SoWal Beaches Forum - Blogs - goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/ en Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:00:26 GMT vBulletin 10 http://sowal.com/bb/images/misc/rss.jpg SoWal Beaches Forum - Blogs - goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/ <![CDATA[Lunch & Learn: How to Cut Crown Molding – Friday, Nov. 6th]]> http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/652-lunch-learn-how-cut-crown-molding-friday-nov-6th.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:46:55 GMT Image: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3969526832_d158193f49.jpg *Good Millwork...

Good Millwork invites you to a “Lunch & Learn” this Friday, November 6th from noon till 3PM. Please RSVP by close of business Wednesday by hitting the link and/or giving us a call at (850) 267-1122.

Professional installer? Weekend warrior? Or, simply contemplating how to take that first step to putting up crown molding in your bedroom? Good Millwork is honored to host a Lunch & Learn seminar this Friday, November 6th from noon till 3PM with Wayne Drake author of “Crown Moulding & Trim, Install Like a Pro.”

There are no prerequisites, just let us know your coming and we’ll prepare the table for lunch. We’re looking forward to the opportunity for Mr. Drake to share his knowledge and conduct hands-on demonstrations of how to “measure twice and cut once.” For all attending, Good Millwork is offering our stock molding profiles at a 20% discount…just in case you want to give a try yourself!

More info. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/652-lunch-learn-how-cut-crown-molding-friday-nov-6th.html Can we INSTALL it? Yes, We CAN! http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/647-can-we-install-yes-we-can.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:42:44 GMT Image: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4037111173_2846dc19ef.jpg *THANK YOU* to the St. Joe Company (http://su.pr/7emVmw) for their continued commitment to Northwest Florida securing...

THANK YOU to the St. Joe Company for their continued commitment to Northwest Florida securing Southwest Airlines into Panama City-Bay County International Airport in 2010.

It’s either in the water or just that time of year but every other customer conversation ends with, “Can you…?” Can you manufacture? Can you finish? Can you install? Can you travel? Here’s the deal, the team is currently licensed in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina (PS – they even have security clearances for those black ops jobs).

The team has covered the gambit from commercial storefronts at Pier Park Mall, hand scraped fumed antique oak flooring in WaterColor and custom ipe shutters for the Private Residence Club in Rosemary Beach. Most recently we wrapped up the renovation of the Legendary Yacht Club as designed by DAG Architects in Destin, FL. Curious? Take a peek at our handiwork…nice work TEAM!

Take a Peek. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/647-can-we-install-yes-we-can.html Who Cut the CROWN? http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/627-who-cut-crown.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:08:28 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3974812582_8382e0a824.jpg Go ahead…give me a laugh, it’s Friday and we all need it (props to the kids for the title). We’ve seen a run of MONSTER...

Go ahead…give me a laugh, it’s Friday and we all need it (props to the kids for the title). We’ve seen a run of MONSTER crown molding orders over the past month (Janesville, WI, Charleston, SC, Poughkeepsie, NY). Assuming that you’ve purchased the “Tim the 'Tool Man' Taylor Kit” for making trim carpentry easy, the only question left is, “How do I cut this beast?”

The Good Millwork team rocks when it comes to CAD prep, axial constants, AWI specifications, knife marks per inch, back relief, priming, and sanding…but introduce “Compound Miter” the eyes dilate and road kill is imminent. Regis, I’m going to use my Lifeline and ask the expert…Wayne Drake, author of “Crown Molding & Trim: Install It Like A PRO!”

My Final Answer.

[shameless plug: architectural wood trim? thousand of choices...online.] ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/627-who-cut-crown.html Architectural Masterpiece of Reclaimed Wood http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/616-architectural-masterpiece-reclaimed-wood.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:03:51 GMT

Seaside, FL, is known to us locals for Modica Market and the early AM brew, for watching the sunset from Bud & Alley's, and the Friday night movies on the green. The Outsiders refer to "our backyard" as the first New Urbanist Development, and Time magazine has called it "the most astounding design achievement of its era and - one might hope, the most influential."

With only a few prize parcels left and in the shadow of the Architectural Who's Who...it's only fitting that there rises a masterpiece of reclaimed wood, European curtain wall, and stainless steel fasteners. The design is simple, better yet elegant, as the material selections and execution speak for themselves. If you've read the book by Matthew E. May, you'll see the patterns of symmetry and balance that have come together through the vision and daily vigilance of an amazing architectural team in Bill Sabella and Florida Haus (the duo of Cheryl Troxel and Ty Nunn, current Town Architect of Seaside). Bravo.

The reclaimed lumber is known as “Deadhead” or “Sinker” cypress. Terms used to describe virgin old-growth cypress logs that have been underwater since the early 1800’s. Known for being insect and rot resistant a more scientific term for it may be “anaerobically cured”. Whatever you call it, it’s absolutely gorgeous. Although the outside decomposes after being underwater and buried in mud for centuries, resin keeps the inside perfectly preserved. Prized for its natural rot resistant characteristics in exterior applications and for flooring and paneling on the interior, this salvaged wood is known as “river recovered heart cypress.”

How does this recovered, antique lumber rise from mud covered river bottoms to once again have life?

Read More. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/616-architectural-masterpiece-reclaimed-wood.html Is it LIVE?...or is it Memorex? http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/596-live-memorex.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:20:45 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3885499685_793601d78b.jpg Labor Day at the beach? Checkout out the local scene...

Labor Day at the beach? Checkout out the local scene or tune in to 30A radio for what’s going down on the whites sands of the Emerald Coast. Cool stuff…we’re working on a LEED Platinum historic renovation in the Carolinas…check out this monster crown.

