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Metal Working

Building the Executive Desk with Copper Ring

January 23, 2022
by Brian Benham
Building the Executive Desk with Copper Ring

This project was an ambitious project, to say the least, mainly because of its size and attention to detail needed to complete […]

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How to build a Tube Guitar Amp in The Steampunk Style

June 10, 2021
by Brian Benham
How to build a Tube Guitar Amp in The Steampunk Style

  Special Thanks To K&S Precision metals for manufacturing such great metal Thank you Greg from Skyscraper Guitars for playing it for […]

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Making a Burl Clock with Shou Sugi Ban Finished Frame and Copper with a Crazy Patina

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021
by Brian Benham
Making a Burl Clock with Shou Sugi Ban Finished Frame and Copper with a Crazy Patina

This Shadowbox clock is created from a cottonwood burl leftover from my Jet Engine Coffee Table Project, a Shou Sugi Ban finished […]

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Building A Bar Cart For a Mining Engineer

January 30, 2021March 14, 2021
by Brian Benham
Building A Bar Cart For a Mining Engineer

This was a fun little project I built for a client who is a mining engineer and a wine connoisseur. The overall […]

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Building an Artist Caddy for an Artist from Walnut Padauk and Copper

November 22, 2020
by Brian Benham
Building an Artist Caddy for an Artist from Walnut Padauk and Copper

He gave me a fair amount of leeway in what type of patina to do on the copper and wood selection.
The Copper is patinated with an acid and peroxide technique to create unique patterns and colors on the copper tubes.

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Building Cabinets with copper doors – metal patina

October 18, 2020
by Brian Benham
Building Cabinets with copper doors – metal patina

This project was one of the more challenging projects I have done. Not only was it a full wall of cabinets that […]

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