Woodwork Ebéniste
I have worked with wood just about all my life. My first contraptions
appeared when I was eight or so. I had a year's formal tuition in joinery at
the agricultural college and experience with overseeing labour house
maintenance while on the plantations in West Africa. Apart from that I
am completely self-taught.
When building my roundsided Swampscott dory for example, I thought, dreamed, talked and read only about wooden boat
building. The project won first prize in the NZ amateur wooden boat
building competition. Someone saw pictures of it, which gave me the
opportunity to be involved with a refit of the magnificent three mast
schooner Shenandoah.
I like to work with good quality solid timber and if it is required
in the construction will use only top grade ply. Demolition timber
can also be used to good advantage.
There are a number of suppliers
who stock practically any species of timber one would wish for. There
is also a good supply of Swamp Kauri and Salvage Kauri, as well as
exellent grade demolition timber. Ply is available in any grade,
thickness and veneer cover you can imagine.
That was for New Zealand of course. I'm establishing contacts here in France and when that is up and running the options will more likely be oak, beech, chestnut and ash.
Finishing is done
with either polyurethene, danish oil, shellac, paint or left bare,
whichever is appropriate for the job or requested by the client.
Wine racks and storage are a speciality, as well as custom made furniture.
I used to live and work in Waimauku, north of Auckland, New Zealand. Now I'm living in Cambieure, Aude department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, which is in the midst of the wineries of the Razes near Limoux.
Please feel free to contact me by email via the contact us page.
The workshop is now up and running. I have registered with the Chambre des Metiers in Carcassonne as ebéniste
siret number 510 616 576
email acwtenbroek@sfr.fr to discuss anything you like to have made, modified, restored and
installed (I also install IKEA kitchens)
You are welcome to visit my workshop by arrangement (please call first)
contact me on 04 68 69 30 37
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