I have been designing and building furniture and cabinetry semi-professionally for over 20 years. Through the years I have financed many of my tool purchases from money I've made from commissioned work. I really love the smell while cutting the various hardwoods I've worked. You can tell what kind of wood you're cutting just from it's scent. Red oak has a sort of sour smell, spruce has a buttery smell, and birch is sweet smelling.
One of the driving reasons for the new and larger house my wife and I
had constructed more than ten years ago was to gain a larger shop space. My shop started in a very small tool shed in the back yard of our first
home. It had room to grow in the single car garage of our second house. Currently, I'm in a two-car garage and have just about filled it with even more tools and machinery. I guess the old saying that you never have enough shop space is true,
but for now, I'm in heaven!
Below are some samples of my work. I'm very proud of the work I've done and I'm constantly working to learn and improve new skills. I
have also included links to photos of my workshop, a list of tools I currently own, and some other interesting woodworking sites.
I was honored to have an article written about me for "Today's Woodworker", published in the December
- 2001 issue of Woodworker's Journal eZine. I'm also proud to say I'm now the Editor of Shop
Shots for the popular WoodCentral Website, which is hosted by the former Editor of American Woodworker Magazine, Ellis Wallentine.
If you live in or near the Central Virginia area and would like to inquire about having something custom made, an
email link has been provided below. All comments and questions are welcome and I'd enjoy hearing from you.
Samples of Custom-Built Projects Refinishing & Restoration Projects
Gallery Of Woodworking Projects
Some photographs courtesy of Scott Byrnes Photography
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