We bought truckloads of logs from the local area and began sawing, drying, and milling lumber. I hired the best craftsmen this area had to offer. I bought a new sawmill from TimberKing, a Nyle L200 dry kiln unit, a Woodmaster 725 Molder/Planer with all the options and a boatload of knives, a Woodmaster 5075 Drum Sander, and your Big Max DB500 dust collector. She bought into that idea so we built a 3,200 square foot workshop, sawmill shed, and dry kiln before starting the 13,000 square foot home. We broke ground for our ‘dream home’ in 2004 and I convinced my wife that she should let me build my dream workshop first so I could make all the interior woodwork for the home right here on site.
Here’s what Charles emailed us recently when he entered our Photo Contest…Ĭan an entire house be considered a ‘woodworking project?’ It was, for me, the biggest woodworking project I have ever undertaken. With help, of course, from the best contractors in his area, and his Woodmaster Molder/Planer and Woodmaster Drum Sander. But besides the sheer size and scale, the remarkable fact is Charles built all this himself. Throw in a 1,000 square foot guest house and a 3,200 square foot workshop and you’ve got over 17,000 square feet of living space. And that’s exactly what he did.įor Charles McCullough, home is 13,000 square feet big in the style of an English country home. He has everything he needs to turn roughcut lumber into finished trim and molding. homestead with his Woodmaster Molder/PlanerĬharles gets some serious use out of his Woodmaster Molder/Planer, shown here. Tagged Paul Mayer | Charles builds an AWESOME 17,000 sq.
SAVE BIG NOW on Woodmaster Drum Sanders – sale prices, online specials SAVE BIG NOW on Woodmaster Molder/Planers – sale prices, online specials And visit Tool Metrix, his tool testing and evaluation consulting business. See Paul’s videos on our Woodmaster Tools blog, and his posts on the Woodworkers Guild of America website. Paul Mayer, Woodmaster Molder/Planer owner, Minnesota I’m getting well known as a zealous advocate for Woodmaster!” Readers contact me about the Woodmaster Molder/Planer quite a bit because of the articles and videos about Woodmaster I’ve put together. I love woodworking and I love writing about it - I write regular articles for the Woodworkers Guild of America’s website. Plus, it’s the only American-made planer on the market. Woodmaster’s a great planer and, with incremental cost, you get a drum sander, too. I think of the Woodmaster as a combination planer and drum sander for the small to medium shop. “This is one of the first test runs I did on my Woodmaster.” Paul, a 14″ maple plank, and his Woodmaster. In my experience, the color and grain patterns never quite match unless you make the molding yourself from the same wood. 99% of woodworkers have to match molding as best they can. As one small example, I can make molding of the same wood as the furniture I’m building. But any woodworker who makes furniture or cabinetry will be amazed by the increase in capabilities this machine gives them. Sure, lots of guys are earning money by making molding with their Woodmasters - it’s easy to see the return on investment. I think Woodmaster is the best kept secret in the fine woodworking community. “Best kept secret in the fine woodworking community.” Woodmaster’s Spiral Cutterhead worked perfectly and a trip through the Woodmaster turned it into a $400 tabletop. This curly maple was $25 a board foot, a very special piece of wood with an intense pattern. Most of the wood I buy is $2 to $5 a board foot. I used it on the curly maple table in the photos. I got the Spiral Cutterhead, too, and I love it. It gives me three or four times the functionality in one machine, one small footprint. For example, I’m testing a lathe right now but I won’t keep it - it just takes up too much room for the use I’d get out of it. My shop could fit twice as many tools as I have but I won’t do it. I have a big shop but there’s no way I’ll take up space with a lot of equipment. “This piece demonstrates that you can make ‘non-boxy’ furniture with a Woodmaster.” I based it on a design by woodworking legend, Sam Maloof,” says Paul. “I built this bench of walnut, planed on my Woodmaster.