‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
‘Til we meet again. There’s a story (possibly a tad apocryphal) that the administration considered the class of ’88 to be a bit of a “lost” year. But year after year we come together in record numbers and break marks for participation and donations. So many of these people I met when I was eighteen (some earlier) and we’ve found great comfort and strength in being there for each other over the years in good times and bad. Had a bit of an overwhelming weekend in Boston, but in the very best of ways.
Hi. I’m Donal. I’m terrible at social media and photography, but if you want an amazing walnut serving platter or cutting board, hit me up or go to @frisonloguehardwoods and frisonloguehardwoods.com, where these will be listed soon. Oh, and please, give us a follow if you wouldn’t mind! The two center platters are over three and a half feet long, so they are serious heirloom show pieces. If you could see the curl in this grain up close- dang. These slabs were special. We have a ton of walnut logs, so I’m making a heap of them. It’s a time consuming process— Kevin sourcing the logs through his tree service and hefting them up to the mountain, running the logs through the mill, dry kilning the slabs to get their internal temp to 160 to protect them from rot and bugs and to take their moisture content down, flattening them by using a router on tracks where you make a zillion passes and adjust 1/16 of an inch at a time, sanding (and in the case with one of the long platters in the center- taking an exacto knife to sawdust compacted wormholes), and then sealing and staining and/or oiling and beeswaxing. When I get better at stories, I’ll film the process. We ship anywhere in the world and if you are in LA, I do regular runs betwixt there and Oregon. My favorite piece is a Madrone Burl I dado cut to create a traditional Japanese slipper. Madrone is a local species of hardwood here in Oregon- its the favorite of super high end car makers for use in their interior inlays for a reason. Its just incredible wood and is sadly seen by timber companies as a pestilence and burned by the zillions of tons. It’s special, and has a beautiful orangey fire-like glow to it.
Hi. I’m Donal. I’m terrible at social media and photography, but if you want an amazing walnut serving platter or cutting board, hit me up or go to @frisonloguehardwoods and frisonloguehardwoods.com, where these will be listed soon. Oh, and please, give us a follow if you wouldn’t mind! The two center platters are over three and a half feet long, so they are serious heirloom show pieces. If you could see the curl in this grain up close- dang. These slabs were special. We have a ton of walnut logs, so I’m making a heap of them. It’s a time consuming process— Kevin sourcing the logs through his tree service and hefting them up to the mountain, running the logs through the mill, dry kilning the slabs to get their internal temp to 160 to protect them from rot and bugs and to take their moisture content down, flattening them by using a router on tracks where you make a zillion passes and adjust 1/16 of an inch at a time, sanding (and in the case with one of the long platters in the center- taking an exacto knife to sawdust compacted wormholes), and then sealing and staining and/or oiling and beeswaxing. When I get better at stories, I’ll film the process. We ship anywhere in the world and if you are in LA, I do regular runs betwixt there and Oregon. My favorite piece is a Madrone Burl I dado cut to create a traditional Japanese slipper. Madrone is a local species of hardwood here in Oregon- its the favorite of super high end car makers for use in their interior inlays for a reason. Its just incredible wood and is sadly seen by timber companies as a pestilence and burned by the zillions of tons. It’s special, and has a beautiful orangey fire-like glow to it.
Hi. I’m Donal. I’m terrible at social media and photography, but if you want an amazing walnut serving platter or cutting board, hit me up or go to @frisonloguehardwoods and frisonloguehardwoods.com, where these will be listed soon. Oh, and please, give us a follow if you wouldn’t mind! The two center platters are over three and a half feet long, so they are serious heirloom show pieces. If you could see the curl in this grain up close- dang. These slabs were special. We have a ton of walnut logs, so I’m making a heap of them. It’s a time consuming process— Kevin sourcing the logs through his tree service and hefting them up to the mountain, running the logs through the mill, dry kilning the slabs to get their internal temp to 160 to protect them from rot and bugs and to take their moisture content down, flattening them by using a router on tracks where you make a zillion passes and adjust 1/16 of an inch at a time, sanding (and in the case with one of the long platters in the center- taking an exacto knife to sawdust compacted wormholes), and then sealing and staining and/or oiling and beeswaxing. When I get better at stories, I’ll film the process. We ship anywhere in the world and if you are in LA, I do regular runs betwixt there and Oregon. My favorite piece is a Madrone Burl I dado cut to create a traditional Japanese slipper. Madrone is a local species of hardwood here in Oregon- its the favorite of super high end car makers for use in their interior inlays for a reason. Its just incredible wood and is sadly seen by timber companies as a pestilence and burned by the zillions of tons. It’s special, and has a beautiful orangey fire-like glow to it.
Walking into the kiln office, reaching for the doorknob, I heard something that made me jump about twenty feet. The funny thing is I was FaceTiming with @michaelchiklis about making blue stain pine tables at the time. It’s going to be a rattle snake summer around these parts.
Walking into the kiln office, reaching for the doorknob, I heard something that made me jump about twenty feet. The funny thing is I was FaceTiming with @michaelchiklis about making blue stain pine tables at the time. It’s going to be a rattle snake summer around these parts.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
The last few months, I was on a bit of a work rollercoaster in Atlanta, New York, and Albuquerque. They were all fantastic gigs with cool folks, but it’s always good to come back to the mountain. This is our mill, kiln, and shop up in Oregon. Some years back, I started @frisonloguehardwoods with Kevin Frison and it moved forward in fits and starts, but we’re in full swing now. Apologies for the bad pics, but this is a sense of our world. And please don’t judge us by the lack of order and cleanliness— there’s a method to our madness.
Hard to get the approval of your adult daughters when you are a wee f*** up. Excited that the Irish comedy/drama “Sisters” created, written by, and starring the inimitable Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley will be making its way from @RTE over to @AMC @SundanceTV @IFC (& @cravecanada in the great, white North) May 17th. They blew the doors down. These two are machines of pure craft and soul. Happy to have thrown my dark hat in the ring for a crack at some craic with yon lassies.
Building cedar live-edge benches with Kevin and Ian for a local wedding using cedar round bottoms. These had to be put together quickly (for this weekend) but luckily, with the mill, these benches can be made fast and are easy to move and set up anywhere. Hit us up here at @frisonloguehardwoods if you have a need for cedar benching. Throw on some Thompson’s clear wood protector and they can last a lifetime. I run between Southern Oregon and California, so I’ll even deliver them to you for diesel money!
Building cedar live-edge benches with Kevin and Ian for a local wedding using cedar round bottoms. These had to be put together quickly (for this weekend) but luckily, with the mill, these benches can be made fast and are easy to move and set up anywhere. Hit us up here at @frisonloguehardwoods if you have a need for cedar benching. Throw on some Thompson’s clear wood protector and they can last a lifetime. I run between Southern Oregon and California, so I’ll even deliver them to you for diesel money!
Had a good day in the office. I really like adding maple runners to the walnut cutting boards and serving trays to let them sit high. Just finishing with mineral spirits/oil and some beeswax butter to seal. The work’s so meditative, the hours melt away. @frisonloguehardwoods
