DGM Woodworks

More Banks!

Dennis — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:27:54 +0000

I’ve been lazy over the past few weeks. I finished two Stuart Woods novels and caught up on some movies. I particularly enjoyed “The Help”. My wife got me the new Barnes and Noble Color Nook which I have become infatuated with. I am about halfway through the Steve Jobs biography on it right now [...]

Temporarily Out

Dennis — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:36:53 +0000

It’s official. All my Post Office door banks are temporarily sold out. I want to thank all my new and repeat customers for their continued support of handmade in America. The many kind comments I have received about the quality of my work is greatly appreciated. For those who have sent emails over the past [...]

Shifting Gears

Dennis — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:30:57 +0000

The Foothills Fall Festival was once again a great show with three days of wonderful weather and lots of customers. A few days after the show, the euphoria wore off and the reality that I had very little product left over set in. I now need to kick it into high gear to get ready [...]

Tennessee Here I Come!

Dennis — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:33:32 +0000

There’s nothing like Tennessee in the fall and I will be heading to my favorite show in Maryville, Tennessee in a couple of days. The Foothills Fall Festival sits in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains in downtown Maryville. It’s also a homecoming for me because I grew up in this area. The festival is [...]

Like A Box of Chocolates

Dennis — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:20:44 +0000

If you will pardon the cliché, wood is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to get. I buy most of my wood rough, as it comes from the saw mill, and plane it myself because it’s less expensive this way. The downside is you can’t really see the grain [...]

Laid Back Day!

Dennis — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:48:18 +0000

Every once in a while I get to take a break from making saw dust to work on related tasks that don’t require running a noisy saw and dust collector. I just crank up my IPod, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy a quiet day. Today I had to start putting the first of [...]

New Lazy Susans

Dennis — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:58:33 +0000

Perseverance pays off at the lumber yard when I take the time to dig all the way down to the bottom of each stack of lumber. I found this wild cherry board the other day that was just screaming for me to take it home and make some lazy susans out of it. I threw [...]

Like Hunting For Easter Eggs

Dennis — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:34:02 +0000

I don’t know why, but 1920 Flying Eagles are getting harder to find. Finding them for a decent price is even more challenging. I sold out before Christmas and many of my sources have dried up. I occasionally see a few on Ebay, but the prices bidders are paying for them is a little insane. [...]

What Stress?

Dennis — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:41:06 +0000

December has been a blur. It feels like I spent more time at the Post Office than in the shop for the past four or five weeks. The P.O. Box Banks were such a huge hit that I completely sold out two weeks before Christmas. Lazy Susans were also very popular. I lost track of [...]

Visiting The Old Stuff

Dennis — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:37:23 +0000

Years ago, when I was working for a major telecommunications company, I got into scroll saw work in the evenings and weekends as a diversion from technology. Sitting at my work bench for hours doing intricate fretwork would recharge my mentally wasted mind. There were many days that I would just loose track of time [...]