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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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I've been with Wood Window Makeover for over 2 years now. And in that time I've learned a thing or two about wood windows. I'm not a...
Lynda
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Dedicated Tenoning Station
A dedicated tenoning station was one of first of my dedicated tool assemblies. The need arose out the delays inherent in changing set...
Steve Quillian
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Dedicated Sash Making Set Ups
What tools will I need to make a sash? As few as possible. The idea is to be as productive as possible in as little space and as little time
Steve Quillian
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Open Source Window Making
Window making in 2021 is all but dead unless you are a big fat corporation. And their windows are designed to fail. And they make them so...
Steve Quillian
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Fitting Day for Fitting Storm Windows
Because there aren’t any thunder storms lol! Its the big secret window replacement companies don’t want you to know. Why? They make...
Steve Quillian
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Major Facelift
If you have driven down Cypress Street in Tampa between Howard and Rome, you’ve undoubtedly seen a new mural being installed on the south...
Steve Quillian
Jan 23, 20215 min read
Managing Large Projects as Tapestries
So we have a large project coming up soon, in a couple of weeks as a matter of fact. For months we’ve been working on small to medium...
Steve Quillian
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Chasing ingredients
When you're figuring out what to cook for dinner, where do you start? With your store cupboard ingredients? Or do you find that one...
Steve Quillian
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Reminder to myself - find my moment of zen (by The Brit)
Some people are just great at puzzles. And they love them... Those kids who can solve a Rubik's cube is under a minute? Geniuses. Steve...
Steve Quillian
Jan 13, 20211 min read
The Archetypal Window - An American Success Story…
It was an archetypal time, unlike any other in history. The land of opportunity had reached its full stride. There was an ‘unending’...
Steve Quillian
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Once a Flip Always a Flip
So, our next job is one that sprung on us in an unlikely way. A man in St. Petersburg hired us to re-glaze his historic windows and make...
Steve Quillian
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Wood Window Advice? Keep Rowing Till The End
How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and understand not only the song, but...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20204 min read
Three Things The Artisan Protects Against...
Three things you want to protect yourself against at work are dust, unnecessary work, and unnecessary client judgment. Protect Yourself...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 202011 min read
Crockpot Hardware Cleaning
The methods for bringing turn of the century window hardware back to life aren’t immediately obvious. There are many styles of hardware,...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20206 min read
Innovative Measuring Tapes
A measuring tape was one of the first tools I learned how to use, though I don’t directly remember the specifics of learning how to use...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20207 min read
I AM NOT MY JOB!
Ok. Fair enough. Your “Job” is not who you are. It doesn’t define you. You are something greater, something more substantial. ...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20203 min read
Why They Don't Want You Restoring Windows
But why we're doing it anyway! True innovation takes a long time, sometimes months, years, decades or even centuries to make significant...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20206 min read
Small Complex Jobs - Maneuvering the Labyrinth and Taming the Dragon
You got burned but you protected your client. You walked away with scars but you took something with you. You learned respect for the dragon
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20209 min read
A Total Window Makeover in a 1920's Home
There are three components of a Total Window Makeover because there are three components that make up an historic window. They are the sash
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20203 min read
WWM Back Story With Brutal Beginnings
I never would have called myself a Craftsman back then. I'd just become comfortable calling myself a carpenter, even though by then I'd...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20204 min read
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