Goodwin and Company

Campout #2 England Reunion

2009-08-22T17:53:00.014-06:00

For those of you that have been waiting for a campout blog here it is. It is not the first campout by any means but it is the first one I remembered to take a camera. Taking the camera is one thing, but remembering to use it is another. Unfortunately I missed many of the family that attended. All of our children, spouses and grand children attended the campout and we should have had such great pictures to show you, but alas I didn't think to get the camera out of the trailer. We had a great time and enjoyed the family a lot. Unfortunately most of the family had gone because of cold weather prior to taking pictures. Here we are with three of our Grand children, Jacom, the tall good looking oneMe and Louise, Eliza, and Adelaide.

This picture is of our camping area. What a great site for a campout. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera when the Moose walked into camp. This picture has Teresa our daughter and Melissa who is married to our Son Joseph, and Evan who is married to our Daughter Holly.

Here is a night shot of the teardrop trailer. You can see we were setting up in a wind storm and never did get the tent set up correctly. The trailer was better than we ever imagined it would be and we slept warmer than we expected.

This picture has our daughters Holly and Teresa and our daughter in Law Melissa. It takes a lot of work to feed a large group and they worked their heads off to get it done. Our Older Daughter Mandi didn't get here until late as she was at a training event in Seattle. The Teardrop kitchen really came in handy for cooking, storage, and clean up. Having the little dressing and bathroom tent was a great up grade from our last trip.

Here are three of our six beautiful grand daughters. Adelaide out in fromt just took the broom from Eliza in the back. The Blonde in the middle is Mandi's youngest Micklee.

Some great shots of the camp ground and the Teardrop. We want to thank the Wilkinson's for letting us use this great camp. Louise was doing a little last minute pick up around the camp. It was really nice to have the lights in the kitchen. It gave us all the lighting we needed to work. I'm not sure if we got out the flash lights at all.

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2009-01-04T10:16:00.002-07:00

WE ARE DONE! Well not quite, but we are done enough to start using the trailer. We are going to register it tomorrow so we can start pulling it around. It will be nice to be able to bring it home from the shop and work on little things in the evenings.We installed the gas lifts this weekend. I guess it is better to be lucky than smart. Hit the installation perfectly the first try. Not bad for not having any instructions. We bought these from a company that had gone out of business and was liquidating inventory. They work great. We lift the lid about 12" and the lid slowly opens the rest of the way. It is easy to put down without any effort at all. They work better than we ever dreamed.

As you can tell we had to replace the leather straps on our trunk. The black genuine leather straps broke after the first weekend. We discovered in the small print that the genuine leather had some man made fibers. What it really had was a microscopic leather veneer with cardboard interior. We didn't buy "made in China" the second time. We also installed some sash locks to pull the lid down tight and keep it secure.

This is a side view showing how the trailer looks with the trunk complete.

We installed a lid stay so we could access the box without holding the lid up by hand. We also put in the battery tie downs so the battery doesn't bounce all over the place. This picture seems a little strange in it's color because the flash is bouncing.

Side view of the completed trailer.

This picture shows the fold down stabilizers. There are four, one for each corner. They will make it nice when the wind blows so you are not rocking all over the place.

This picture shows the undercarriage after it was all sealed with rubberized coating. We used this product so it would be easy to recoat when neccessary.

We have a few minor things to complete yet. Our punch list is as follows:

Complete the plumbing hook up to the pump.

Add a light in the trunk lid.

Insulate the ice chest in the front trunk

Complete the oven insulation and slide out

Clean the overspray off the roof vent

Putty, seal and weatherstrip the door frames

Not much to do as you can tell. A good morning for the both of us and we will have everything done.

Well for those who have been following our build, we hope to see you on the road somewhere. We will be happy to give you a closer view. We will be adding to this blog as we add things to the trailer and hope to put up blogs about our trips.

PS. We did get the trailer licensed on Monday. We pulled it over to purgatory flats and had it inspected. It was great on the road. It was funny how much smaller the trailer looked on the back of the truck. Got a few comments from people along the way. Quite frankly it is exciting to have the trailer this far along. It creates new enthusiasm to finish the minor details.

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2008-12-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is not a new picture, but to our surprise others have been following our construction blog. It was nice that "Camping Earth" did a blog piece and encouraged others to check in on our progress. We gained most of our knowledge about these trailers from others on line and are more than willing to assist those who have questions. Mostly we wanted to answer a few questions that we didn't know had been asked.

