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Welcome to TJ'S Woodshop
I'm glad you found my place, take a little time to look around and I hope you enjoy the website and seeing some of the things I have made.
What's New
7/31/16
If you're on Facebook, you can click on the photo below to go to my woodworking page there.
7/3/16
My butt is dragging today. I left out at 4:30 am yesterday pulling a trailer for a quick trip down to Fort Worth to pick up the entire contents of a woodshop. Made it to Sherman Texas and the fuel pump went out on my truck at 8:45 am. I was able to find a shop there named Ellis Auto and they sent out two tow trucks to get my truck and trailer. The owner David Ellis had two of his guys get on it immediately. They checked it out, ordered a new fuel pump, dropped the 3/4 full tank, swapped the pumps and had me back on the road at 11:45. On top of that, David charged a very fair price. It would be hard to find any place around home to have it done any cheaper.
1/15/16
Weather permitting, I'll be at Mark's Machinery on Towson Avenue here in Fort Smith on Saturday, January 30th. at 10:00 am.
I'll be giving a free demonstration on some basic methods of creating fretwork and intarsia using a scrollsaw. You'll also get to meet Mark and his family and check out the best equipped woodworking store in the western Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma area.
I'll bring a few pieces of both that I've made to show what you can do with a scrollsaw and share some of the tricks I've learned over 30 years of scrolling. When it's over, you'll have a basic understanding of scrolling and know if this is a hobby that you're interested in getting into.
Here's a link to Mark's Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/MarksMachineryandMore74948/?fref=ts
8/1/15
After a two year break to rest up, I'm back in the shop again and really enjoying myself. Over the last couple of years I've been doing a lot of target shooting and started playing around with making grips for my favorite pistol, the 1911. I'll be adding a page soon just for them. Once again, thank y'all for staying in touch and for all the support and encouragement you give me!
1/19/15
Most of you have probably noticed that I have taken a break from my woodwork. I had been going at it non-stop for many years and I wanted to step back and enjoy life a little. My wife and I became foster parents in June of 2013 so I decided to spend some time being a dad again. Anyway, I'll be back in the shop again before you know it. As always, thank you for all your support. TJB
8/29/13
Here's some information about the event from Melissa Wilson who is the Director of Recreation Therapy. Melissa writes, we are a long term care facility that cares for 200 of America’s He...roes. Our youngest Veteran is in his 40’s and our oldest is getting ready to turn 101 years old. Each year we host a “Family Day” (this year is 9/14/13) for all the Veterans, friends and family. It is from 10:00 am-2:00 pm with usually about 800-1000 people in attendance. We offer entertainment throughout the day, kettle corn, wheelchair accessible horse drawn wagon rides and numerous other things to make it a day of fun.
3/13/13
Me and Jake Files outside his office at the Arkansas state capital. He's a member of our State Senate and had just introduced me and a couple of pieces of intarsia I made on the senate floor. These two pieces were displayed at his office for the next week. I love history, so it was pretty cool to be invited up and given the run of the place. I had a blast walking around and checking everything out and meeting some of our senators that came up and introduced themselves.
I found out recently that my Beer Shark will be in the May issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts magazine. That issue will be hitting the stores March 26th.
This project came about one night when I was just goofing around in my shop and made this for my own amusement. And for my friends on Facebook to get a laugh out of. I didn't think it would end up in one of the magazines, but it's a fun project that I think everyone will enjoy.
8/15/12
I went to the SAW expo in Springfield Missouri to hang out and meet with friends. It was pretty cool to find one of my designs entered into the scroll saw contest and getting to meet the man who had cut it.
3/24/12
I just made a new page named (Making A Intarsia Rose). This is for everyone that wants to see a intarsia project come to life. I will be working on it over the next couple of weeks in my spare time and taking step by step photos and posting them here and on my Facebook page. The photos will have the steps described as I go. This one is for my friend Diana, I hope y'all enjoy watching it come to life. TJB
1/5/12
I just checked my websites stats page and saw that I had over 135,000 views here last year. WOW! Thank ya'll for your interest!
1/1/12
You can see my new intarsia rose and get the pattern in the February 2012 issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts magazine. It's named A Rose for Emily in honor of my new granddaughter.
12/30/11
I want to say thank you to everyone that has sent something for me to hang in the shop over this last year! Especially the license plates that have been coming in for the last month from my facebook friends.
I really love all the cool and quirky stuff ya'll have sent!!!
11/14/11
11/3/11
This is my new design that I named Emily's Rose. It will be featured in the February 2012 issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts magazine.
