Started at about 13. At 14 got a,cool job building wooden presentation beer boxes and the owner had the sweetest shop that he let me use after hours. Worked there til 18.
Made solid cedar chests, bassinets, misc furniture, but my love was custom wooden presentation boxes for guns and odd funky boxes with parquetry.
Loved zebrawood...very hard wood but with patience, absolutely beautiful. Also ebony, koa, padouk, purpleheart, etc....love that shit.
Built my 25 x 35 garage and my 16 x 32 unfinished cabin....lot more time than money! Lol
Sorry if i keep fonking up your politics thread Yoshmeister