First to "Cen". We cut our plywood panels with a jig saw. We cut the first side and then used it as the pattern for the second side. We then lined them up and screwed them together so that we could use a belt sander to even them up. We were very careful to cut slowly and stay on the outside of our line. This allowed us to sand to the line making two perfectly matched sides. It isn't rocket science though. If you make a mistake just take a little more off the pattern. No one will ever know.

To "Tim Outdoors" Thanks for the inquiry about our completion date. Thanksgiving through Christmas is our busy time. We don't really have time to work on our own stuff until the holidays are over. We are going to get it licensed before the first of the year. We have a short list of things we still want to do but none of them would keep us from using the trailer. We will put up pictures and dialog about the trip. Again thanks for your interest.

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2008-11-22T20:55:00.000-07:00

We didn't work on the trailer much today because of other committments but we did get the hinge and straps on the front trunk

This completes the outside of the box and really everything that goes on the outside of the trailer. We have a few things underneath the trailer that need to be completed.

This is a close up of the buckles we made from belts. I've looked at this trunk a number of times while putting it together, but looking at the picture I realized I left out a screw.

Goodwin Mill and Cabinets

2008-11-11T16:25:00.001-07:00

We built this game table to show in "The What Women Want" convention. It was a real hit. A guy in Vegas wants one only larger. It looks like the person who gets this one lives in St. George. It is made of mahogany with maple squares in the surface.

A close up of the table and Chess pieces. We turned the chess pieces on our lathe.

You might remember the table we had like this in our show room. We sold it and have now built us a new table. We sell it in the colors we show on the chairs in addition to a dark green and a mahogany color like the seats. W e had a lady in the other day that liked the table but she wanted the stools to be all different in color.

We have this kitchen island for sale. We built it for the convention also but didn't sell it. It comes in all the table colors as well. We have a guy in Los Vegas that wants a larger one. Grampa is trying to figure out how to remodel his house so he can have it.

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2008-11-10T09:04:00.001-07:00

WE DID IT? We covered the top with Durabak truck liner. It was messy and we didn't do the most professional job but it looks pretty nice. We also dicovered it is pretty forgiving. We were able to cut off some bad spots and touch it up. Over all we are pretty happy with the results. We are going to hinge the front trunk next and weather strip it and put buckles to keep it closed. This will allow us to mount the battery permantly and hook it up.

Side view gives you a pretty good idea of how the trailer looks. Sorry about the mess at the shop. We had a storm that blew sawdust out of the bins and then rained on it.

Rear view shows the rear trunk all completed. We let the durabak dry over the weekend and then weather stripped the inside. We have a short list of things to complete but are close enough to get it licensed.

We pulled it the other day and it tracks very nicely. We are getting excited to go on a trip. Our timing is off though. Winter camping is not our best thing.

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2008-10-05T19:22:00.001-06:00

We did get a few more things done this week. We completed the trim on the other side of the trailer and put the finish Automotive lacquer on the two sides. It is a relief to have the trim done as it took a while to do. We only have small things to do now until we get ready to spray the roof.

This is a view of the back and the trim that covers the trailer frame. It cleaned up the look of the back pretty well.

The Matress fits into the sleeping compartment perfectly. Fern made a cover for the matress so it would remain clean. It is really going to be comfortable.

Folding the matress back exposes the carpet we layed. It really gave the compartment a finished look. We still have some tacking to but it is in and looks good.

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2008-09-27T17:50:00.000-06:00

We have one side of the trailer all trimmed out and locked up. The Automotive finish has not been applied yet so you can see spots on the finish where we have been sanding and doing touch up. They will disappear when the final coat is applied.

This view shows the storage box on the front of the trailer where we will store the battery, ice box, and other stuff. Kent curved the lid. As you can see the vents have been installed and the patching of screw holes has begun.

Another view of the front box. We have been trying to find a place we can use this plastic hinge we purchased but it just doesn't work.

Here is a view of the inside lock after it was installed. We have both doors on and trimmed. We can lock up the trailer now.

Here is a close up of the door lock. you can see the rope molding detail on the side of the trailer.

