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Location: McMinnville, Oregon
Website: gnarlywoodshoppe@onlinemac.com

Happily married with a mistress!
My friend Al Cronk & I run a small custom furniture shop in McMinnville, OR. We are (were) both Professional Foresters. We generally build strictly in the Arts and Crafts style. We try and use the parameter - if it won’t last a hundred years – we won’t build it.

Most work is on commission and clients found by word of mouth. Our standards are simple: Work from our shop doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does have to be your absolute best work! – Every time! ~we find that this principle will make your skill set and craftsmanship constantly improve.

I am fortunate enough to have friends of great faith that push me to build things I would never try on my own.

We thought the shop was plenty big a few years ago (~2,500 sqft)…though now it seems to get smaller every day. Al collects plumb- bobs and has hundreds of them hanging around the shop (I think he secretly believes he is keeping the shop “level” ;) He also has an eclectic hobby of collecting bones, especially skulls, hence any free wall space has a head-mount on it and there is one cabinet totally dedicated “just to bones…”

Our mascot is “Cisco”, my 8 year old chocolate Lab. She’s always on guard to save us from someone sneaking into the shop and killing us while we’re working ~”…here’s a biscuit Cisco,….good dog!”

We have both built most of the furniture in our own homes. We primarily use Black Walnut and White Oak, but also maple, alder and other NW species. I am recently finding old-growth Douglas-fir a great wood to work with and plan on focusing 2009 on projects with that species.

There are others who occasionally work in the shop and even one other partner. We encourage the young and try to mentor where we can. We embrace an old Germanic saying, “…so long the craft to learn, so short the life…”
Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Bill

2562 posts in 1052 days


posted 1016 days ago

Welcome Aboard Schroeder.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7034 posts in 1190 days


posted 1016 days ago

A big Lumberjock welcome to ya.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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PanamaJack

4447 posts in 968 days


posted 920 days ago

Welcome to LumberJocks..sorry I missed you the first time around. I enjoy your posts and projects.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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jockmike2

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posted 903 days ago

Welcome to lumberjocks schroeder. If you need any thing just ask anyone will point you in the right direction. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Rogue

89 posts in 361 days


posted 359 days ago

Your work is inspiring. Thanks for your commitment to great craftsmanship. I’d be honored to add you to my page for future inspiration.

-- Rogue

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Todd Thomas

4827 posts in 339 days


posted 337 days ago

Man I love your work …I’m into that style as well…but I’m just starting out..I’ve only built 2 things so far…..keep up the great work….love the dinning table

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

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Bureaucrat

7171 posts in 543 days


posted 286 days ago

Congratulations on 2 year anniversary at Lumber Jocks!

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

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