FroggyBuilder LLC
Features:
- - Building beautiful handcrafted custom furniture
- Designing original CAD project drawings
- Providing free cost estimates
- Creating beginner woodworking plans
- Exchanging woodworking tips & techniques
FroggyBuilder LLC
Features:
I design and build wood furniture. I have worked in many different styles and have used most domestic hardwoods and some exotics. I'm most comfortable with the Craftsman style using white oak which is easily adapted to a Southwestern style, but I am interested in hearing your ideas for any wood project in any style.
I use Sketch-Up, computer-aided design software, to create three-dimensional drawings. It provides a model of the project; from there we can discuss edits to further customize your piece. The tool also provides me with plans for providing estimates and making lumber purchases. There is no cost for the initial CAD drawing.
I provide an accurate estimate for any project at no cost to you. It's based on the market cost of lumber at the time of the request, the cost of lumber does vary slightly depending on supply and demand for that species of wood. I include all hardware and labor costs so you can make an informed decision.
Follow my blog! At the end of each week I'll add a new post. I'll provide details on my current projects, instructions on building jigs, tips to make most tasks easier and repeatable, and probably most useful of all, I'll include mistakes or lessons I've learned--sometimes the hard way.
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“New Hand Tools" Veritas and Two Stanleys
Over the past twelve years, I’ve been perfecting my furniture building skills and I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but I’ve left out a critical piece of the woodworking experience and perhaps the joy. That’s the use of hand tools. I’ve obviously used some hand tools -- some chisels, a block plane, plenty of sandpaper, and a handsaw now and then, but I’ve never perfected my skills especially with bench plans. I’ve been able to do that because as Christopher Schwarz says in his book, HandPlane Essentials “Power tools allow the new woodworker to accomplish great feats of furniture building when our skills are limited.”
It’s come to that point in my woodworking when I’d really like to be proficient with hand tools as well. It all started when I jointed up several large panel pieces in a row. Without the advanced smooth capabilities of a drum sander, I was reduced to the handheld belt sander (very dangerous) and tons and tons of card scraping to get a smooth surface because I didn’t have any skills at bench planes.
FroggyBuilder is a small furniture design & building business. I do all the work on every project myself. My shop is 650 square feet in the mountains of Jemez Springs, NM. I currently operate FroggyBuilder part-time, but I have a goal to make it a full-time business in the future. Most of my customers are from the greater Albuquerque area.
I established FroggyBuilder as an LLC in 2012 after years of building wood projects for family and friends. Over the past two years, the shop has undergone a complete workshop makeover. I have upgraded most of my major power tools and created a much more functional work space. The FroggyBuilder workshop has been optimized to build wood furniture. Learn more about me and check out my past projects. If you have a custom furniture need contact me for a free estimate.
