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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Window World: A Pissin' Match
Hi, I'm Evan Cooper, I do all the photography, videography, and most of the social media for Steve and Wood Window Makeover. Over time I...
Evan Cooper
Jun 13, 20194 min read
I Sold That Job
I sold that job today, got a down payment and am off to the races. Only it's not a race, actually. But time is of the essence. But it...
Steve Quillian
Jun 10, 20192 min read
I Have To Sell This Job
I have an appointment to save some windows tomorrow, and it's my job to get the job. The client lives in a neighborhood where everyone...
Steve Quillian
Jun 9, 20192 min read
The Ropes of the Mechanical Makeover
Before a window is painted, a sash is reglazed, a sill is repaired, an Artisan will perform a Mechanical Makeover and during this...
Steve Quillian
Sep 23, 20183 min read
The Door and the Doormaker
I was in the middle of one of my genius moves several years ago. I had removed the casing from the outside of these windows on an...
Steve Quillian
Sep 16, 20186 min read
What are the levels of historic window restoration?
Welcome you all to the new Artisan Army Blog! We are glad to have you here as part of the community. What Are The Levels of Historic...
Steve Quillian
Sep 6, 20185 min read
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