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Good Millwork: Custom Woodturning

by Good Millwork on June 6, 2009

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The origin of woodturning dates to around 1300BC when the Egyptians first developed a two-person lathe. One person would turn the wood with a rope while the other used a sharp tool to cut shapes in the wood. The Romans improved the Egyptian design with the addition [...]

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Wooden Mirror

by Good Millwork on September 18, 2008

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This one might even make the “Yellow Fellow” envious…”I don’t like digital,” says Daniel Rozin, director of research and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. “I use digital. My inspirations are all from the analog world.” Wooden Mirror, Rozin’s latest creation (on view at program headquarters at 721 Broadway), reflects [...]

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Wooden Ferrari?

by Good Millwork on September 5, 2008

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Many have asked, “Where have you been over the past months?” Well…its not often you get the email from Enzo challenging how good you really are at matching things through the use of our CNC machinery, a little CAD and a 12″ 6-head jointed moulder. Et voilà a wooden Ferrari.
OK…all fun aside. While Livio De [...]

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Stairway from Heaven

by Good Millwork on August 30, 2008

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The “Miraculous Staircase” is twenty-two feet high, has thirty-three steps forming two complete circular turns of 360 degrees each – without a center support. There were absolutely no nails used. The entire structure is held together with wooden pegs. The hardwood is spliced in seven places on the inside, and in nine on the [...]

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