| This blog is written by Sam Yerardi | 25 entries so far |
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Starting a Woodworking Business #13: Happy Thanksgiving from 'The Ohio Craftsman'
I’m getting ready to lay down and take a nap. I just got home from a long day pulling insu...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #12: More work & I'M A GRANDPA!!!
This past weekend was amazing! I’d been busy all week and Friday my mom calls me (she̵...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #11: A very good week for me
My dreams are slowly coming true as I am starting to get a lot of work and prospects. Surprisingl...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #10: A Good Start This Week
I picked up about 400 bdft of cherry this past week for some tables & items I am building, an...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #9: My first refinishing job
Today the weather was wonderful… sunny, about 65-70… I picked up a truck load of che...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #8: solitude
Well, I’m still at it. I’ve almost finished another item to go on my webpage when it...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #7: Internet seminar
I went to an all-day ebusiness seminar today at Rio Grande University in southern Ohio (35 dollar...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #6: Kitchen remodel prospect
Visited a home this morning to talk to the home owners about remodeling their kitchen. The actua...
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Greene & Greene #5: The Living Room Transformation - Day 4
Day 4 Ok, I got all of the individual pieces machined and now I am doing some fitting to see w...
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Greene & Greene #4: The Living Room Transformation
Today I am beginning a new blog about my latest home project. I am remodeling our front living r...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #5: Got some advice & help today
I met with the SBA (Small Business Administration) this morning and discussed my business startup...
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Greene & Greene #3: Completion of the Fireplace
I started by building the platform upon which everything else would rest. I chose the height of ...
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Greene & Greene #2: Designing and building the Greene & Greene-style fireplace
I was planning to do a series on ther living room that I am currently remodeling in the G&G s...
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Greene & Greene #1: Greene & Greene style fireplace
I posted my fireplace in the projects section. I had converted our patio into a four-season roo...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #4: Home Alone
Well, Friday was my last day at my day job. I got a good severance and have insurance for almost...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #3: Still working at it
Recently I finished up an enclosure for a cuistomer that wanted something to cover the rear side ...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #2: Getting my shop in shape for my business
I have been getting a lot of great input and comments from everyone ranging from business suggest...
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Starting a Woodworking Business #1: Deciding what kind of work to do
For me, one of the hardest things to decide in starting a woodworking business was to determine s...
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Starting a Woodworking Business
Hi Everyone, In the coming days, weeks, months, and hopefully, years, I will try to document m...
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My music #1: Me & my guitar
I know this doesn’t have much to do with woodworking unless you’re building guitars b...
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Memories #3: Honey the Plane is Only $350 bucks!
When my wife and I were first married, money was a bit scarce and we struggled but from time to t...
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Today in my woodshop #2: Scraper idea
This weekend I was working on my daughter’s hope chest and I needed to scrape down the edge...
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Memories #2: Going In Halves On a Lot of Wood
A few years ago me and my friend Mike were talking about woodworking and he told me of a sawmill ...
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Memories #1: My dad's tools
I remember many a day in my dad’s shop when I was a very young boy. I would help him with anythi...
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Today in my woodshop #1: Ever have this happen to you?
Hello to all, This is my first woodworking blog. I will try to document some of my work here ...

















