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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20203 min read
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Mastering The Tenon
Making Tenons. There's a whole bunch of ways to make them, but none simpler and quicker than this. There was a time long ago when tenons...
Steve Quillian
Mar 9, 20202 min read
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Dig Yourself Out By Digging A Hole
On July 14, 1990, Bobby Fisher (Not the Chess Player), the man who gave me the opportunity to learn how to work went back to prison. He...
Steve Quillian
Jan 14, 20205 min read
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Introduce Yourself To Your Own Incompetence
There is a reason you fail at work. You don’t even know what work is. I was a stoned and incompetent, guitar playing, drop out of a 16...
Steve Quillian
Jan 6, 20205 min read
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Everything in Sequence
My first job was a paper route with my dad, two brothers and myself - mom wasn't in the picture. We'd wake up between four and five in...
Steve Quillian
Dec 29, 20193 min read
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How to Clean Up on a Jobsite - 10 Lessons
I didn’t listen to everything my dad told me, but I did listen about how to get a job. He told me to always have my tools with me on my...
Steve Quillian
Dec 28, 20193 min read
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Casement Windows Are Complicated
I first learned to hang doors in my late teens. I was the helper for two high end carpenters and we all worked for a man named Steve...
Steve Quillian
Nov 26, 20193 min read
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What Motivates An Artisan?
There's that scene in the second Matrix movie where Neo and Trinity get off the elevator in Zion and encounter an overwhelming group of...
Steve Quillian
Nov 22, 20191 min read
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Glazed By Friday For The Win
You have to glaze by Friday if you want to finish the job on time and get paid. Glazing by Friday takes advantage of the natural two day...
Steve Quillian
Aug 8, 20192 min read
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If You Want To Be Fast, Get The Glass Size
How long would it take you to restore the five windows I just agreed to restore? I'm going to try to get it done in six days. I might...
Steve Quillian
Aug 8, 20192 min read
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Assessing a Big Job
When people call you to come look at their windows, it's because they have problems. You got into Window Craft because it's cool, it's...
Steve Quillian
Jun 20, 20192 min read
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