Woodworking Tips from Pop…

We built this mantel about 3 years ago for a customer in a North GA gated community.
We spent about four to five days building this piece including all the millwork which is manufactured in our shop. The lower mantel stands about six feet high and sits on a 10” hearth bringing it close to [...]

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a couple  thousand for you!
The object of building a cabinet with dado grooves is to cut down on time without sacrificing the integrity of the cabinet. In fact, you are adding to it!
The following drawings are examples of a basic carcass built out of 3/4″ [...]

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If you have ever spent time around a cabinet shop full of old timers, chances are you know what a dado is. Old timers are all about working smart, not hard.Their objective is to get the job done as fast and accurately as possible. The sooner they finish, the sooner they can go home. This [...]

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Cabinets can come in a variety of  forms. There’s Kitchens, vanities, bars, china cabinets, etc. They’re all basically some form of cabinetry. The list of measurements below are intended as a guideline only - cabinets can be built to any practical size.  

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Some time around 1865, long before old man Brunswick was putting on his bowling shoes, he was swinging a hammer perfecting the first saloon bars.  The bars were  prefabricated mainly with only hand tools, put on a train and shipped to saloons all across the country. What if they forgot something or measured wrong?  (someone got chewed out). I bet they [...]

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3″ face frame with 1 1/4″ slop

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Pop and I have been building custom mantels longer then we’ve been building bars. Honestly, I could not begin to tell you how many different styles of mantels that we’ve built. I can tell you that there are as many designs out there as people, so the options are endless. The trouble with choosing a design [...]

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