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| For years, vocational classes like woodshop have been fading from the Junior and Senior High School academic landscape, edged out by budget cuts and a perceived lack of interest. When that is coupled with consumer trends in purchasing mass produced pieces from large retailers, it is easy to begin to imagine woodworking becoming a thing of the past. (more...) |
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From its beginning in 1980, the family-run Shaver Millwork has had a plan for growth. Bob Shaver, Sr., his wife, Shirley, and son Bob had a vision of a well-run company where they could utilize their talents while keeping a balance with the rest of their lives. Anyone who owns a company realizes that is quite a challenge, but it is one the Shavers met head on. (more...) |
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For over 20 years Marcus Bashore has been in the business of creation. Many craftspeople have debated within themselves the possibilities of making their craft their profession, and some have dared to test the possibilities. Every serious woodworker considering making their craft a full-time business is eventually faced with same age-old questions. (more...) |
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Irvine, California-based Laguna Tools is a company that cares deeply for what they do. It is a company with a passion for quality, excellence and most importantly, people. They know that woodworkers are as ardent about fine woodworking tools as they are because to craftspeople, it is the tools that help them carve the life into a piece of wood. (more...) |
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Innovation is an involved process with seemingly opposed forces. It is a mixture of carefree creativity and painstaking precision, intense planning and serendipity, fearless confidence and sheer terror (more...) |
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Busy craftsman Charles Di Antonio makes certain to include the important things in life in to his day. His family and his woodworking are at the top of the list. The skilled woodworker enjoys combining his two loves and making things of beauty and enduring value for his loved ones. “I create things for my family mostly, and have a to-do list that goes on forever!” And no wonder. (more...) |
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