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Inexpensive home-center tools and materials can be used to build pieces that are surprisingly sophisticated. All it takes is a little ingenuity and some decent designs. Sadly, the guides are fewer in number today. So they buy more tools and machines. I want you to know something important that doesn’t get said much: There is another way to begin building furniture. I’m not talking about building junk, either. To build nice furniture you need three things: A handful of decent tools that you won’t outgrow, some help getting started and some realistic projects to build. This story is an introduction to our “I Can Do That” column, which we have featured on our web site and in the magazine since June 2006. Rustic Log Furniture Gallery. Colorado grown. Colorado crafted. Custom Log Furniture, Fixtures, and Decor Each piece of furniture that comes out of the San Juan Carpentry shop was crafted using a hands-on approach that is rarely seen in the log furniture industry.
The process begins by hand-selecting and harvesting usable, standing-dead aspen and pine logs from Colorado forests. When a piece of furniture is crafted, we sift through our inventory to find logs and lumber that will contribute to the piece under construction in a very specific way. The pieces you see in the pictures are samples of what our premium-craft furniture looks like. We can alter our construction techniques to accommodate for lower price points. San Juan Carpentry builds pieces for wholesale as well as consumer direct custom pieces. If you have any questions or would like a free estimate, please Contact Us. How To Log, Mill, & Stack Lumber. Knowledge Base at WoodWeb. About the Knowledge Base WOODWEB's Knowledge Base functions as an online, wood industry library.
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