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Fine Ideas Furniture

maker from Larkspur, CO

Fine Ideas Furniture
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About Fine Ideas Furniture

Each piece of custom handcrafted furniture that I create is functional fine art made with the intent to last many lifetimes. Even after 25 years in woodworking, it is always challenging, with no end to the styles, shapes, designs and combinations of materials. In a disposable society like ours it is refreshing to make heirloom pieces of furniture with soul.

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'Game On' The Piece and The Process by Dan Rieple (Introduction)
Introduction to the "Game On" Piece by Dan Rieple of Fine Ideas Furniture. "You may have seen my latest creation which I named "Game On". My sweet and most devoted fan, Susie, has made a series of videos that might be of interest. What a fantastic job she has done putting this together. I am always amazed at the things she figures out how to do and in such a short amount of time. There are num
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'Game On' Trimming The Oysters (Part Two)
This starts to get more interesting as you will see the slices of scrub oak that I mentioned in the description video, begin to take shape. I will trim the edges off each of the slices to create the look for the veneer. More available on http://blog.fine-ideas.com/.
Oyster Veneer - Bringing The 17th Century Into The 21st (Part 3)
Oyster Veneering was a technique used to embelish exquisite furnishings in the 17th Century. The name was given due to the resemblance of cross cut wafers to a whole oyster shell. It is a labor intensive procedure even with our modern methods but the finished product is well worth the time and effort. In this video, you will see the process I use in the fabrication of the oyster pieces being jo
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One On One - The Core And The Veneers Are Joined (Part 4)
ONE ON ONE - THE CORE AND THE VENEERS ARE JOINED You will now see the oyster veneer skin laminated to the core (which was made weeks prior) in the mold which was made especially for this shape. The underside skin of spalted scrub oak veneer is being laminated at the same time but we didn't film it. The adhesive, urea resin, is somewhat toxic in the resinous state but is quite inert once it has
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