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This frame was constructed of 3/4" red oak. To accommodate the weight of the lexan lens, a series of copper spanners were designed in the rear. The entire assembly weighs 38 pounds. Donated by LV and Berthacombat.

Solid 4/4 Walnut with 1/2-blind dovetails and floating panels. Figured mahogany lid liner captured with floating panel. 1/4" Spanish Cedar lined with overlapping seal. Analog and tracking digital thermometer/hygrometer. Mr. Moisture lid-mounted humidifier. Extruded brass hardware. Low-luster penetrating oil and microcrystalline wax finish. Dr. S. will load this with Camaroon-wrapped medium-to-full bodies stoges, we suspect. Enjoy sequential construction pics below!

Brusso handles installed. Soft-rub-out with Renaissance Wax (unpigmented).

Metal reed squirrel call with mopani body and stopper. Finished in clear shellac and wax only.

Prior to finishing

1" thick hand-planed purpleheart stock. Hand-cut dovetails on carcass and plinth. Hand-rabbeted floating case bottom. Hand-rubbed wetsanded Danish Oil x 5, followed by polyurethane x 4, followed by soft rub-out with Museum Wax.

Brass gauges. Solid brass mortised quadrant hinges. Solid brass full mortise lock with custom-milled catch. Plinth floats on brass pins. Mr. Moisture humidification system with inside-versus-outside weather computer. 1/4" Seasoned Spanish Cedar Lining.

Piston-fit figured mahogany false lid to prevent humidity-induced cup in the tapered lid. Future versions will likely employ a raised panel or breadboard.

Loaded with cheap stogies! Current system pegs 72% with 0.5% max fluctuation (despite major shifts in external temperature and barometric pressure).

No powertools here. Hand jointed and hand planed without scrapers or sandpaper. Block is 15.5 x 20 x 7/8 of curly maple. Custom woodburned monogram.

Tuned to a higher frequency, the sound is somewhat surprising coming from a large, burly call.

A stout solid cocobolo duck call with a deeply tuned fretboard. Finish is shellac and beeswax.

Birds come to admire this duck call in the private collection of a seasoned Knoxville, TN hunter.

Modeled after one in the Pleasant Hill, KY collection. This one is solid cedar with hand cut dovetails, dadoes and rabbets. The breadboarded ends and profiles were cut with antique matched and molding planes. Private collection in Richmond, VA

Matchplaning endgrain can be a challenge, especially with soft cedar. Even the dowels are rived and plate pressed.

Few chisels can top the performance of an antique socket chisel. Here is a selection in a variety of exotic hardwoods including tulipwood, rosewood, marblewood, cocobolo, canarywood and olivewood. Top-mounted leather bushings receive chisel taps without interfering with the socket joint. Private collection, Knoxville, TN.

Left: purpleheart and curly maple. Right: paduak and cocobolo. Used by the collector to gently drive small carving tools.

A stopper fit for a King (or even a Prince with a fondness for hardwood). Chrome stopper with silicone grommets. Private collection, Knoxville, TN.

The upper case is built from poplar without power tools. Hand cut dovetails all around. Hand cut sliding dovetail dividers and dado planed drawer bottom receivers. Why skimp on your utility pieces!?

Made to house a picture of a dog. Hand prepped red oak with a poplar kick & brass knurls.

Made from 2x4's found lost in the street. Simply a spot for the Mail Technician to have a quick seat.

A lamp and reading table produced from salvaged cedar. Nothing fancy, just a simple surface for enjoying the morning paper.

Keep your stogies fresh in this walnut humidor. Floating panel top and bottom.

Stout and heavy. Lined with Claro Walnut. Private collection, Hockessin, DE.

Made from Bubinga, Paduak and East Indian Rosewood, this coffee grinder features a removable Ambrosia Maple reservoir. Private collection, Richmond, VA

Take some fine shavings on tough grain with this spokeshave-style scraper.

A splash of style for your kitchen. Hand smoothed and finished in foodsafe mineral oil.

Made of Ambrosia Maple and Bubinga, this easel helps Junebug (Memphis, TN) turn out stunning original oils.

This keepsake box will tun heads. Private collection, Knoxville, TN

Pound your Stanley 750's into submission with this weighty chisel mallet.

Personalized woodburning is available.

Oak case with dovetailed poplar drawer. HD Blum slides. Hand-carved walnut pull. We drink a LOT of coffee here at Bertha and this thing takes some abuse!

Hard Maple and Bubinga cutting board with custom "coffee bean" woodburning. Private collection, Richmond, VA.

Made entirely from salvaged wood and primed canvas dropcloth, this painting and frame get you in the java mood. Private collection, Richmond, VA.

Bertha loves knots and this small box shows off the grain character surrounding this Maple knot. Intentionally distressed and finished in Danish Oil.

A big, heavy turned mallet with a comfortable, custom molded handle.

Poster bed made from fenceposts!

We also specialize in utility pieces for your shop or garage. Here is a station designed to get all those hand tools razor sharp.

Keep those lathe tools close at hand without modifications to your lathe bed.

We keep a variety of exotic woods on hand for special projects.

...but it takes forever. Just ask SP, he's been waiting years for his Ashland Belle Plantation Home which is close to being finished. Soon, SP, Soon.