The Woodworks

The Woodworks The Woodworks was my "high end custom woodworking business", that I owned & operated for 35 years. My career experience was one of "self actualization".

This page is dedicated to the time & effort that I put into my career as a fine woodworker. These photos bear witness to the results of my endeavors. Please share this with anyone who is interested in "fine furniture & or cabinet making" at the highest level. I am retired over 5 years and am proud of my success.

This is an example of a project from start to "finish" (pun intended). This mesquite tree grew in Mikes yard from the ti...
03/07/2018

This is an example of a project from start to "finish" (pun intended). This mesquite tree grew in Mikes yard from the time he was a kid in Rio Hondo, Texas. The house was sold, the tree was on the wain, so Mike & his friend harvested the tree in 1994. Fast forward to the spring of 2012. This was to be my final project in my woodworking career. The Island facade was best suited for a simple design with a rustic aspect to it. Although I could have easily gone with a frame & cross plank design for the top, I elected to use that for the bottom & employed a framed parquet inlay for the exposed work surface. The cabinet sides were 1/2 inch thick mesquite plank skins over a maple plywood base. The legs were 3 x 3 inch furniture blanks ploughed to accept the cabinet sides. The bottom drawer had 1 1/2 inch holes for ventilation as this was a vegetable drawer. Here are the temporal shots as the project progressed. Mike was an indentured helper as the cost of production was mitigated by his participation.

03/07/2018

It's been over 5 years since I retired & closed my shop. I still feel that there are those out there that might enjoy perusing what amounts to my life's work. I had the good fortune to embrace self actualization on a daily basis.

Whilst I had 4 locations over the years, my last two were buildings that I had built. 305 East Walker was my business ad...
03/06/2018

Whilst I had 4 locations over the years, my last two were buildings that I had built. 305 East Walker was my business address for 28 years & I was present 6 days a week. It was a 10,000 sf building that served me well. It was located 1/2 mile from my house, just far enough away to have separation between work & home, yet extremely convenient to the point that I could walk or bike if I so chose. Here are some photos of my shop & my equipment. I always felt that equipment was more important than man power. Equipment seldom calls in sick or hits you up for an advance before payday.....I generally had 3-4 helpers but had as few as 1 during the lean times.

Our house was built in 1909. It was a fairly austere "Gulf Coast Bungalow (as my wife describes it ). I elected to give ...
03/06/2018

Our house was built in 1909. It was a fairly austere "Gulf Coast Bungalow (as my wife describes it ). I elected to give some panache by adorning it with Victorian era style architectural embellishments in the flavor of Old Galveston. I designed & built furniture pieces & built-in cabinetry to further that end. Here are some photos showing what I did & some before & after views for comparison.

Multiple views of projects and or temporal shots of the work(s) in progress.
03/06/2018

Multiple views of projects and or temporal shots of the work(s) in progress.

I was fortunate in my career to be featured in newspaper articles , books & magazines. I was even featured on television...
03/06/2018

I was fortunate in my career to be featured in newspaper articles , books & magazines. I was even featured on television several times back in the mid 90's. Here are some of the publications...

This is an amalgam of project photos that represents a cross section of my work in various styles and for the most part ...
03/06/2018

This is an amalgam of project photos that represents a cross section of my work in various styles and for the most part were done in the last 20 years of my career. I designed all the projects, fabricated all the wooden components & even made most of the veneers that I used. I did all the finish and installation work as I never wanted to run the risk of "a failure to perform" on the part of others. My projects were both residential & commercial and I even made the altar furniture for several large churches. I am self taught and retired after 35 years in business in 2012. My education is science based and I hold a both a Bachelors and Masters degree, but I have no formal training in woodworking, not even high school shop class.

10/22/2015

Please take the time to view the other photos of my work .The kitchen is nice, but my furniture is my best work.

This kitchen remodel was fraught with issues ranging from "wire management", downdraft vent placement & inner cabinet v...
12/20/2014

This kitchen remodel was fraught with issues ranging from "wire management", downdraft vent placement & inner cabinet vertical staircase support. Every wooden component was manufactured in house & the completed cases were staged for goodness of fit, before finish was applied.

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League City, TX
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