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2008-09-01T18:22:00.001-06:00

Labor day provided an extra day to work on the trailer and we got quite a bit done. As you can see we got started on the box for the front of the trailer. it will be covered with Rhino liner to blend in with the top.

This is a front view of the box. The battery will go in the right section. There is enough room to stack two batteries if we decide to get another one. The center section will get the ice coolers for the air conditioning, and the left section will hold a propane bottle or other stuff we need to haul.

We cut in the stove and that required cutting into the sleeping compartment by about a quarter inch. This picture shows the removable cover.

This is how the oven and cooktop look set into the counter. It will be attached to sliders so you can pull it out for cooking.

Kent got one of the doors hung today. This is a view from the inside. We actually have the locking handle on the door but it was done after the picture shoot.

This is how the door looks from the outside. We haven't put the glass in the frame yet but will do that during the week.

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2008-08-30T22:11:00.001-06:00

Here are some pictures of some of the things we did on the trailer today. First off we insulated the roof and completed the skin on the roof. We also fastened the roof fan in place after applying some water proof mastic.

You can see in the second picture the front of the trailer. You will notice the little black square and the white pipe. That is the fan and air inlet for our cooler. When we get the box on the front it will have a space for ice. The fan blows air into the ice chest and up through the pipe and into the trailer. it is supposed to cool the room up to 30 degrees.

Next is the DVD player. It is wired up and working now. It hangs in the little tray on the door and can be tilted to the proper viewing angle. You can see the 12 volt outlet in the ceiling. It can work off the trailer battery or the DVD battery.

The next picture shows the front of the cooling system. The large grill on the right is the outlet fan, and the grill on the left is the inlet. In the middle is the switch to turn it on or off.

The last picture shows the plumbing for the sink. The water drains out the bottom of the trailer to a bucket for disposal. We will be working on the trailer again on labor day which is monday. Kent will be working on the doors while I try to complete everything in the hatch.

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2008-08-23T21:50:00.001-06:00

We had a lot of fun this weekend working on the trailer. (Friday and Saturday) It may not show but we got a lot done. Not as much as we hoped but good stuff. First of all we ran the wiring for the side markers, side lights, and tail lights. This then made it possible to glue on the veneer siding. It really went on well. With that in place we received the fenders last week so we painted and installed them. It really gives the trailer a solid look to have them in place. The color of the siding and the accents will be like the inside of the sleeping area. Cinnamon sugar paneling black burnout trim. You can see on this picture that we have installed the shore inlet so that we can have 110 volt power in the trailer. Over the next few weeks I believe we will make a good showing on the outside and it is going to be good.

Our main objective this weekend was to get the wiring done, and we did. It was hecktic and we had to do trial and error but we figured it out. It was fun when we plugged it in and all the lights came on. Even funner when the lights running off the battery came on. We installed the heater and hooked it up and also installed the outlet where our DVD player will fit. It feels so good to have this done. We can now get on with the wood stuff that we understand.

This next picture shows the power converter installed in the galley. We wanted it readily accessable and it needs ventilation.

The tail lights are working but we are not ready to install the hatch quite yet.

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2008-08-11T17:52:00.000-06:00

Those of you who are following our trailer construction have most likely figured out that we
haven't had very much time to work on the trailer in the last few weeks.

We did install the jack stand for the front of the trailer. It will be nice not to have to drag a bucket arount to rest the tongue on. This is detachable because we are adding a storage box on the front that will prevent us from folding it up.

We also acquired the ceiling fan and
installed it. We are currently wiring all the electrical stuff so we needed it in place to wire. We painted the
frame black so it would match our other interior items and trim.

We also installed the sink faucet and water pump. The water inlet came today so we should be able to hook up the plumbing in the next available working days.

We are hoping to complete the wiring so we can put the side paneling on the outside of the trailer this next week. We think we will be better off once we get back to the wood things that we understand.

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2008-07-28T08:22:00.001-06:00

Our schedule this weekend did not include very much time to accomplish much, so we concentrated on the little things that needed to be completed. We built and installed the face and doors for the electrical chase. We also built the shelves for the cabinets and installed missing drawer hardware , handles, and roller catches so the doors would stay closed.

We also started installing the light fixtures. When we got the wire run to them we touched the wires to a 12 volt battery from a drill and lights came on. It was amazing that these little lights flooded this small room. We were happy to know that it was enough lighting to get the job done.

