Josh of all Design

Design: the fusion of engineering, art, and science. Commission me! Submit a request! I accept money / food / bartering.

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Furniture design / sketching from January

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Cleaning up the muck

I’ve been mucking about for awhile now.

Going to now post finished projects on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/joshofalldesign/ ) and post sketch / progress stuff here (tumblr)

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Cleaned out the dust collecter at work today. Putty'd the inside to hopefully seal it better? This is one of the 5 openings for the HEPA bags. Hello layers of dust like Earth's crust. #sawdust #asphyxiation #woodworking #woodworker #woodshop #video #dustmask #woodarcheology

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If you see burn marks from a saw, someone was being lazy. #woodworker #woodworking #design #designer #wood #ash #bookshelf #process #sanding #sandpaper #trialsandtribulations

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#woodworking, when even your tool belt gets splinters.

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Why does #woodworking cost so much? Aside from the wood, it's mainly the labor. Each upright of this #bookshelf will have been sanded on a wide belt and then by orbital hand sander, and just by hand for a total 3 hours or so. Add 1.5 hours per shelf with three shelves, that's 10.5 hours of sanding, approximated. Then add the time for finishing coats, etc. #woodworker #ash #sanding #process #mindnumbing #math #costofquality #whywecanthavenicethings

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Because wide belt sanders using 120 grit don't count as finishing. Full pass with 80 grit orbital sander, now onto the rest. #woodworker #woodworking #design #designer #wood #walnut #ash #bookshelf #sanding #woodgrain #blackandwhite #arduous #shakennotstirred

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Palette Bar in action with @anastasiapage casually modeling in the background. #woodworking #woodworker #furniture #furnituredesign #design #designer #reclaimedwood #reclaimed

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Palette Bar progress. Wrapping up in two hours? Oak palettes are very heavy. Two hammers replace many tools. It's all about how you hide the mistakes/junky parts. #woodworker #woodworking #reclaimedwood #reclaimed #design #designer #wood

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Future pop-up bar for @anastasiapage Building tomorrow. #woodworker #woodworking #reclaimedwood #reclaimed #design #designer

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Today I went to the moon instead of work. In case you haven't heard I work at a woodshop now. #woodworking #woodworker #woodshop #sawdust #walnut

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That much closer to being done. So this is what a sense of accomplishment feels like. #walnut #ash #bookshelf #woodworking #woodworker #design #designer #wood #joinery #tuskandtenon #agony #bloodsweatandtears

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SO CLOSE. Just need to surface the verticals to final dimension and fit the tusks (and then coating the whole thing but it's easy at that point) #ash #walnut #design #designer #wood #woodworker #woodworking #bookshelf #joinery #sanityisfleeting #coffee

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Ash the Mammoth. Tusks for my bookshelf. #ash #woodworking #tusk #joinery #terriblejoke #badjoke

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Ash and Walnut bookshelf progress. These are the shelves. #woodworker #woodworking #walnut #ash #bookshelf #design

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Followup / finished shot of the teapot handle for @hayley_bella Poplar and Walnut Sanded smooth, finished with beeswax/mineral oil Couple of hours? #woodworking #woodworker #poplar #walnut #design #designer #ceramics #teapot #tea

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Poplar stretcher bars 47 x 39.5 x 1.25" Made from a 6" x 4' x 1" board Sanded smooth About two hours #woodworking #woodworker #poplar #stretcherbars