Window Craft, Restoration and Sash Making Obstructed by Planned Obsolescence Initiatives
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THE ARTISAN CHRONICLES
What goes on in the mind of an artisan? How does he work? How does she run the business? Read on. It's pretty interesting.
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Steve Quillian
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
The Artisan Within
Surely every Artisan is a worker, but not every worker is an Artisan. Every Artisan indeed is a worker, but what kind of worker?
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Steve Quillian
- Dec 19, 2022
- 5 min
A Unicorn for Christmas?
What do you want for Christmas? Maybe it's a black swan on the back of a unicorn. I'm going to be glad to spend a few weeks at home with...
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Steve Quillian
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
So You Want To Go Into The Window Business...
The business is so simple, yet so complex. Any complexities with the windows have all been removed, making the windows so simple to work...
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Steve Quillian
- Jun 16, 2022
- 5 min
Wood Window Tuning Begins at the Mechanical Makeover
Window restoration functions best as a team effort. After the initial set up, what I call the Mechanical Makeover, the work naturally...
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Steve Quillian
- Jun 2, 2022
- 11 min
The Carpenter/Painter Conundrum
Having been thinking for years about what kind of person I need to hire to help with the work at Wood Window Makeover, I am starting to...
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Steve Quillian
- Apr 2, 2022
- 5 min
Innate Perpetuality
Do you ever watch the TV show Survivor where they throw a bunch of people into a wilderness to compete in various challenges? Yet before...
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Steve Quillian
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Great Opportunities Disguised as Impossible Situations
(Entire unedited and candid discussion between Steve and Lynda about the state of the business and why she’s leaving Wood Window...
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Steve Quillian
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
An Unorthodox Faith and a Business Crippled By Imposter Syndrome
Ownership. What does it really mean to own a business? What does it really mean to own anything for that matter? Yes I started it. Yes,...
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Steve Quillian
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Today’s Goal
Fit and tune the sashes so they they can be stripped down, reglazed and painted - but in the middle of that there’s a lot. Deconstructing...
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Lynda
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Reuse / Recycle / Re-life
Prices of lumber are at an all time high. There's been much speculation as to why, but ultimately (as is so often the case) it's the...
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Steve Quillian
- Apr 8, 2021
- 1 min
Centro Espanol Radiused Transoms Being Restored
Some work you have to ease into. These radiused transoms from the Centro Espanol building in West Tampa exemplify that statement. Like...
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Lynda
- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
We don't do doors... except when we do ;)
Our work on West Tampa's Centro Espanol building continues this week. We've moved onto the second floor - and these amazing door units,...
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Lynda
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Museum workshops get underway
It was a perfect day in Tampa last Friday for our SOLD OUT First Friday Workshop. We had the best bunch of folks - who came from as far...
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Lynda
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Glass = Treasure
We’re working on an amazing project right now – the wood windows at West Tampa’s Centro Espanol building. It’s always interesting...
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Lynda
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
Museum - Phase 2
We made a commitment long ago to share our knowledge and passion for historic windows with as many people as possible. And our Wood...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Wood Window Overhaul Works Best Cyclically, Like Singing Rounds
(First published Sept, 2020) How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 25, 2021
- 6 min
How To Escape Client Judgment
I've always been passionate about how Client Care/Job Setup/Organizing the Work Beginning and End should be conducted. This is nothing...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Chisel in the Left Hand, Hammer in the Right
The Artisan has become such by eliminating unnecessary, superfluous movements and combining two or three basic movements into one that is...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 21, 2021
- 4 min
Set Up is Key to Excellence
The secret to excellent execution is an excellent set up. A worker may wind up with an excellent result every now and then, but for one...
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