Kent purchased the oven and cook top we were planning on because we wanted to make sure it all fit. It does have a couple of problems but I think we will be able to adjust to make it work. These pictures show it with the top closed and with it up. It will sit on a rolling tray so it can be pulled out for use. We were hoping that the oven could be used right in place but the heat requirements mandate it to be pulled out.

Additionally we started the wiring of the power converter. It took a little while to figure it out but it is coming now. We appreciate all those who have placed information of their own experiences on the web. Without your help it would have been harder.

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2008-07-19T11:35:00.001-06:00

We glued and screwed the skin on the outside of the hatch. It went on pretty well and then we filled the screw holes and little cracks in the wood with bondo. When it is all sanded we will re-install it to make sure it all still fits.
We are going to cover the lid and roof with Rhino liner. It is rubbery so it will flex with the trailer as well as providing a completely waterproof roof.

This picture shows how the lid looks when we temporarily installed it to the trailer

This shows the back with the handle and tail lights temporarily
installed.

While I was working on the hatch Kent began the work on the round windows. You can see the frame he milled for the outside of the window in this picture.

We also screwed in the shelf in the sleeping compartment today. The lights fit in the little round disks on the bottom. This will be handy to put keys, wallets, and such on when retiring. The lights are swivel lights and may be installed later today.

Goodwin Mill and Cabinet, LC 2

2008-07-18T15:06:00.000-06:00

We just completed a new table for our showroom. It is for sale but is also functional for working with customers. It currently sales for $1085.00 for the table and chairs. It comes in multiple choices of colors, but you will have about a 3 week construction schedule for tables other than this one on the floor. The table and stools are available un-finished also. If you are interested in doing your own distressing we have a video available to show you how.
Right click on the picture to see up close details of the top and finish.

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2008-07-12T21:00:00.001-06:00

We did get a little time this weekend to work on a few things. Kent continued to work on the side doors. This view shows the trim painted black and inserted in the opening. He also has the frame for the other side made and fit into the opening. As you can see he has cut the opening for the round window. Kent is a real craftsman and has done a great job with the doors and paneling.

While Kent was working on the doors I started on the hatch door. It is a challenge to make but I think it is starting to turn out OK. I put the top and bottom rails together and then screwed the frame where I wanted it. I then installed the remaining spars and corner blocks to make it ridged. You can see that I framed the openings for the tail lights also.

Here is another view of the hatch door raised up. When I was ready to lift it I removed the screws that held it in place and it remained in it's original shape and appears to be working pretty well. We will be installing the skin on the outside shortly and running wires to the lights.

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2008-07-10T22:22:00.000-06:00

We had a little time to work on the teardrop trailer tonight. The coolest thing was the installation of the doors on the cabinets in the sleeping compartment. The pictures really don't do it justice as they really look cool. It really gives the cabin a look of nearing completion until you look at the outside.

We also cut the curved components to build the trunk lid over the kitchen. We will be installing it this weekend if we have the time to work on it. You might notice that the cherry blocks in the door are starting to darken. We are hoping that they match the contrast of the counter eventually.

Kent installed the other wall of paneling while I was in Provo last week and built the door frame. The frame will be black to match the cabinets. It is really neat how the paneling is matching the wall configuration. He has the round window marked so it will most likely be cut out this weekend.We also installed the ceiling paneling. It is a shiplap pattern. We have had this material in our warehouse for about four years and couldn't sell it, so we sanded it up and finished it to match. Again the picture doesn't do it justice as it is really beautiful.

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2008-06-28T19:31:00.001-06:00

We made a little progress today and things are starting to look up. The doors were refinished and mounted. They look much better but we are still not happy with them and we may rebuild them either with Lyptus or we may just make maple doors so the countertop contrasts with the cabinets. If we do that I think it will be after the rest of the trailer is finished. We are starting to build in the cabinet partitions as you can tell from these pictures. The open cabinet will be drawers. We have the fronts done but not the drawer boxes.

The cabinet frame is mounted and the partitions are in place. These cabinets will have a flat panel door that is black. The panels will have the same herring bone paneling that the walls have. It should be a nice accent. All of the casing around the door will also be black and there will be a shallow shelf on the other wall that will be black also.

