Mr. Clean
I love cleaning. There, I said it. Many people have told me that I went into the wrong business. But having a woodworking shop provides many opportunities for this secret…
I love cleaning. There, I said it. Many people have told me that I went into the wrong business. But having a woodworking shop provides many opportunities for this secret passion.
I'm not one of those guys who tidies up every day. The way I tend to work, by the end of the day, I'm beat and the last thing I want to do is spend more time in the shop. So my cleaning usually gets put off until the job at hand is done. By that time, the place is a wreck and the cleanup is not optional.
It’s never a matter of sweeping up a bit of sawdust and putting a few tools away. The shop is hip deep in shavings. Every tool I own is somewhere other than where it belongs. The clamps are piled on the floor, usually tangled with air hoses and extension cords.
This is heaven for a guy who gets almost as much satisfaction out of cleaning up a mess as he gets out of making one in the first place. It's a task worthy of a master. At least a full day's work and one or two trips to the dump. The goal is a completely clean shop, everything polished and waxed down, where it’s supposed to be and ready for the next tsunami.
D.D.
David DeCristoforo possesses an extensive resume as designer/maker of fine furniture, high-end cabinetry and architectural woodwork. His experience in professional woodworking spans a period of 35 years. For the past 20 years David DeCristoforo Design has been located in Woodland, California. During this time David's shop has ranged in scope from a "full on" cabinet production shop with as many as 15 employees to a small fine furniture and custom millwork shop, working with his son, David RBJ, a highly skilled maker in his own right.