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About Me
I started woodworking
with my dad when I was
in high school, where I
learned the basics of
woodworking and the
basics on each piece of
equipment that we had.
I joined the United
States Navy right out of
high school and didn't
woodwork again until
after I got married,
which was 6 years later.
I started back up
because I needed a
computer desk, and
didn't want to shell out
the money, so my buddy
suggested I make one.
Well, in order to do
that I would have to a
new tool or two, so I
went and bought my first
router. I already
had a Skill saw, drill,
and a hammer, so I
didn't really do much
that year. But the
next year, we moved into
a house with a garage,
and the next tool to buy
was a table saw, a
required item in any
woodshop. From
there, I started doing
little things for people
here and there, and
that's the way it went
for a year or two.
When we moved to Maine,
my projects started
getting more involved
and I started
experimenting a lot
more. This is the
place where I made the
two chess boards and
pieces and a couple of
bookcases.
I didn't get started
doing shadowboxes until
we were transferred to
Maryland. One of
the guys needed a shadow
box for his retirement
and the guy that usually
did them was gone so I
volunteered, just this
once, to do it.
Little did I know what
that would lead to!
I did that shadow box,
then another, and
another, and then I did
a couple of propellers,
and all of a sudden I
was the guy to go to for
shadow boxes. I
can't say it was a bad
thing, I got a lot of
practice out of it,
figured out what looked
best, and what worked
and what didn't.
It wasn't until we moved
to Hawaii that things
really got outside the
box! This is where
the shadow boxes got
extravagant and insanely
detailed. I was
doing Torpedo shadow
boxes, wings that
consisted of intarsia
and segmented turning,
and just about anything
that I could dream up.
I am still in the Navy,
and will be for another
2 years. So yea,
time is really tight and
I usually stay extremely
busy with just word of
mouth advertising.
People always ask me
what school I went to to
learn woodworking, and
all I can say is, did
not attend any school.
Just got into the shop
and tried doing
different things, a lot
of which didn't work and
some that did, which is
evident from my website.
The other thing that
helped me a lot was the
Internet. That is
where I get a lot of my
ideas and some
techniques that make
things easier.
Other than that, it's
just about getting into
the shop and starting
something, and having
fun!