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Location: Sulphur Springs, Tx
Website: havenwoodcrafts.weebly.com

I love to spend time out in my shop (2-car garage) working on projects. I have spent my adult life working with wood in one form or another. Interiors for corporate jets, residential cabinets, even some framing and re-modeling.

I work in a cabinet shop, doing the mundane stuff (cabinet doors) as well as the custom arch moldings, turnings and other one-off pieces for the shop.

At home I build projects for my home (read- wife), gifts, and some to sell. I go back and forth about working for myself but am real hesitant about getting stuck with deadlines and dealing with customers all the time. I get enough of that at work and like MY shop to be the place I go to relax. The people I build furniture for now know that I'm not in any hurry to meet deadlines and I will turn out work worth waiting on.

I like to take on new projects that catch my attention. I've made game boards for myself and friends, routed bowls, furniture for my house, etc. I finally bought a lathe this past spring and am practicing with it as time allows and the mood strikes.

Fall through spring are my best times to get out in the shop as the middle of summer in East Texas can be a killer and the last thing I want to do after working in the heat all day is sweat out in the garage.

-- Robert - Haven Wood Crafts

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Ain't Life Grand? #1: A big change for us (and more to come)

12-05-2010 07:07 AM by rsmith71

The last two months have been absolutely insane around our home. We have had some additions to our family marked with tragedy and lots of laughs and love.My wife is an elementary teacher in a small rural district. Two months ago, we received a pho...

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Going Shopping!!

05-28-2010 02:53 AM by rsmith71

I got some great news this week! Finally got my income tax refund back and got the go ahead to spend it on new toys/tools! I’ve been researching and and contemplating and decided to finally take the plunge into turning. I want to say thanks ...

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Shop Stuff. #7: Wood Gloat

03-11-2010 04:30 AM by rsmith71

Just had to add my own free wood gloat. Last fall a friend of a friend decided to clean out his workshop. My friend called me and asked if I was interested. I couldn’t get there fast enough. We loaded up in my truck and hit the road. Let me ...

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Shop Stuff. #6: Almost Done

03-04-2010 04:13 AM by rsmith71

Haven’t added anything lately. Been really busy working then coming home working on my workshop till 9 or so nearly every night. Anyway, I will post the cabinets as projects later but in the menatime I updates my workshop with new pics of ev...

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Shop Stuff. #5: Progress, Cabinets coming together

02-11-2010 04:44 AM by rsmith71

I got a real start on my shop cabinets finally. I managed to build the shells of my router table, Mobile workbench and scroll saw bench. It’s really hard to keep from tripping all over everything in the garage. It’ll get more crowded t...

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woodworm home \| projects \| blog 14477 posts in 4508 days #1 posted 01-26-2010 04:30 PM	Welcome to Lumberjocks! -- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
SnowyRiver home \| projects \| blog 51458 posts in 4398 days #2 posted 01-26-2010 04:32 PM	Welcome aboard. Nice that you could join us on Lumberjocks. -- Wayne - Plymouth MN
a1Jim home \| projects \| blog 118146 posts in 4495 days #3 posted 01-26-2010 07:15 PM	Welcome to LJs a place were there are great people,super projects and outstanding woodworkers.Enjoy -- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos
Max home \| projects \| blog 56000 posts in 5191 days #4 posted 01-26-2010 07:16 PM	Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… *Welcome* -- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Scott Bryan home \| projects \| blog 27249 posts in 4740 days #5 posted 01-26-2010 08:41 PM	Hello Rsmith71, Let me welcome you to LJs. I am sure that you will find being a member of this group to be an interesting, as well as exciting, experience. Have fun and enjoy. -- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
WistysWoodWorkingWonders home \| projects \| blog 12825 posts in 4075 days #6 posted 01-27-2010 06:02 AM	Hi there, I too am somewhat new to LumberJocks and would like to welcome you to the site. The folks here are great and the projects will absolutely blow your mind. There are some very talented people out there… Sit back, enjoy the ride and be careful, this site is extremely addictive… Welcome to LJ Wisty -- New Project = New Tool... it's just the way it is, don't fight it... :)
woodchic home \| projects \| blog 841 posts in 4275 days #7 posted 01-27-2010 02:53 PM	Hello….....Welcome to lj’s AKA…............Woodchic -- Robin Renee'
ND2ELK home \| projects \| blog 13494 posts in 4692 days #8 posted 01-27-2010 03:56 PM	Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive. God Bless tom -- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
Splinterman home \| projects \| blog 23074 posts in 4279 days #9 posted 01-28-2010 10:49 AM	WELCOME to LJ’s ….the best place to enhance your woodworking skills and knowledge.
Todd A. Clippinger home \| projects \| blog 8901 posts in 5017 days #10 posted 01-28-2010 05:07 PM	Welcome to LumberJocks – The best woodworking community anywhere! You are off to quite a start at LJ and I look forward to seeing more of your posts and projects. Share the Love ~ Share the Knowledge -- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com
Maveric777 home \| projects \| blog 2694 posts in 3994 days #11 posted 01-30-2010 05:38 AM	I got to make me a cool video like Todd did. Till then… I will have to go with an old fashion… “Welcome to Lumber Jocks” -- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.
Karson home \| projects \| blog 35229 posts in 5318 days #12 posted 01-31-2010 09:51 PM	Welcome to LumberJocks, Glad to have you aboard. † -- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †
Beginningwoodworker home \| projects \| blog 13345 posts in 4591 days #13 posted 02-01-2010 05:55 AM	Welcome to LumberJocks!
Roger home \| projects \| blog 21031 posts in 3722 days #14 posted 10-24-2010 01:46 AM	You’ve got some great lookin projects there Robert. Awesome stuff. -- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. [email protected]

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