717 Products

08/11/2025

Looking for something different?
I made several of these trays from remnant bourbon barrel head staves I have leftover from other projects. All sanded and cleared with feet. Char side up or down. With or without handles.
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07/09/2025

1909 coles shaker. Completed another restoration of a customer supplied coles shaker. Customers client wanted gloss black with guilded accents.

This particular machine had an uncommon cla.p bar which although old, was not original. Ot also had very incorrect items for the glasses. Started by disassembling the machine which proved to be more challenging than others. Once disassembled it was cleaned, bruahed, and blasted. Then it went off for epoxy primer and gloss eurathane top coat. I had various parts nickel chromed, new brass glass lids metal spun, and the clamp for the glasses recast from an original.

During assembly extra play was noticed in the spike dle so I o erbored it and added dry running bushings. I masked various parts and wither sprayed or hand painted the gold details. Grease and piled and off to the races.

These are becoming exceedingly rare and when one becomes available, it exhibits a commanding price to own. Ive beennluck to own several and even luckier to have people trust me with their relics.

Thanks to those whose professional service helped me bring this back to life.
Biltwood powder coatings
Librani's plating
MetalGod casting
Almost metalspinning
Scott Neidigh
Aaron Young of Ag Engraving.
Gearhouse Brewing Company

11/11/2024

Needed to make a new handle for a current project. Why make 1, when you make 4. Took longer than I'd wanted bur they came out great and now I've got some for future projects. Left to right,: spalted tamarind, Burmese rosewood, bloodwood, Wenge. These are not stained, it's they're natural color once shellaced and polished.

28/10/2024

Finished a pair of Alaska Ice Crushers from early 1900s. One has a set of custom cast legs which gives a useful lift. Although not original I believe they came out great. It's finished in a textured black powdercoat. The other is all original and powdercoated in a black chrome. Both have been upgraded and have food safe dry run bushings to eliminate metal on metal from the spike drum. Shortly ill install an engraved brass medallion in the legs. How they look ?

18/08/2024

It's beerfest and Oktoberfest season!!
I'm putting my "Hold My Beer" lanyards to good use. Holds pints, handled, and tapered glasses. Deluxe also holds cans and bottles !!! Ever get tired of hoking your beer at festi also. Yep. Me too. Get yours here.

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11/08/2024

My good friend Humberto Marques owner of Cerfew Cocktail Bar in Copenhagen Denmark 🇩🇰 was so kind as to give me a few mentions in Forbes as they spoke to him about his antique barware and historic drink shakers that I helped him restore. I'm so humbled he credited me with the work I did on these relics for him. He's truly a great person with an amazing cocktail bar. Cheers.

At Curfew, owner Humberto Marques adds to the bar's speakeasy vibe with three cocktail machines made in the U.S. in the late 1800s, the only ones in Europe.

22/01/2024

How'd I do on this 1909 Coles drink shaker?

21/01/2024

Completed another super rare Coles hand crank drink shaker. This was made by the Coles Manufacturing Co in Philadelphia PA. These were originally in pharmacies to compound medicine. Then cocktail bars and speakaesies or soda shops.

This unit was found in decent condition with original paint but was far from complete. It was disassembled, sand blasted, polished and cleaned. Some parts went off to be full polish chrome. Others were wet epoxy primed and painted. Other parts had to be sourced. New fitting glasses were a challenge to source that would actually fit. We then had to find a craftsman to make tooling to metal spun new lids that can accept common seals. It's a bold color choice by the client and it blends right in.
It is currently with its client in New York.
Thanks to
Librandi's plating
BAPS auto paint supply
Northwest Metal Spinning
Biltwood Powder Coating for helping provide me with their pro-assistance.

20/08/2023

Customer wanted a pair of Alaska Ice Crushers restored. Their unit is done in theme of Oliver Tractor and their friend's unit is LSU Tigers.
Both units were blasted primed and powdercoated by . They were each overbored to accept dry nylon bushings to provide smooth silent operation and assembled with all new stainless hardware.

09/07/2023

Some home nickel plating tonight. Checking settings on this penny before plating some relic parts.

10/04/2023

Video of the restored Wells Bros No 5 drill from Bethlehem Steel. Drill is approx 1880.