Queens & King Bed of Beds

A man walked into my shed, with stack of timber that he had saved from a bridge at Saint Albans - and a vision. Taking his thoughts, and applying my talent, I designed and built this bed. He was so impressed, he rang me each day to tell me how good it was. He then ordered another. Strong four bollards and hand holes, this is a bed made to love in....

Sh-Von Pot-Belly

Sh-Von is my hairdresser on top of the mountain she had seen my work at her friends, places and ask me to make her a special potbelly, that stood up right that would fit on her veranda. After showing her photos in the building she asked if I could ad the handles, Sh-Von was one happy lady for she had brought it for her birthday,,,,,

The House We Built, John & I

A Recycle House that I got to build.... It wasn't like you advertise - To build Recycle house. But you know, lots of people just want a roof over their heads, or just a lovely little house away from the kids. When they have grown up, and come to visit, then party on into the night, you can pick your time to leave. You walk home to your new cabin, and listen from a distance to your kids being happy, as you dream and drift into sleep.
John must be a happy man, for I built his dream escape.
I was thinking away in my shed about work, and where the next dollar was coming from. It was an overcast, dream-like day, and this man appeared. Tripping over some junk wood he swung around saying "Are you still building pontoons Dave?" "Yes" I said, trying to think of his name, for five years had past since I had been to Marlow, "Kevin?" I asked. "Yes" he said "My mate American Steve is doing the rock work and we thought you could build the Pontoon. Will you give me a price?"
Well, to cut along story short, he gave me American Steves number for I needed to talk to him to get the design right. Three days passed and I rang the number Kevin had given me. "Is Steve there?" I asked. "Not yet, he's the builder but he hasn't turned up yet. Do you want him to call you when he comes?" the voice said. "Yes, but that doesn’t sound like the Steve I know." (In fact, it wasn't American Steve) "But, I'm a builder, where do you live?" His name was John and he lived in Spencer - and I am just around the corner. "Well if this Steve doesn't turn up, give me a ring and I'll drop around and see what you want to build, okay?" We agreed and John took my number.
He rang back a few days later. Steve never turned up. It’s the river, a long way to come. John and I got together and talked. He came to my place and we picked out materials and started work. One thing I couldn’t believe, I live in a swamp land and he has high, cleared ground, but the mosquitos there nearly drove me mad while we were building. I told him that I don't have any mosquitos. He came to my place to work for a day and he was amazed, he wasn't bitten once. Why? Because I live with nature, and I let the spiders do their work.
We had the best time building, we discussed each part and every process. I cut most of the timber, we drew the plans together, and WE made it. We had the best time. For Dave Thurston, it was the first 100% recycle project he had done for some one else.
A great job that started with the wrong number.

Potbelly Pig

The first "Potbelly Pig" I made had two opening ends and a flu in the middle. My client had asked me to make him a heater out of a compressor. I got thinking about the concept, and came up with a 100 pound gas bottle, adding a BBQ plate and flu on the end, and adding a E size oxygen bottle, cut in half, to pull the ash out. I personally have cooked on a "Pig" for ten years, and have converted it to gas for summer....

The potbelly Pig in the picture is built in 100% recycled S/steel

ThaiBBQ

Bob was trying me out on BBQ he gave me a photo from a holiday in Thailand it didn’t look much like this but the principle thought and working came though.

Guness

Gunsse came out of my mind and a recycle bin after gathering the pieces, one sand blasting tank, one compressor and keg, much S/steel pipe. Bob, who commissioned the piece asked me what it would look like. I noticed this shape in the pile of junk and drew it on the floor of my shed with chalk. I explained that it was a smoker come BBQ

The Yachtman Four Bollard Bed

The headrest are laminated in strips of timber (Ceder and New Zealand Red Pine) over a plug to give the shape, The panel is red ceder joined to the Bollard post with S/steel rigging wirer with epoxy glue that will never brake, The Bed comes in four peace that bolts together with eight bass nuts, Inlays are optional, If you can drawer it I can make it.