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SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="764"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="764" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCC66 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 892 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="892" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="764"><div> <B>      Our philosophy concerning machines is...... </B><B> <A NAME="top_1_1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>” The machines make the parts, </B></div> <div> <B>We make the furniture “. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> A</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>s</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> I describe in more detail in the Philosophy section, we are not impressed by the strident claims of some that it is the use of “hand tools”  that imparts quality to their work. We are doubly skeptical of a shop that offers a broad line of furniture through a multitude of dealers that insists that its work is indistinguishable from “handmade”</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> We use machinery only to the extent that it will enhance the quality of the finished product and relieve us from some of the drudgery associated with repetitive production of mundane components.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="cac2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="1"></B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#996600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT><B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Our time, talents and efforts are best spent on design and detail. We spend at least 30% of the total time invested in a piece on the finishing process.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>To suggest that a part or component is inherently “better”because it was produced with hand tools is ludicrous. For a company to associate itself with handmade furniture, and keep to a schedule of many dozen pieces a month is equally absurd.                    </B><B>        </B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>We are a five person shop, Michael, Judy, and our three children. Jennifer and Alana are 22years old, Christopher is 21. We manage and live on a 160 acre Tree Farm in a rural setting in Arkansas. We spend our time  handmaking Arts & Crafts furniture, about 200 - 300 pieces  a year.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>We run a small sawmill and a 5000 bd ft dry kiln. Our 6000 sq ft shop has many of the production machines necessary to turn the rough lumber into quality furniture parts. Those parts are hand selected, detailed, and finished then assembled into furniture one piece at a time. </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="196e84020.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="258" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B>Besides the requisite machinery and power  tools for ease of production of quality parts from rough lumber, there are a dozen hand planes and hundreds of chisels, scrapers, saws and other hand tools necessary to detail and hand fit the pieces together. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     Our work is individually “handmade” in every respect. We expend all the time necessary to assure an attractive, stable, and durable piece of furniture. We never leave a machined surface on any part of a piece of furniture. If the part has not been hand planed, it is hand sanded to 320 grit with random orbital sanders for a flawless finish.</B></I><I> </I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="892" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCC66 HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="764"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="764" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCC66 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="802"><div> <A HREF="wood_working_starts_in_the_forest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LOGGING SAWMILL"><U><B>LOGGING & SAWMILL</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="wood_working_starts_in_the_forest39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WOOD"><U><B>WOOD</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="dehumidification_kiln_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KILN"><U><B>KILN</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>MACHINERY</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="our_finish_is_the_best_available.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FINISH"><U><B>FINISH</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCC66 HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="764"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="764" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCC66 WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>  </B></I><I><B>  </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="246"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="246" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="246" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>