Mike Mathieu
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- Midlothian,Va
Hi everyone
Been a while since I've posted anything here. Lots been happening lately. Had a heart attack in March which kind of put me out commission for a while but happy to report that things are back to normal for me now. Haven't been doing much scroll saw work but plenty of other projects keeping me busy.
Last year I decided to try something new and set up a page on CustomMade .com. Although I have gotten a few small commissions from this, I wondered if it was worth the cost to continue. Well it has paid off with my best commission yet, so it looks like I will renew for another year. This is the prototype of a custom knife block that I made for a client that is having me make 40 of these to give to their customers for Christmas. The client sent me the specs of all the knives and an idea for the shape of the prototype and here it is.
Made from Walnut, Cherry and Maple. Quite a challenge to get everything to fit perfectly figuring the 18 degree angles involved and producing so many perfect glue lines but I whipped it with the help of different custom jigs which I will use for the mass production work. This will keep me busy for awhile!!!.
Let the fun begin!!!
Been a while since I've posted anything here. Lots been happening lately. Had a heart attack in March which kind of put me out commission for a while but happy to report that things are back to normal for me now. Haven't been doing much scroll saw work but plenty of other projects keeping me busy.
Last year I decided to try something new and set up a page on CustomMade .com. Although I have gotten a few small commissions from this, I wondered if it was worth the cost to continue. Well it has paid off with my best commission yet, so it looks like I will renew for another year. This is the prototype of a custom knife block that I made for a client that is having me make 40 of these to give to their customers for Christmas. The client sent me the specs of all the knives and an idea for the shape of the prototype and here it is.
Made from Walnut, Cherry and Maple. Quite a challenge to get everything to fit perfectly figuring the 18 degree angles involved and producing so many perfect glue lines but I whipped it with the help of different custom jigs which I will use for the mass production work. This will keep me busy for awhile!!!.
Let the fun begin!!!