Here is a picture of the panneling installed on the side wall. You might wonder what happened to the door that was cut into the side. Well we put the plywood back into the opening and screwed it in place so that we could install the wood tiles over the top of the door. That way when we cut the door out this week all the tiles will match up on the door. We think the paneling is turning out awsome.

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2008-06-21T21:03:00.001-06:00

While I was up North this week Kent began the
install of the cabinets and paneling in the teardrop trailer. I mentioned before that we were using scrap materials for this construction. You will see here that we made the countertops out of waste maple and lyptus wood creating a checker board pattern in the countertop and the doors. The doors are made out of maple and cherrywood because we didn't have enough lyptus to do them also. The contrast is not as great but the cherry will darken over the next few years and the contrast should become similar. We are not entirely happy with it right now and have some ideas on adjusting the finish to make it look better. I might mention that the center upper door is actually the size of a chess board. If you are so inclined it can be taken down for a good ole chess (checkers) match.

This is a view of the little under mount sink we are putting in. We will eventually have running water that is heated. This will make cooking and clean up a lot easier. The other object you see cut into the backsplash in the first picture is the power converter that will change 110 volts to 12 volts DC for the operation of lights etc. The opening in the middle of the base cabinets is for a little stove that has gas burners on the top and a little oven in the front.

This picture is taken from the inside of the sleeping compartment. You can see the back of the power converter sticking through the back of the backsplash. This space will become the electrical chase for panels and wiring. A face frame will attach to the front of the black shelf hiding all of the electrical and giving us easy access. We think we have the electrical figured out but hope our electrically inclined relatives will check it over and make sure. You can also see in this picture that we changed the interior paneling to a wood tile pattern. this makes it easier to use scrap material. Kent distressed the tiles and finished it in a cinammon sugar glaze.

This picture shows the black face frame that will go on the bedroom side. The doors will be a black glaze with rubbed burnished edges. It is a nice accent with the Cinammon sugar finish. We have some dividers and electrical chases to install and then the frame will be fastened into place.

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2008-06-07T18:09:00.001-06:00

Today we finished the framing of the main compartment. We are installing tongue and groove paneling in the interior so we added a little more backing in the framing. The paneling will be glued and nailed to the verticle members.

Here is a view from the doorway looking up at the ceiling framing that was completed back to the rear hatch.

This is the first addition of the paneling. This happens to be a structural member that divides the sleeping compartment fron the galley. This paneling is screwed through the floor and sides to make the walls strong and plumb.

We built all the face frames for the cabinets and will have them finished by the end of the day. We will not get them installed today unless I make a trip back to the shop after they are dry.

Other items we started on today are the side doors and the countertop for the galley.

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2008-06-01T21:50:00.000-06:00

We finally had a day to go back to work on the trailer. In this first picture you can see that we cut out the sides. It took a little while to lay it out but we finall y decided on the shape we wanted. After cutting one side we used the original as the pattern and cut out the second one. After that it was a matter of screwing them together to sand them to an exact

match.

Next came the glue up of the floor. Our trailer is 5 ft wide so we cut two sheets of plywood, routed wood wafers every six inches on the joint and then glued and clamped them together until dry. We have a solid metal frame down the center of our trailer frame so this joint will be supported all the way.

Once the floor was done we fit it to the frame and sanded the joint and floor. We then took it into the spray room and sealed it. The bottom was sealed from moisture with asphalt emolsion and them bolted and glued to the frame.

We knotched the back panels for the trunk lid and started standing the walls and adding the cross members. We have been building a set of cherry interior doors for a company in Las Vegas so all of our cross members have been cut out of cherry scrap. Pretty costly to buy but more scrap than we will use. It is actually coming together pretty well. It even looks like some of the pictures.

This is a close up of the ceiling framing. We have framed an opening for the motorized vent. These trailers are air tight when they are done so you have to be able to open a window and get a little air movement. Each framing member is screwed and glued together for strength.

This is where we stopped for the day. As it begins to take shape we are getting more into it and should make some good progress in the next couple of weeks.

