Custom woodworking services

Erasmus Hill Design offers custom woodworking services for commercial
and residential clients in Toronto and the GTA.

Small Batch Custom Turnings
Ornamental Carving
Antique Reproduction
Custom Design & Fabrication

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Learn more about custom woodworking by reading about the step-by-step process.

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1. The prepared blanks in White Oak were mounted on the lathe. The blanks were very heavy.

White Oak Dining Table Legs Process

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1. I had a picture frame design in mind for a nice print. It is hard to make something original when it comes to frames. Once approval was given and Ash was chosen as the material, the machining process began. I created a jig to hold the frame piece

Picture Frame Process

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1. The commission was for 32 White Oak newel post caps to sit atop 32 newel posts in a large residence. Blanks were glued up in long lengths before being machined to size.

Newel Post Caps Process

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1. Every design starts with a concept drawing. I wanted to make a small entrance cabinet with drawers in the style of Art Nouveau. The design was fairly ambitious so the shop drawing was kept fairly simple.

Bird Cabinet Process

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1. A prototype was commissioned by the customer for approval.

Corbel Process

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I decided to make a prototype first and have it approved before I started in on the legs. There was so much work involved that I wanted to be sure my customer, another builder, knew exactly what he was getting and what level of quality. It wouldn’t

Federal-Style Mahogany Tapered Legs

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Here I am breaking out all the veneer for and preparing to make up panels for pressing.

Living Room Furniture

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The design always starts with a drawing. I used images from Gustave Dore’s famous drawings and composed the panels by combining and re-arranging the different images. I ended up changing one end panel well into the process because it was simply too

Carved Mariner Box

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I was able to use the last of an old walnut flitch I had in the shop on the outsides of the carcasses. The material was laid out so the grain ran continuously around the corners. The customer wanted to use an existing knot as the defining feature on

A Bedroom Suite of Tables

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After the initial sight survey I found some material that would match the rest of the furniture.  I decided to secure the mantle to the wall using threaded rod so I cut a strip of MDF to mark the holes in the wall and then duplicate those holes

Fireplace Mantle

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