues the curly maple veneer sheets onto the substrates, using vacuum bag pressing to make veneered panels.
Sideboard Buffet Part 5 Video 4
Continuing to make a sideboard buffet, Andy makes a bending form to laminate the doors and drawer fronts using vacuum bag clamping.
Sideboard Buffet Part 5 Video 5
Continuing to make a sideboard buffet, Andy glues the curly maple veneer sheets onto the curved substrates for the doors and drawer fronts, using vacuum bag pressing to make veneered panels.

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