Author Archive
July 6, 2012 by jerry
Our New Woodturner
Recently our wonderful woodturner Bob Haas, who was with us for 20 years, retired. After a search and interview with shops around California we found Philip Nereo. His shop is nestled in Sonoma County. I recently made a visit to see his shop an hour out of Berkeley and 5 miles from the nearest town. […]
April 26, 2012 by jerry
Dark Sky Compatible
Dark sky compatible you ask? Animal friendly?? When we joined the International Dark Sky Association 10 years ago it was an impossible vision, we were looked on as radical wackos. But if you have ever slept under the stars, where the stars appear like so much glitter cast from horizon to horizon across the sky, […]
April 2, 2012 by jerry
Making lamps by hand in the blacksmith shop
Not everyone knows that Coe Lamps just don’t get mass produced in China and go on a shelf ready to ship. Yes, some parts get made by subcontractors, like foundries. And the wire and some sockets are made by others to my specifications. A day in the shop may involve cutting bronze from a big […]
November 16, 2011 by jerry
Downward Bound
or How I Built a Gravity Car for Mt. Tamalpais by Jerry Coe This article was written for the California Blacksmiths Association Newsletter. Gravity car leaving the Mt. Tamalpais Tavern in 1916. Mt. Tamalpais State Park’s East Summit rises some 3,000 feet above the Golden Gate Bridge and the north shore of San Francisco Bay. […]
March 7, 2011 by jerry