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Location: Central Florida
Website: http://dustynewt.webs.com/
I am a 44 year old polack who wound up in central Florida in 1979 at the age of 15 after being born in California, and living in New Jersey and all around central New York, mostly near Oneida. As a teenager, I started working for my aunt who carved redwood signs. I cut out thousands of blank shapes that she would then letter and paint. I did some of that myself along with building lots of displays to suit "Mall" requirements. Spending so much time on the bandsaw gave me proficiency to start doing freehand letters, so I would go to shows with her and work for her and also cut my letters which I was surprised that people would pay for. Desk plaques, wall names, addresses and even some commercial signage. We traveled all over, doing mall shows from Miami to Phoenix. We were spending the summer of '82 working in Keystone, S.D. at the foot of Mount Rushmore, when I met my wife, a candle carver also from central Florida. We have been together ever since. Around 1988, after six years of living on the road, earning our living from show to show, my wife and I decided to stay put for awhile here in Haines City. I went to commercial art school till the funding ran out, worked as a commercial signmaker, dealt in antiques, took 3 years of vocational cabinet making and millwork. Now, I work in a paper mill and am trying to get my woodworking off the ground. I love the arts & craft and the Japanese styles very much, especially Greene & Greene. I also favor the flowing forms of the art nouveau movement. I am not much of a purest of any one style as long as it is well executed. I hope to soon be able to support us on my woodwork alone doing small pieces of furniture and neat boxes. Stuff that can easily be transported or shipped. I just want to pay the bills and be left to my designs.
I was very excited to find Lumberjocks. It has rejuvenated my desire to do my work as a craftsman.
I wish to thank everyone here at LJ for giving me such a warm welcome.
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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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I read all of the community’s responses to my last blog, and had firmly decided that to retain my self esteem and to quit feeling like a sucker, I would cancel my subscriptions. But I really do love this magazine and their other products so ...
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WayneC
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
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mot
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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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posted 312 days ago
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
Greg Mitchell
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Welcome to Lumberjocks!
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gene
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posted 312 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s (enjoy)
God bless
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
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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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posted 311 days ago
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 308 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).
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Todd A. Clippinger
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2533 posts in 550 days
posted 308 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 298 days ago
Welcome to Lumber Jocks, look forward to seeing your work.
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Harold
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posted 297 days ago
The door pulls are outstanding!
-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.
oscorner
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posted 296 days ago
Glad to have you on board. Great looking projects!
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Russel
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posted 296 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 295 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 /\/\/\ http://thecreekviewwoodworker.blogspot.com
oicurn2it2
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posted 288 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
WhiskeyWaters
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posted 255 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 243 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
-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY
WoodJack49
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posted 212 days ago
Thank you for the comments about the tool tote. I took a look at you projects as well. You have some serious design and execution talent.
Like you, I’m fond of G&G and I find Art Nouveau intriguing. I also have a liking for Art Deco, Spanish Colonial, Japaneese Tansu, and Federal style, as long as the pieces aren’t too ornate and fussy.
Thanks, again.
-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif