Owner Bio - As a young boy I remember getting a little yellow handled pocket knife. I would whittle on sticks and see what I could create, and so began my life long love of woodworking! As I got older I carved little wooden boats to float in the melting snow runoff, my friends and I would have races during school recess.

This then gave way to making small replicas of all the snowmobiles that my friends had. We did not have a lot of money growing up and could not afford the real thing so by making the replica models I got to live the fun that way! As I got into high school a woods class was offered and I began my journey into cabinet making and woodturning.

It was 1977 when I first used a wood lathe and I was hooked! But many years had passed with a 6 year stint in the United States Army before I saw a lathe again. While stationed in Fort Stewart Georgia, I went to the local mall and there was a Shopsmith demonstration. I thought it would be great for me because it offered all the tools I needed in a compact design. So I then had some woodturning capacity. I used the Shopsmith for about 15 years for all my woodworking projects, then I wanted some stand alone tools and finally had the space to put them.

In 2004 my Dad and I started a small wood shop and tried to make a go of that. We did all right but the overhead was a killer and we closed it down. But during that time Dad bought a inexpensive lathe and the old flame began to burn again for turning. I have since retrofitted that one with a new motor and infinite variable speed control. It is used mostly for turning miniatures and small spindles.

In 2007 I was able to purchase a new POWERMATIC 3520B and my woodturning abilities expanded greatly!

So here is where my odyssey has brought me, a web site on the internet!

Enjoy my work and don't hesitate to ask questions, I appreciate them all!

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