Dan Morrison

In 2015 I finalized the design of the Okin, a thermal extraction device powered by maple wood charcoal. In this series of articles I'll be showing the process of creating both the Okin and the special high carbon charcoal. Here's a gallery of eye candy to

After squaring up the cherry wood blocks, the next step is trimming off the bottoms. Each block is cut to produce it's own matching wooden bottom. These bottoms will eventually come into play later on in the crafting process, for now they get labelled and set aside. Enter,

In this first update, we'll be taking a rough chunk of wood and turning it into a precision rectangular block that'll eventually birth a Toad. It starts with the tree, black cherry in this case. I buy rough timber locally and store it for a while

We have two workshops, one in the backyard, and one inside our home... in a spare bedroom. They are small spaces, but they're well designed and perfect for what we need them to do. This is the heart of the outdoor workshop. A 90's Delta table