Pics of some older projects

[Crazyraceguy]

Hospital reception desk. No laminate or veneer on the outside of this one. That is 1 1/2" thick red oak. The glued-up sections are about 18" wide and they a somewhat ship-lapped, leaving a 1/4" gap. They are screwed in with slots to allow them to move. Since the lower top is water-falled over the edge, that all had to be done in the field.

Second pic is a (now closed) charter school. The horizontal strips are actually flooring, some kind of vinyl product. I left the strips that would have crossed the field joints off, so when we re-assembled it, they could go on then. It made for a totally seamless look. I have no idea how they got it apart when the business closed though? I guess it's no worse than the one above. Once the solid surface parts are fused in place, it cannot come apart...ever.

The last ones are from an expansion wing of a local library. It's a children's reading area. The wall separates it from the rest of the room and the double-sided bookcase is the doorway. The last pic is that case still in the shop, not a great pic, but it shows part of the old shop.

 

[Muttley000]

Very cool projects!

 

[Euclid]

You clearly get some interesting, and sometimes challenging, projects to work on.
What is the pressure like, re, timescales, deadlines and the like?

Thanks for sharing - always intrigued to see how you tackle problems that I'll maybe never have to solve (but good to know, just in case)!

 

[Crazyraceguy]

You clearly get some interesting, and sometimes challenging, projects to work on.
What is the pressure like, re, timescales, deadlines and the like?

Thanks for sharing - always intrigued to see how you tackle problems that I'll maybe never have to solve (but good to know, just in case)!

"In general" these large desk units are some of the last pieces that get installed as a project wraps up. It doesn't always happen like that, but that's the goal. This can mean several things. Sometimes I get it done and it sits for a couple of weeks. These things are a little to big for the "instant emergency" thing though. The project managers try to stay on top of that.
Some of them go very quickly, others have complications that are sort of "unseen".
"Instant emergencies" do happen occasionally, but that means getting pulled off of something big to do something else, then going back to it.
It is much more likely that I have to go looking for the next thing, because I was done sooner than expected, but I usually have a couple of folders sitting in a cue. I just pick what is next by the date on the outside.
I could be somewhere in the middle of several projects at once at any given time. In fact, right now I have parts standing by for the next one of those gas station jobs with the angled laminate and I got interrupted on the current one today.
I just never know....and I like it that way.