Stainless steel table and stool bases

Batch work in stainless is a different discipline to one-off fabrication. Every frame has to match every other frame, because they end up in the same room under the same tops.

That means jigging the job rather than measuring each piece, and it means controlling heat, stainless moves as you weld it, so the order you run the joints in decides whether the finished frame sits flat or rocks.

The faceted and cross-braced bases were the interesting ones. Neither has a square reference to work from, so the angles are cut and held rather than marked off an edge, and there’s nowhere to hide a joint that’s a degree out.

All welds dressed and polished back, since a stainless frame takes no coating and the weld is the finish.