The Bucket Bench

    The 3 barn wood shelves and curved steel front legs look great together on this hand crafted piece inspired by bucket benches of days gone by. Imagine this holding your favorite collectables or filled with merchandise in a retail setting. While sturdy in stature this is a very flexible design and could be constructed in different lengths and heights to suit your needs.

Panel making

   This is a short video showing what goes into making as side panel for a Black Falcon Fabrication cabinet.

   A plasma cutter is used to trim the steel. Next up is the bead roller with a round die. Then the panel is marked for dimples. Each dimple is hand hammered. The cabinet this panel will go on has 320 dimples total.

The Trough Table

                                                                  The Trough Table.

Details...

Fabricated steel legs
Ipe hardwood table top
Stainless steel trough with dual drains
Stainless steel hardware
3' wide, 8' long, 30" tall

  Fill the trough with ice and your favorite beverages, invite some friends over and let the summer outdoor fun begin!

Brimfield Bound

    Black Falcon Fabrication will be on the road in May. This time next month the spring sales at Brimfield, Mass. will be in full swing. I am teaming up with Matt Greig from Antiques in Milton to pack a spot full of great items.

   The table pictured above is just one of the new pieces that I will have offered at the show. I added a custom built set of legs and the wood top to this vintage set of drawers to transform the ordinary to the eye catching.

The Factory Bench Completed

Factory Bench

  This old factory work bench is just one of the projects currently in the shop. So far the bench top has had years of dirt and grime scraped off and all of the brown paint is gone. With the paint removed several cool details were exposed like the copper vise handle and metal faces on some of the drawers.

Blast Off

    A few months ago I was contacted by a decorator that I have built a few pieces for with a request for a  display case. We met to discuss the project, a rough sketch was put on paper and a plan was made. Build a 7 1/2 feet tall 5 feet wide metal rocket ship.

  Once I got the green light to start I wasted no time ordering steel and other supplies need to get the rocket launched. The basic layout was drawn out to size on the shop floor and metal began to be pounded into shape. Before long the nose cone was done, the main body had been formed and the two wings were in place. Oh, and a bunch of rivets were added. I stopped counting at 350.

  Used to display the owners collection of action figures the rocket ship has 3 levels of display area, two being glass shelves. I also built in plenty of storage space. Along with the cabinet at the bottom of the main body the 2 wings have hinged lids for extra capacity.

  Fabrication was completed and the ship blasted off to its new home. Delivery was accomplished and I landed back at the shop ready for my next project.