About

Retired Police Sergeant, Eugene Police Department. Retired July 1, 2011.

After I retired from Law Enforcement it didn’t take long to realize I would need something more to do with some of my time. I’ve been involved with woodworking since middle school, and started putting my own woodshop together in 1980, shortly after getting out of the military.

Over the past 10 years or so, I have been fortunate enough to be able to afford to look at upgrades to many tools in my shop. I started looking at pen making for the first time, and woodturning in general with a new eye toward what others were doing with it today. I was amazed and quite intrigued.

I decided to upgrade my lathe and attended a woodworking show at our local Woodcraft store here in Eugene. As I watched a gentleman from Sorby demo his tools I couldn’t help but admire the lathe he was using — a Nova DVR XP. Of course I had to have it. I ended up diving head first back into woodturning and learning pen making.

This has been fun, and is a great way to pass the time in retirement. I have very much enjoyed sharing my work, and have discovered there is a demand for it. I want to thank those who have encouraged me as I put together a small business around what used to be my hobby.

I have taken my general woodworking to the next level and recently completed a new workbench to showcase what I am capable of. As a result, I have expanded my offerings to full size furniture pieces. (I say one person, but those who know me also know how valuable the help I get from Kathleen is. Kathleen is another name for “quality control.”)