Teaching a scrolling class at Ozark Folkways in Winslow, Arkansas 9/10/11
Thanks to everyone for all the emails you have sent and all of your comments about my work, please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or comments you may have. If you are a member of a woodworking club and you're interested in setting up a scroll saw class for fretwork or intarsia at your location, you can contact me at the address below.
Most of the photos you see on here of my work were shot by James McFadin. You can see more of his beautiful work on his website.
http://mcfadinphotography.smugmug.com/
If you are on facebook, you're welcome to come join my page for custom 1911 grips.
I check my page daily and have contests every now and again to give away some of the woodwork I make.
If you are on facebook, you're welcome to come join my page for custom 1911 grips.
I check my page daily and have contests every now and again to give away some of the woodwork I make.
Y'all don't forget. Weather permitting, I'll be at Mark's Machinery on Towson Avenue, here in Fort Smith on Saturday, January 30th. I'll post the exact time in the next day or so, as soon as I know it.
I'll be giving a free demonstration on some basic methods of creating fretwork and intarsia using a scrollsaw. You'll also get to meet Mark and his family and check out the best equipped woodworking store in the western Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma area.
I'll bring a few pieces of both that I've made to show what you can do with a scrollsaw and share some of the tricks I've learned over 30 years of scrolling. When it's over, you'll have a basic understanding of scrolling and know if this is a hobby that you're interested in getting into.
Weather permitting, I'll be at Mark's Machinery on Towson Avenue, here in Fort Smith on Saturday, January 30th. I'll post the exact time in the next day or so, as soon as I know it.
I'll be giving a free demonstration on some basic methods of creating fretwork and intarsia using a scrollsaw. You'll also get to meet Mark and his family and check out the best equipped woodworking store in the western Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma area.
Weather permitting, I'll be at Mark's Machinery on Towson Avenue, here in Fort Smith on Saturday, January 30th. I'll post the exact time in the next day or so, as soon as I know it.
I'll be giving a free demonstration on some basic methods of creating fretwork and intarsia using a scrollsaw. You'll also get to meet Mark and his family and check out the best equipped woodworking store in the western Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma area.
Weather permitting, I'll be at Mark's Machinery on Towson Avenue, here in Fort Smith on Saturday, January 30th. I'll post the exact time in the next day or so, as soon as I know it.
To all my customers and the friends that I have made over the years. Y'all have been mighty good to me, but due to changing priorities and obligations, I have decided to no longer sell the artwork that I have made for so many years. I have a handful of orders left to finish up, but I won't be taking any new ones. I'm not sure if it's because I've become older and I'm slowing down or because my other career demands so much more of my time and energy now, but I just do not have the desire to work all day at it and then spend just about as much time in the shop at night. I haven't made up my mind if I'll continue making 1911 grips or not, but like the artwork I won't be accepting any new orders for them at this time. Thank all of you for all the friendship and support you have given me over the years, Tj.
To all my customers and the friends that I have made over the years. Y'all have been mighty good to me, but due to changing priorities and obligations, I have decided to no longer sell the artwork that I have made for so many years. I have a handful of orders left to finish up, but I won't be taking any new ones. I'm not sure if it's because I've become older and I'm slowing down or because my other career demands so much more of my time and energy now, but I just do not have the desire to work all day at it and then spend just about as much time in the shop at night. I haven't made up my mind if I'll continue making 1911 grips or not, but like the artwork I won't be accepting any new orders for them at this time. Thank all of you for all the friendship and support you have given me over the years, Tj.
Emily's rose and the pattern is in the February 2012 issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts magazine. It's named A Rose for Emily.
You can see one of the dragons I cut in the summer issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts magazine.
There's a small feature about my woodwork in Issue 36 of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts magazine. It's in the section called Sawdust by Kathleen Ryan. 
I want to thank the Alaska Creative Woodworkers Association for bringing me up and being the most wonderful hosts a person could ask for. There are no words to describe the place or the people, it's just somewhere you have to experience to believe.
One of the new pieces I cut is in the current fall 2011 issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts Magazine. It's the starburst designed by Fred Arndt.
There's a small write up about my woodwork in the readers gallery in the November issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts Magazine.
If you get a chance, check out the hand carved snake walking sticks by Jackie Hardin in the link below. They were photographed by Jim McFadin and are on Jim's website.
http://www.mcfadinphotography.com/Product-Photography/Jackie-Hardin/17976346_WSKCv6#1376912674_n9NsfL