The BurcHowdy Shaft is making progress. There’s likely 10 to 15 test shafts in each of those black birch logs. The corner wheel folded when I rolled the entire tree on a cart into the garage. But before I can saw them I want a new slow heater/kiln to put them in, one designed for […]
The Character Cues Black Burchowdy torrefied shaft, for sale now, is for delivery in summer of 2026. In a nutshell: Only 30 Black Burchowdy shafts are available for pre-sale. Full transparency: I’m using their sale to fund the process below. I intend to have a blast with it, make some Youtube videos so everyone can keep […]
2000 years ago a man worked miracles in front of thousands, healed the sick, raised the dead, said things only the divine could conceive to say, fulfilled so many prophesies the math calls it impossible, was murdered, entombed, and then seen alive in the flesh. The people who saw him spread his message of redemption […]
I wrote last fall that I’m declining custom orders. The reason was simple: they take a lot more time than builds where I consult no one but my muse. But frankly, the sort of person who buys a custom Character Cue is the sort of person I like to know. I don’t, on principle, like […]
While processing burl this last week I realized I had no space for it, so I did the ugly deed. I judged. I went through all of my stabilized wood and all my dry spalted wood, yet to be stabilized, and created a massive burn pile. All the wood that wasn’t either perfectly plain or […]
My guiding principle in pricing is that my Creator commands me to love you, and that means I have to care for you like I care fore me. That’s why I give everyone great latitude in all areas of their lives. I require it myself! 😉 Anyhow, when I wrote up my price page for […]