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159 posts in 698 days
Location: Rochester, NY
Website: www.hardwoodclocks.com
I'm a retired naval officer pursuing my other loves in life - chasing my wife around the house and fine woodworking - in that order! I had the privilege of serving at the command level in the greatest navy that has ever sailed the Earth for a quarter century. I'm proud to say that I wagged the finger at Qaddafi in the Gulf of Sidra (1984-5), nailed drug runners in the gulf coast, sailed proudly with our NATO forces against our former enemy, the Soviets, did my part in Somalia, Iraq and Korea and, most recently trained newly commissioned naval officers at the University of Rochester, NROTC. Now that I'm retired from my naval career, I'm giving the woodcraft career a go. I'll decide if this is how I want to spend the next decade+ by year's end. It's a great hobby and can be a good business but, I don't want to spend my twilight years in poverty either! I am looking for woodcraft manufacturers who can reproduce my wood wheel clock designs with detailed consistency. With an MBA, I am more useful as a business driver and designer than sawdust maker, although, I enjoy the opportunities to create one-off projects in my makeshift basement work shop. I'm enthusiastic about this forum and look forward to sharing with its members. Having viewed the many projects posted I can say with certain humbleness, I have a lot to learn! There is real talent at this blog site. Max
-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com
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23 comments so far
Karson
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posted 698 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
I didn’t get very far in your web site but it looks great.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Charles Maxwell
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posted 698 days ago
Thanks Karson.
-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com
DAN
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posted 698 days ago
welcome to lj’s ... great work
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
Max
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posted 698 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome…
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
gene
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posted 698 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s (Enjoy)
God bless
-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia
brunob
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posted 698 days ago
If you like working with wood, you’re in the right place. Welcome from a fellow Upstate New Yorker.
-- Bruce from Central New York
TreeBones
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posted 698 days ago
Good to see you here, this is a great site. You have some nice work. The clocks are very impressive.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/
cajunpen
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posted 698 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
gbvinc
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posted 697 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks! (And thank you for your service!)
Thos. Angle
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posted 695 days ago
Welcome to LJ. It’s a fun place and not near as dangerous as the Navy.
-- Thos. Angle
TomFran
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posted 695 days ago
Welcome aboard!!! Glad you found us.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
mot
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posted 695 days ago
Hey! Welcome to LJ!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
will2480
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posted 695 days ago
Your clocks are very interesting to me. I’ve seen clocks like this in one magazine before and I was amazed. Great work! I hope that some day I can create a clock similar to yours. Thanks for the inspiration!
Greg Mitchell
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posted 692 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 685 days ago
MAX! WOW! Welcome to LJ! I am so glad you joined and have shared your projects. I have already checked them out and it is truly impressive. I checked out your website as well.
You are in a great area of the country for woodworking.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Popintraining
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posted 680 days ago
Hey Max, That is some pretty awesome stuff on your site. Do you make all the components for your clocks?
-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://woodworkingtipsfrompop.com
PanamaJack
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posted 661 days ago
We would like to welcome you to the one and only LumberJocks. If you should need any woodworking question answered, don’t hesitate to ask. Somebody’s gonna have a good answer for you.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
rtb
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posted 568 days ago
WOW !!!! I discovered you via your shadow box and was overwelmed. I also receive a monthly check from DOD. I have so many thoughts about you and your that it would require an long essay. So let me say just this, althought I’ve been a ‘jock less time than you, Welcome aboard neighbor, may you always have trailing winds.
ralph CWOIII USAR (ret)
-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "
Richard Williams
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posted 494 days ago
Hi Skipper, OUTSTANDING work. You outdid yourself once again Captain. Once you learn that Inventor program you will never go back again to the T square, pencils and tri-ruler again. Have a great one buddy. Bye
-- Rich, Nevada,
RusticJoy
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posted 487 days ago
Your clocks are amazing. I am AD Army, stationed in Korea right now. Your work is very nice. Hope to see more to come.
-- Dave Wert, U.S. Army, Korea for now
mtnwild
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posted 409 days ago
Sir, well done. May I say WOW!, Sir. The clocks are eye candy. What beautiful working sculptures. I hope your plans work out. They would be popular. Glad you found this site and shared. Glad I found this site to see your work. I was a hydraulic jet mechanic, flight deck trouble shooter, aboard the USS Roosevelt, CVA 42. Two cruises in the med.. Just thought I’d share.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
Rogue
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posted 314 days ago
You’ll do great! In my experience the woodworkers who live in poverty are the one who cut corners. Your work is exquisit and I look forward to see more stuff from you.
-- Rogue
carpentrymonster
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posted 9 days ago
Thanks for taking the time to help me. You are a true craftsman! Geartrude is a marvel of woodworking innovation, she deserves some recognition of her own!