A dark knot in the board
A wormhole bored through the grain
Circular saw kerf marks scored across the grain
A check crack running with the grain
A second knot near the far end
Harley's Handmade maker's mark branded into the wood

Everything here starts
with one board.

Walk it with me. You'll see the whole shop.

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Read the whole story PL. 01
The knot · who's making it

I'm Harley. I build it myself.

There's no crew here and no machine turning out a thousand of the same thing. There's a shed, a bench, and me — measuring twice before I cut once.

My dad was a carpenter twenty-five years, and his dad before him. My daughter's out at the bench with me now. Three generations, going on four.

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Where the wood comes from PL. 02
The wormhole · material

I don't build things nobody ordered.

Big shops run a thousand of something and hope. I build what's on the list, so there's no pile of unsold stock heading for a dumpster. Offcuts get used — the cut-off from one swing arm becomes the brace on the next.

A good bit of my lumber is reclaimed — pallet wood and old barn boards when I can get them and they're sound. I won't tell you it's everything I use, because it isn't. Some pieces need new cedar to last outside.

Where the wood comes from
See how a piece gets built PL. 03
Saw marks · process

I draw it first.

Every measurement on this plate is mine — board lengths, arm-rest heights, the little right-triangle braces in the corners. I work it out before I cut, which is why the second one matches the first.

Blueprint: swing seat front elevation, 12 inch length, 7 inch height See how a piece gets built
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The bench · on the shelf

Ready to go out.

These I keep on hand, or built and waiting on finish. Order one and you're waiting on me to sand it, stain it and box it — not six weeks.

Mini porch swing

Mini Porch Swing

$75
Engraved sign

Engraved Sign

$285
Hand-carved cardinal

Carved Cardinal

$425
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Start a custom order PL. 05
The far end · custom work

Any name. Any design. Any size.

Bigger furniture, a sign for the farm, something you've had in your head for years. Message me and we'll figure it out — I'll draw it first, so you know what you're getting before I cut.

Design & build
$45/hr
Materials
Cost + 25%
Deposit
50%, non-refundable
Balance
Before it ships
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That's the whole board.

If you saw something you want, or something you want made, I'm the one who answers.

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