Dallas Cowboys And Philadelphia Eagles Logos
A plumber installing new water lines in my basement (which is where I do my carving) saw some of my work and asked if I could do a football team logo for his favorites, Dallas and the Philadelpia Eagles. I did both for him. I used the CNC router to do the carving, applied a stain (dark walnut) which darkened and highlighted the carved areas, then applied tung oil. The wood is just inexpensive patchwork pine (edge glued strips of various sizes to make a wide board).
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About Me
I'm a 70 year old guy, retired in 2007, after 30 years of college teaching. I wanted to a good teacher, certainly better than most of the schmucks who taught me. I did OK but wasn't the "great" teacher I wanted to be. Then health issues forced an early retirement. I had always been interested in woodworking of the carpentry type, which I still do for personal projects. But I also discovered "creative" woodworking of a more artistic kind that I describe below and that's what I've been doing for the past 8 years.
My "Business"
I don't really have a company nor am I really in business. I'm a one-man hobby operation. I just use "The Old Man's Woodshop" on my non-business cards. I do rustic, simple wood projects: walking sticks and canes, small signs (house numbers, welcome, business, etc.), artistic wood carvings (can be hand-painted), small furniture, among other things. I also grow and decorate gourds as bowls, vases, birdhouses, animals, little people, creatures). What I do is not my livelihood and I'm not trying to make a lot of money. Mostly, I just want to make things that will please my customers. So far, so good. People seem pleased with the results of the 5 CustomMade projects I have completed. Similarly, that holds true for other people I done things for, e.g., several small business signs.
(To be continued)
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Cheryl Jones
For Gourd Person5.0I named him Delbert. Awesome gentleman to work with
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Kevin M
For Wood Carving4.7 
EMEdward Miggins
For Celtic Knot Carvings5.0- ML
Mike Lovett
For House Number Signs5.0Michael was excellent from start to finish - couldn't be happier with the end result.
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john
For corner shelves3.8Very difficult describing the exact dimensions that we needed; Mr. Olson did a fine job with the workmanship and choice of wood and stain
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