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Location: Southern California
Website: www.childresswoodworks.com

I am a simple man who may be cheating on his wife...Yes, you guessed it, I have a love affair with wood. Sometimes, I sit up at night thinking of new things to create. But what's more important, is how this affair started....Way back in high school, that is. Then for some reason, after graduation, I went into the medical profession. After about 10 years of having enough of that, I returned to wood. About 5 years ago I started working for a general contractor, who, at the time, was doing a lot of cabinetry and finish work. As we grew, and took on larger projects (which led us to build a $1 million + spec home) I did mostly framing. I really liked it a lot, but as time went on, I realized where I belonged. I found myself cutting beams and post (and all rough framing) to within 1/16th of an inch. Sometimes, the timber would fit so snug, I would say "looks like it grew there :)". As the completion was coming to an end on the spec home, my boss wanted to save some money on the cabinetry. So we set up shop in the new garage, and I went to town. My first big project, I basically did alone, covered the kitchen, huge pantry, laundry room and all four baths. After that, I just new what my calling was. Since then, I have been doing custom cabinetry. Lately, I've been building cutting boards (which started as Christmas presents) and I have been really enjoying it a lot and LEARNING more and more about the characteristics of wood. My goal is, someday, to be building custom furniture and the likes.

-- Childress Woodworks

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Scott Bryan

20052 posts in 700 days


posted 420 days ago

Hello Childress,

Welcome to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an interesting and rewarding part of your woodworking adventure.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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trifern

7890 posts in 645 days


posted 420 days ago

Welcome to LJ’s.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Max

13957 posts in 1151 days


posted 419 days ago

Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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rikkor

11338 posts in 752 days


posted 419 days ago

Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.

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ND2ELK

6065 posts in 652 days


posted 419 days ago

Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive.
God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Grumpy

14852 posts in 729 days


posted 419 days ago

Welcome to Lumberjocks . This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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itsme_timd

675 posts in 709 days


posted 418 days ago

Hi Childress, welcome to LJ – hope you enjoy your time here!

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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Kipster

1072 posts in 631 days


posted 415 days ago

Welcome to lumberjocks. I hope you take advantage of all the possibilities LJ’s offers.

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

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Karson

25271 posts in 1278 days


posted 342 days ago

Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Bureaucrat

6897 posts in 530 days


posted 57 days ago

Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary as a Lumber Jock! I look forward to more of your posts.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

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