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152 posts in 420 days
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
| commented on | natural edge slab benches | 3 days ago |
| commented on | Black Walnut Beauty | 4 days ago |
| commented on | Turn Table / Lazy Susan | 6 days ago |
| commented on | shoe rack | 11 days ago |
| added blog entry | Milled some of the walnut | 14 days ago |
| replied on | Brazilian Red Wood | 15 days ago |
| commented on | cherry | 16 days ago |
| commented on | Red Oak and Mahogany Craftsman style Coffee Table | 16 days ago |
| commented on | Butcher Block | 16 days ago |
| replied on | Oak in a cutting board? | 17 days ago |
| commented on | Civilized Sycamore | 17 days ago |
| commented on | just pretty wood | 17 days ago |
| commented on | Outdoor Cedar Subwoofer Bench | 23 days ago |
| commented on | Cherry and walnut bench from a slab I milled. | 27 days ago |
| replied on | Pistol Grips | 28 days ago |
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About to get a commission on a cabinet and I’m trying to sell the customer on black walnut. So I took one of the flitches I picked up a couple weeks ago and milled a bookmatched panel to give the customer a sneak peak at what they could have...
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I met a gentleman last week and we got to talking about wood. Turns out he used to work the wood and “still had some walnut” he says. “If you want it, you can have it” Well, my week went by and today my wife and I had to go...
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Looking at this, you can see I have a little too much time on my hands. But I guess good things can come from having no work… You get to make jigs and the like! This “side project” started after I received about 8 tabletops (i...
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Scott Bryan
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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.
trifern
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posted 420 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Max
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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
rikkor
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posted 419 days ago
Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
ND2ELK
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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
Grumpy
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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
itsme_timd
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posted 418 days ago
Hi Childress, welcome to LJ – hope you enjoy your time here!
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
Kipster
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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
Karson
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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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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!