Anyone can make 'furnitecture' by considering the existing context, respecting materials, embracing imperfection, learning new things and sharing your journey with others.
I'm Chris Tomoya and my background is in architecture but I ventured off the beaten path. I've been making furnitecture for niche brands since 2013; recently focusing on educating and hopefully inspiring future 'furnitects' like you.
Business inquiries: get in touch via my website if you're a Melbourne based business and would like to start a project!
You're like the only one that has that doweler from mafell that's not in Germany. Do you use that instead of the festool domino? It'd be great if you did a review on it. I'm looking into that one or the one from virutex
The Mafell duo doweller is really great, a solid tool with so many uses. I got it as I used to do a lot of shelf pin holes and this tool cuts them fast. Are you based in Melbourne? I am in the process of downsizing so I'm actually looking to sell the DD40!
@@Furnitecture I'm in the US. 😔 I have the zeta p2. Was looking into something where the consumables aren't as much, as dowels are extremely cheap or I can make my own. Hafele has some knockdown dowels that are the same size as the wooden and plastic dowels I would use and a key function similar to the lamello ones. Currently using a jessem doweling jig but still using the old assembly screws method until I get a chance to use them where I can't use screws. Will something like that doweler could significantly speed up something a face frame assembly. Thanks for letting me know
Hey it look amazing you did a great job, feel free to ignore but you might want to consider how you’ve stored you katana. Generally speaking the blade should face up with the handle to the left and in the video it looks like the blade is face down but, it’s your sword and bar so you do you boo. Still looks great wish you the best
Thanks Enrique, I had the galvanized components cut at a local laser cutter, I'd suggest finding a business near you that you could work with. Hope that helps!
Thanks! It could hold quite a lot of weight if you really wanted to but in this case as the panels are pine, the slots would definitely be marred if you over tightened the dowels!
@@Furnitecture Ah. Good to know. I was thinking, if you wanted them to hold more weight without slipping (obviously use a harder wood) you could put notches along the backside of the wall boards. Think hockey-puck shaped indents, every 3 inches or so. Then have a threaded hockey puck that slots into those indents. The shelves would have bolts that thread into the pucks (I don't know how you'd tighten them). To reposition, you'd loosen the bolts, slide the puck to your desired location, then re-tighten the shelves.
@@Furnitecture I might make a printable router jig or something. I'm planning on rebuilding a few interior walls. If I do go with my design, I'll post something and tag you in it!
The plywood is from a company called Koskisen, it is a high quality birch with coloured melamine faces. The finish is actually slightly translucent so if you look closely you can see the birch wood grain beneath!
I use saw dust for cleaning up oil spills. As a mechanic, oil spills and other fluid leaks happen sometimes. Sawdust is a cheap way of soaking up the oil.
Hi Very creative of you well done! hoping i can get some advice can the cured jesmonite or alternative similar products be machined with a cnc and also cut using power tools table saw etc or would you say its very fragile. also how do you seal the products can water based polyurethane work ? I've got many ideas but theres a-lot of info out there that is not making sense to me. Thanks and keep going its so cool stay creative!
Hi Karim, yes you can use woodworking tools like routers, drills and circular saws to cut the material. Sealing is tricky however and we ended up going with a different approach (see end of video). Jesmonite does have some different product with different compositions so it'd be best to get your hands on small quantities and do proof of concept tests before committing to a large pour. Hope that helps :)
Hi Joey, thanks for your question. Yes we used 3/4" plywood as the cores but note that we cut shallow grooves into the surfaces of the plywood using a router so that the Jesmonite had something to 'grip' on to if that makes sense?
It really depends on your specific application - I'd highly recommend doing a prototype test at a smaller scale first before committing to the final version!
Hi Daniel, thanks for your question; I don't know the model number but as they are quite common a quick search for "leveling casters" should come up with a supplier near you.
Wish someone could do that for me 🤣 I have an attick and there's water leaking through my sons bedroom ceiling at the moment. Literally waiting for it to collapse.
During Siege of Leningrad, when supply of ingredients to making bread is harsh, people mix sawdust with flour to conserve flour. It’s maybe disgusting to eat but people in Leningrad including soldiers eat it for 900 days of siege until liberated by Red Army
@@Furnitecturea slice of sawdust bread is shown today in Minsk’s Military Museum in Belarus. People in Leningrad every Victory Day or liberation of Leningrad, Yunarmiya organization member will be try eating this kind of bread, with 50% is sawdust and 50% is flour (of course bread during Siege of Leningrad is having more sawdust along with cat food, animal organs,… but I believe that’s the idea) so that they can understand how it is during Siege of Leningrad
Last year I needed to portably locate all the tools I would need to make floating shelves in Portland Oregon flying from Minneapolis. I packed all I thought I would need and then some in a sys 5 For the flight and had a new k SS 40 as you’ve shown it sent to the job site. It worked flawlessly and still does. Just a sublime little tool that punches way past its weight. I was breaking down Maple Veneered plywood which cut with no chip out whatsoever. You get a lot of peace of mind in the bargain when you buy that saw
