Saw this on Facebook today ( Read more... )

The person at the photo place wants me to make a frame identical to the one you see below, as she is pretty confident that she can sell my complete frames there. Awesome! Yesterday I got started, having bought a bunch of wood the day before ( Read more... )

The past month-plus basically lead up to today. I went to the picture frame shops and handed each an information sheet (about me, what I make, etc.), a pictorial list of the molding profiles I make so far, a comprehensive price list, and four wood samples. Well, all but one, which it turns out is closed on Mondays ( Read more... )

I've come to realize that my back/neck/shoulder tension/pain and this weird prostate thing are drastically affecting my life. I mean, yeah, it's been bad for a while and I know that, but the little day-to-day stuff is sinking in. My conditions (I don't like that term, but I know no other) are the reason that I'm not progressing with this business ( Read more... )

While I'm still not making a real income from this frame/molding thing, I'm getting closer every day. It takes a LOT, and I mean a shit ton of time to get a business going, and I'm doing it without any real funding and a body that is constantly fatigued and hurting. I talked to the person at the place that's going to give me my second order and ( Read more... )

I've been trying to figure out this whole wood staining thing, which is surprisingly difficult to do well. I haven't gotten consistent results nor the end color I want yet, using commercial oil stains ( Read more... )

As I just wrote on my Facebook thing, I've come to realize that I thrive on challenge and uncertainty. This thought was brought about by my work today. I'm staining wood which is vastly more difficult to do (properly) than one would think. I'm not even talking about doing it as meticulously as I do most things, I'm just trying to get it to turn ( Read more... )

I officially have my first picture frame molding-making job! It's 176 feet, mainly Ash with a little Fir for flavor. It's only $200 but I figure I gotta start somewhere and besides, if I do it in 10 hours, which I think I can, I get my $20/hr I'm aiming for. The dude owns a frame store and used to do a lot of frame-related woodworking, so he ( Read more... )

I built my router table super-quick-style a year ago to make that desk. I recently added a nice fence and T-track for a featherboard but I knew that its very low height of only 2 feet was a major problem for my back but didn't do anything about it ( Read more... )

My brother is going to embark on his first trip to Death Valley for his Spring Break, which makes me jealous. Yeah, I've spent a lot more time in a lot more places there than most people, but I can never get enough. I'm so glad that he's going there, as I want at least one other person I know to see what I have and marvel at what I would call God ( Read more... )