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2008-04-01T21:54:00.000-06:00

Our teardrop trailer construction was started on March 15th 2008. My brother and I have searched the internet to find all we can about these little travel trailers. I have seen them for years on the road and thought they were the stupidest idea for a trailer ever. How did they get all that stuff through those tiny doors? I didn't realize that it was a sleeping trailer with a lift up hatch in the back that revealed a small kichenette for camping. A traveling bedroom for two that you can hook up to a car if you want and take off. They were popular after World War II and many were made out of materials salvaged from military vehicles and airplanes. Wow what a neat idea that has re-invented itself in our day to become a rising fad.
We have decided to build a Benroy model similar to this picture . It seems to fit our purposes the most. This picture was taken off the internet for a sample. We may build and sell ours so we have the resources to build a more elaborate model as a keeper. We have an extensive background in commercial and residential construction as well as owning and running our own custom cabinet shop. We should be able to do this.

We have toyed with building a woody similar to the one shown here on the left. Having a cabinet shop would almost make this a must. We spray a considerable amount of auto lacquer on exterior doors. We were thinking that we could finish it up pretty nice with auto lacquer and actually give it a good wax job occassionally to repel water. Anyway don't be surprised if we end up with a woody.

Phase 1-The first thing we are going to do is build the trailer frame. We have old lumber racks that have not been used for a while and a left over truck rack that can be cut up. We are going to salvage this material to build the frame.

We have several spare tires and wheels from cabinet trailers that we were going to throw away until we decided to build the trailer. We may get through this first phase without having to purchase very much. Kent (My brother) and I cut up the scrap and laid out the frame on the floor of our shop. We used pipe clamps to hold it together to insure it all fit correctly. To a degree the design was created based on the available size of the material. This is what it looked like after welding it all together.

We ordered 2000 lb rubber torsion 1/2 axels and hubs from Northern tool. We learned a lesson about start angles. I didn't know the difference between a 7" start angle and a 3". I selected the 7" and found out the frame now sits 4" higher off the ground than I wanted. We were going to exchange them but decided the extra clearance might be good for some of the back country roads around here. There is also the possibility of building a storage box into the floor.
Did I mention that we don't know how to weld. We do have a couple of really good welders that work for us. It looks like they are willing to help out during slow times at the shop. We may even get a lesson or two.

We are painting the trailer frame. We sanded it down and primed it. There was a bit of rust on the metal when we salvaged it. Not much and it sanded off easily. We used rust preventive black paint for the frame. it is amazing how much better the frame looks with a couple coats of black paint on it. Kent had a can of Aluminum chrome paint so we sanded and painted the wheels. Not custom chrome wheels but better looking than they were before.

When we

mounted the wheels on the frame it almost looked like it could end up being a pretty good trailer. A few more items to mount on the trailer and we will be ready for the floor. We need safety chains for towing and a trailer jack for leveling the trailer when it is un-hooked and parked.

Goodwin Mill and Cabinet, LC

2008-04-01T21:53:00.000-06:00

This is an example of one of the kitchens made in our cabinet shop. It is constructed of Knotty Alder wood and has a Mission door style. It is finished in an Antique brown glaze. The uppers around the microwave hood have seedy glass panels in the doors. The end panels are tongue and groove. It has granite countertops with tile back splash. This kitchen is located in a home by the new Desert hills High School in St. George, Utah.

We also produce a line of standard and custom turned posts. We are currently shipping them across the country to several wholesale distributers. Our main turning business is locally with several stair companies. We turn in all wood species and will do small jobs as well as the large ones. Many individuals design their own patterns and bring them to us to turn. We also do turnings in restoration projects that need that matching turning that hasn't been available for a hundred years.

Here is another example of the turnings we do. This staircase is in a home in Santa Clara, Utah.

Occasionall we get to produce custom items such as this paneling that covers the complete outside of a round room. We also built the doors to fit the same radius. This room is in a commercial office building in Idaho Falls, Idaho. My Nephew was the Contractor on the interior of this project and did all the installation. It was fun to work with him.

Here is an example of a piece of furniture we offer. This particular table is in my Daughters kitchen in Mapleton, Utah. It is 5 ft. x 5 ft. and 36" tall. Finished in a black burnout finish so it looks a little old and worn. The stools were purchased from Greenleaf and assembled and finished by my Son in Law Evan. This table will seat 8 people comfortably and allows room to have food in the middle. A nice matching lazy susan could be added to the center of the table for formal meals.

Many pieces of our furniture such as this table can be purchased in kit form. This allows the do-it-yourself person to assemble and finish the piece to their own liking. We also offer video CD's on distressing and finishing for those who want to learn how to do professional finishes the easy way.