Charles Randal Smith
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About Charles Randal Smith

Biography:

About the time our children came along, my wife told me to get a hobby. Thinking it would be neat to make some furniture for small people, I started with a table saw and a pile of ignorance. With time I shifted to Arts & Crafts furniture, while restoring our 1855 farmhouse. When I retired, I decided to start felling trees from the back forest, and make furniture with my own wood. When i bought a sawmill, things got out of hand and now I spend much of my time felling the trees which need to be removed and turning them into lumber. The big limbs become fodder for my Robust lathe.

Location:

Sharon, Ontario

Interests:

Days spent working outside on the sawmill are interrupted by my passion for watching birds. And Tuesdays are spent with my one-year old grandson, teaching him about life on the farm.

Occupation:

Retired physician and university prof, and now full-time sawyer and woodworker.