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Location: Central Florida
Website: http://dustynewt.com
I have been working wood, in one fashion or another, for as long as I can remember. When my family moved to Central Florida in 1980, I started working for my aunt, who carved redwood signs with a router. I (then a sixteen year old) had never used a bandsaw before. Niche found, I cut thousands of shapes for her to route names and artwork on.
I also did some routing, but never got as proficient as her. But, my talent with the bandsaw enabled me to be working for myself by the time I was eighteen. I had learned to cut names and shapes freehand (without patterns) and by doing this, how to best arrange wood letters so that readability and strength were both achieved.
I traveled the mall craft show circuit with promoter and coin cutter Randy Price and spent summers working in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This is where I met my wife, Julie, who was a candle carver "extraordinaire". We have been together 27+ years now.
We traveled these United States together, doing our thing until 1989, when we decided to "settled down" here in Florida. Living on the road ten months a year gets tiring.
Since then I have been a signmaker, cabinetmaker, antique dealer, cook and draftsman among other things that bear no mentioning. Sometimes working for myself, sometimes for others. I am currently employed by a major paper company as a production line operator. Although it is not what I would prefer to be doing, the benefits (insurance) for this now middle-aged man are worth dealing with the corporate mentality ...for now anyway.
Now, thanks to the World Wide Web, I sell my little woodstuffs strictly on-line, and do my favorite work on my days off without the pressure of having to rely on it to pay the bills. I have clients/friends all over the world and am fascinated by how small this world has become. Even ten years ago I could not have dreamed of the opportunities that the internet could provide.
So, please peruse my stuff here and feel free to contact me with criticism, feedback and comments.
-- Please visit me at http://dustynewt.com
| commented on | Valentine Boxes | 3 days ago |
| replied on | Carved Keychain for Scrap Wood Exchange | 7 days ago |
| added project | I Will Work for Scraps | 9 days ago |
| commented on | Small cabinet | 11 days ago |
| commented on | 1958 Powr-Kraft Jointer Restore | 11 days ago |
| commented on | Thuan's Workshop | 11 days ago |
| commented on | Cedar Post Box | 12 days ago |
| commented on | Hinges on the Botttom Box | 12 days ago |
| commented on | Necklace Cabinet | 14 days ago |
| commented on | Prairie Style Ceiling Lamp | 14 days ago |
| commented on | Richard's Profile | 14 days ago |
| commented on | Coffee Table Box | 14 days ago |
| commented on | SoDo Hall Bench | 14 days ago |
| commented on | International Keychains | 14 days ago |
| added project | Keychains in Brazilian Cherry, Cherry and White Oak | 17 days ago |
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I primarily make small woodstuffs (my name keychains being the most popular) and I feel really guilty buying a large board of some beautiful exotic or domestic hardwood and then hacking it up into pieces that I can use. I feel that the board shoul...
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My dad, Ralph Kent, Disney’s keeper of the mouse, passed last year. He was an artist, a designer of uncountable products, a lover of games, a terrible punster, and a collector of mammoth proportion. His chess set collection alone took up ...
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This box was made by an unknown craftsman untold years ago, my guess is the 1930’s. It is constructed of oak, pine and Spanish cedar cigar boxes (faded cigar box stamps still barely visible inside). It surfaced recently from a closet ...
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We inherited a parakeet with an unfortunate attitude from some people who I thought were friends. My wife, being the compassionate and free spirited person that she is, acquired a mate for the bird, thinking that this might help her disposition. S...
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I feel remiss in not posting any projects lately on LumberJocks, but the truth is I have had a few home projects going on that includes some wood work and a whole lot of sweat. Plus work, plus Christmas gifts of keychains and boxes, I really haven...
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WayneC
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posted 753 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
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Welcome to LJ! Enjoy!
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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome…
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WayneC
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Glad you made your way here. I would love to live in a place where I could have some peacocks around. My son has always really liked them. Which is why the stuffed one ended up at our house.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
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Welcome to LJ’s (enjoy)
God bless
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
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Branden
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Hello and welcome! This is a very good site for all types of woodworkers, glad you’re aboard!
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We welcome you to the one and only LumberJocks. We hope that you enjoy your stay/visit each and every time you show up on our door step. If you should need any woodworking question answered, don’t hesitate to ask. Somebody’s gonna have a good answer for you.
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 748 days ago
Welcome to LJ. Your interest in styles is perfectly in line with mine. As well as the philosophy of purism. I am so open to interpretation.
I think you will enjoy it here, great group of guys (and gals).
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 748 days ago
Your taste in humor looks to be in-line as well, I love the Red Green Show.
Used to work at the Costco in south Orlando many years ago. Lived in St. Cloud, Kissimmee, and Ocoee.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
cajunpen
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posted 739 days ago
Welcome to Lumber Jocks, look forward to seeing your work.
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Harold
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posted 737 days ago
The door pulls are outstanding!
-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.
oscorner
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posted 736 days ago
Glad to have you on board. Great looking projects!
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Russel
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posted 736 days ago
” I just want to pay the bills and be left to my designs.” – dustynewt
My sentiments exactly.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
BarryW
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posted 735 days ago
Howdy…welcome…I’ve been banged up for four weeks but finally getting back into the shop for my continuation of the project of putting the shop together and building a workbench. Thanks for adding me as a buddy.
-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.
oicurn2it2
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posted 728 days ago
hey dude this is more than i thought sems like a great group -b talking to you
thanks again
-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's
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posted 695 days ago
Thanks for the welcome, and interest in the guitars. I blogged a guitar how-to article. Sorry, no pictures, but I figure most will be able to follow. Hope it helps.
Andy
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posted 683 days ago
Great work on this and I really like the contrasting wood for the hinges.We have similar interest in design.I will be on the lookout for more of your work.Andy
-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon
jwarner75
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posted 363 days ago
Pretty nice Projects there, I added you to my Buddies List.
We seem to have just bout the same in common. Band Saw is pretty close to a Scroll Saw.
But with a Removeable Blade. Really good work!
Handi
-- Jimmy "Handi" Warner, http://jwarner75.etsy.com, http://handisworkshop.blogspot.com
kiwisharyn
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posted 138 days ago
Hi there – I like your work, have added you as a buddy, hope you don’t mind if I steal some of your ideas esp for small boxes (getting near the top of my to-do list). Interesting that you’re doing some Maori-inspired work. Don’t worry, I won’t tell them!
Cheers, Sharyn
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Congratulations on your upcoming 2 year anniversary being a Lumber Jock. Thanks for your posts and participation.
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Congratulations on your 2nd Anniversary. Hope you have many more on LumberJocks. We appreciate your posts and projects.
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Dale J Struhar Sr
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Thanks for your kind comments.
Your work is beautiful. I can appreciate the intricate work.
-- Dale, Ohio