Growing up in the mountains of Tennessee I can remember my first encounter with woodworking. This experience came on a Saturday morning while watching TV on the PBS channel. I remember watching this guy with a beard build beautiful furniture on these wonderful power tools. It seemed like magic how the tools milled his timber from rough stock to finished boards. Norm was his name, he had a unique ascent and dressed like my grandfather. The show was very well put together a

I haven't had a lot of videos lately on the YouTube channel. The biggest reason has been both the rain and my son Bruno graduated Kindergarten last week and is now home for the summer. My wife works shift work at a local factory so most of my summer is usually spent with Bruno, which is alright with me, but results in a lack of videos/sawmill work. However after we get through this first transition of summer vacation I should be back on the mill by next week. The photo abov