Text Box: Joseph and Joseph Woodworkers Text Box: This is a new business that runs on old concepts:  integrity, quality, and time-honored joinery and woodworking techniques, some of which have been used for thousands of years, and are still employed in the finest shops because of their superiority.  These are values I first learned from my father, whose name I bear, and whose wood planes I still use.  In this fast-paced, hurry up, cut-every-corner-possible world, excellence is often compromised for speed, but I believe there is a virtue in doing things the old way, and I’m gambling that I can build a business on that ideal. There are now furniture factories where all the pieces are designed at a computer, then a button is pushed, and the exact specifications are electronically transferred to enormous tools which automatically cut all the component parts from wood and Melamine.  Not until the pieces are quickly assembled with screws are they touched by anything but a machine.  Although I do use power tools, every item I make comes from my soul, and the touch of my hands is everywhere, including the finish which I always apply by hand, using oil whenever I can, both because of the soft glow it imparts and because a hand-rubbed finish is always a labor of love—for the wood and the craft and all those who came before.              Entertainment centers are a special interest of mine, but I am interested in any cabinetry project, asking only that I be allowed to custom design it to one’s special needs and build it to my father’s standards.

Text Box: San Diego, CA. 92114 Phone:  (619) 795-0891 E-Mail:  jffreenor@cox.net