In my Esty shop I've been having a busy couple months with normal and custom orders. When this hectic time happens it's easy to forget why we have a business in the first place. It's your customers, they build you into a happy and thought provoking business. I've had some customers give me ideas that I probably would have never thought about making.
I love hearing stories about a customer using one of my wooden kitchen tools to make there favorite sauce. Or cutting some smoked tri-tip on one of the cutting boards. I makes me feel good to know that a happy customer is satisfied with there tools and wants to take of them like a family member.
I received a great email from a loyal customer yesterday who posted a blog about my tools. I just wanted to share this with you all. http://allrecipes.com/cook/10810822/blogentry.aspx?postid=244924
This is what makes us woodworkers happy!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
New cabin sign
The plaque was from the front face of the cabin it receives full sun and heat, with very little shade. The original one was so warped and brittle I decided to make a new one that was a little more updated.
I ended up laminating some redwood together and traced the original outline to the new body. I then began the sanding and routing part of the operation. The routing was done on my new Hitachi MV12VC router using an estate sale router bit set. I then painted the plaque with the color match from the original piece let dry and wait.Now here’s the part that I enjoyed the most. I scoured the web for various fonts for the numbers I wanted something that had a western style. I eventually found just what i was looking for. Printing out the font on paper I then trimmed it to size and taped it carefully to the board. Once completing the numbers I use Deft spray lacquer on cardboard and brushed over the exposed redwood sealing in the natural beauty.
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