For the last few months, we have been concentrating on making the lightest wooden chair in the world. It all started when my my engineering school buddy, Jon Kipp came to Southern California for a shop visit. Ihad been working on the CNC cutting files for the chair for months but felt they were a long way from being ready to make something, Jon said "What are you waiting for? Lets build it!". Jon is a great engineer, a brilliant problem solver and was ready to roll his up his sleeves. It turns out I was right....and Jon was right too. Forty eight hours later, after a number of work-arounds, redesigns and re-cuts, we were sitting in our first laser-cut plywood chair. As the photo below on the right alludes, we were not sitting on it for too long before we discovered a weak spot. But we made a chair! and it weighed only 2.6Kg...and that made me wonder: What is the lightest wooden chair in the world?
Safety First
Done With Less.
Moving In
It took us a while to find the right spot with cool California Ocean Breezes and a community of creative surf and furniture peers…but we found it.
Assembly record broken!
This Woman is amazing! Assembling Ninety 9209-211 blocks in just a couple of hours, she is the assembler to beat! Good Luck..
Double Head Laser at Work
Does a two headed laser cut faster than a single head? Why yes, yes it does! If you need two or more of anything cut by a laser, this is a very efficient way to double your production capacity. We had this machine custom made for us to accommodate our special material considerations and efficiency requirements. This time-lapse video shows two CO2 lasers cutting prototype parts for our new large console table in development. We are excited to add this table to our line soon!