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  • About Me: Southern Carpenter- Jerry Carr

    About Me: Southern Carpenter- Jerry Carr

    I owe much of my basic woodworking from my step grandfather. He owned Daytona Beach Millworks and had a workshop in Astor, Florida. When I was growing up, I used to visit him and he would let me work beside him. He, like me, was left handed which gave me the fundamental lessons on safety and tool operation from a lefty’s point of view.

    What I lack in his blood DNA is overflowed with his spiritual DNA that keeps me building arts of wood that are one of a kind. Thanks Earl!!!

    I started building projects that I needed for my own use around the house. As I continued working with wood, my love for it grew bigger and started producing pieces of furniture art soley visualzed in my mind.  The blueprint of what I wanted embedded in the brain and all I have to do now is build it.

    My collection of this furniture art is looking for a good home.  I have an accumulation of “one of a kind” wood furniture/art that is functional and creates a unique statement.

    First, I get inspired by a piece of wood and then create a way to incorporate other forms of art.  I try to use non-native wood, whenever possible. This is my attempt to help Florida rid unwanted species and create a use for them. (see my current wood inventory for exact species).  What I do, I create one of a kind furniture/art that is in my head.

    What I don’t do, I don’t build custom pieces that you have a visual for.    It is too difficult to have your idea transferred over to my visual brain blueprint and the outcome would not be the same.  I build custom pieces that are blueprinted in my creative mind and go from there as I grab a chunk of wood and create the arts of work.

    If you like what you see, there is a price beside the piece. Feel free to ask any questions.

    Thanks for visiting the Southern Carpenter! Jerry Carr.

    http://www.southerncarpenter.com

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  • Cherry Wood Chandelier /Black Metallic Epoxy

    The very first wooden chandelier made with a river type pour using cherry wood and black metallic epoxy.
    I planed to 1/2” thickness and cut it in 6 pieces.
    I then built a top and bottom frame to keep the 6 sides parallel and 60 degrees.
    After attaching the sides to the frame. I used pallet walnut wood I purchased about 30 years ago to build the dividers between the sides.
    I finished the top and bottom with decorative routed walnut.


    The finished used is Arm-R-Seal poly.

    This chandelier was challenging. My wife and her mathematics skills in the beginning of the project was double the size. We ended up having to reconfigure to a smaller size which required disassembling and cutting the wood down for a smaller sized lighting in the kitchen niche. A very patient man who wasn’t going to give up and successfully made the chandelier smaller . Another masterpiece family heirloom. Signed by the master craftsman , Jerry Carr

    Woodworking is his passion. And he never builds the same thing twice. He uses no plans and the concept most times is a “doodle sketch”. My hubby can build anything and everything. You will never see a duplicate. Each piece of furniture is numbered and signed. I love everything my husband has built. He has done incredible projects and never had a wood working lesson in his life.

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  • Dining Room Table -Swamp Mahogany

    This beautiful piece of swamp mahogany was purchased from Against the Grain. A great source of slabs. I needed a dictated size, which allowed me to build a slightly smaller dining room table for our home. The base of the table had to be built first, in which swamp mahogany was also used that was harvested locally about 5 years ago.

    I had to build a jig and cut 1/4” slices to form a semi-circle. After gluing 10 pieces together and obtaining my desired hand sculpted shape. Not an easy feat to get curved table base as you will see in the pictures. After the base of table was completed , this being my first project having to build a mold from Melamine , the size 1/2 inch larger than planned for the top table size of 63”long by 36” wide.

    As you can see in the photographs , the slab purchased was not Rectangle. In order to get it to rectangle , additional wood mahogany had to be carefully cut and added to the slab to complete a perfect rectangle table.

    The next step was Epoxy pour which is the first time I’ve ever worked with. The epoxy is pure black pigment and a total of four pours needed.

    Once the waiting was over and the epoxy was dried, the table needed many hours of patient sanding. Days of sanding this table to obtain the finest and smoothest table top I’ve ever built.

    The table was then finished with a Rubio Monocoat.

    I want to thank my supporters who have helped me immensely in getting my table built. Building a one of a kind table and never having worked with epoxy. Thank you to Against the Grain in Central Florida and You Tube Channel – Blacktail Studios for all their step by step tutorials. Without your knowledge and sharing valuable teachings for woodworkers. I could not have done this table without your help.

    Here she is – our new dining room table from start to finish. It was a labor of love that took a lot of patience and determination.

    The table and missing wood
    Building a jig to glue 10 pieces of wood to get the curve on the base of the table.
    The jig
    First table leg with curvature 10 pieces 1/4 inch thick. Legs of 1 of 2 pieces
    Glue and shaping the curve for table base
    Finished Base of Table and Insert for Table top
    Built rectangular form made out of Melamine. Built 1/2 inch larger than the planned top size 63 inch x 36 inch

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