Erichsen Cabinet Shop - A working museum
Published: March 11, 2013 at 5:03 p.m. PDT
— Updated: March 11, 2013 at 5:08 p.m. PDT
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Using the vintage line shaft the Erichsen brothers, Booner, in the foreground planing lumber, and Butch refer to their 4th generation cabinet shop in Tacoma as a 'working museum,' where many tools of trade are much older than them. The line shaft, which can run a planer, bandsaw and sander simultaneously was once powered their grandfather's Model T.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Butch Erichsen's restored tractor sits outside the family's 4th generation cabinet and woodworking shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Butch Erichsen clamps a project together in the 4th generation cabinet and woodworking shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Butch Erichsen is a firm believer that you can never have too many clamps.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Old lumber , sawdust and a sense of history surround Booner Erichsen as he planes lumber for a kitchen in the 4th generation cabinet and woodworking shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Framed by a vintage woodstove, the Erichsen brothers Butch left , and Booner work on a project together in their 4th generation cabinet and woodworking shop in Tacoma. Their grandfather Ted started the business in 1928.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Fine craftsmanship and tradition are important at the Erichsen Cabinet Shop. The brothers give away handcrafted step stools with every cabinet project. Butch uses a handcrafted pole to fetch a stool stored above the shop window.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Suzy the shop cat warms herself by on of two wood burning stoves at the Erichsen Cabinet Shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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A blade for a wood shaping machine holds a razor shape edge at the Erichsen Cabinet Shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Forms covered in sawdust hang on the Erichsen Cabinet Shop walls.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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Planes of all types and vintage line the walls at the Erichsen Cabinet Shop in Tacoma.
Photos taken Thursday March 7, 2013. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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