Flashback…circa 1970’s Ella Fitzgerald and the shattered wine glass (smile its Friday and we all loved the 70’s). Cassette tapes are now antiquities but the art of digital production and architectural visualization is now mainstream. Recently asked by Wayne Asprodites, friend, Architect and rising rock star, “How to visualize architectural intent?”…we pulled out the little black book and called the experts.

Enter Jack Bransfield, Architect and President of Built Light, a Design Visualization Studio in the Greater Chicago Area. Jack’s answer was far from brief and rightfully so when you finally accept that you’re NOT looking at a real picture. No longer is the technology relegated to the million dollar budgets of Disney and Pixar, its LIVE, affordable and being used daily to specify moldings, make finish selections and make dreams come to life.

Read More. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/596-live-memorex.html Our Wood Won’t Rot - 40 Year Warranty http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/561-our-wood-won-t-rot-40-year-warranty.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:35:00 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3554266600_6c770cb1f8.jpg?v=0 For over 20 years, Good Millwork has manufactured architectural wood products for Seaside (http://www.seasidefl.com/) and...

For over 20 years, Good Millwork has manufactured architectural wood products for Seaside and the coastal communities along the 30-A corridor. We are now pleased to offer all our products in TimberSIL® – a glass infused wood that won’t rot, won’t burn, is environmentally safe and is backed with a 40 year transferable warranty.

Good Millwork has teamed with local, Florida licensed general contractors to offer turnkey services for the replacement of rotten siding, decks, handrails and all exterior wood components including shutters. With a 20 year local track record and 40 year transferable warranty on the TimberSIL® wood products, we simply want to be your second, and last, provider.

Read more. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/561-our-wood-won-t-rot-40-year-warranty.html Lego + Frank Lloyd Wright = Awesome http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/560-lego-frank-lloyd-wright-awesome.html Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:26:00 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3562627739_2b7d2b7119.jpg?v=0 Christmas might be coming a little early this year! The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation...

Christmas might be coming a little early this year! The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Brickstructures and the recently formed Lego Architecture brand have come out with two new sets of the Lego Architecture line, The and Fallingwater.

Fun Lego Facts:
  • Worldwide, seven boxes of Lego are sold every second.
  • Heo Young-Ho of South Korea left Lego on the top of Mount Everest in 1987.
  • According to Lego, even just two bricks give 24 different combinations.
  • All Legos are made equal. Every brick is compatible from the first brick made in 1958 (the year before the Guggenheim was completed and Wright died) to those made today.
  • The Lego minifig was born in 1974, and it took another 30 years for them to get proper, skin-colored faces when licensed figures dropped yellow for flesh-tone.
  • Kids waste around 5 billion hours a year playing with Lego.
For the Lego enthusiasts with children remember to practice walking on rice paper for lightness of foot (Kung Fu flashback)…misplaced small blocks will inflict piercing waves of pain when going for that late night snack.

More info. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/560-lego-frank-lloyd-wright-awesome.html The Love of Wood http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/559-love-wood.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:17:00 GMT Image: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3711506570_19db21bce1.jpg?v=0 Monet said, “I perhaps owe painting to flowers.” Al Christopher would share he owes turning to wood. Inspired by a...

Monet said, “I perhaps owe painting to flowers.” Al Christopher would share he owes turning to wood. Inspired by a porcelain pitcher purchased at Berry College in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of North Georgia, the piece was turned and carved from a single piece of green magnolia (fitting that the species dates back over 20 million years…bees didn’t even exist).

To watch the process only serves to further appreciate artist and the work itself. There’s no patching or repairing, no gluing or adding, just slow, rehearsed, repetitious movements that are broken by days of acclimation and soft piles of shavings. The piece has to accept its new form and stabilize before the process can continue. The sea of chisels, sand paper, carving knives, and wood burners rivals the finest surgical room. But, after 200 hours what’s it all for? I’d offer…it’s for the love of wood.

View the Piece. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/559-love-wood.html Just in CASE your looking http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/558-just-case-your-looking.html Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:06:00 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3450478156_f0723afdea.jpg?v=0 It’s been close to six weeks since we released our last Architectural Collection, Base Molding (http://tr.im/kD7x), and we...

It’s been close to six weeks since we released our last Architectural Collection, Base Molding, and we figured it was about time to make the next collection available…casing, door trim, window trim, etc…it has many names.

Almost any style casing can be built from standard stock molding. "Even elaborate profiles are often just a lot of simple, inexpensive shapes pieced together," says This Old House master carpenter Norm Abram. We’ve put together three pages of our favorites along with AutoCAD files. Let us know what you think.

View the Collection. ]]> goodmillwork http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/558-just-case-your-looking.html Shutter Recycling – Doing our Part http://www.sowal.com/bb/blogs/goodmillwork/557-shutter-recycling-doing-our-part.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:00 GMT Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3431633403_b47d089497.jpg?v=0 The calls are becoming more frequent and we’re seeing more and more every day…*rotten exterior shutters*. Our customers...

The calls are becoming more frequent and we’re seeing more and more every day…rotten exterior shutters. Our customers and architects have tasked us to come up with a “responsible” solution and we’ve huddled the team. Our response – let’s recycle the panels.

How do we recycle shutters? A wood shutter is typically stile and rail construction with the slats or panels mortised into the stiles. Our plant manager has put the pencil to the paper and by recycling the stiles and rails back into slats we can save 20% percent on the manufactured cost of a new shutter.

How does the recycling program work? Simple – bring us the old panel and we’ll give you the full 20% discount on the replacement shutter. The discount applies to any style, any specie (mahogany, Spanish cedar, TimberSIL, etc) and even synthetic shutters from Atlantic Shutter Systems.

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