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    Jeff Davis says:

    I like the story and the product, but I had to wince at the hand made romance of the shavings coming of the tools knowing the really hard critical work was done by the cad/cnc combo of magic. Anyone trying to make something really by hand and make it fair and symmetrical gets to be more ‘romantic’

    Jeff D

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      Andy Reynolds says:

      Yes, it is a marketing tool, an infomercial, selling a product, and as a lifelong woodworker, I had the same reaction as Jeff D. But it is less hyperbolic than most modern marketing, and I acknowledge and appreciate the work and risk taken by small business entrepreneurs using ingenuity, and creating products and jobs where they previously did not exist. I also learned a great trick: using Gore-tex fabric to vent a hollow wood board!

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    steve johnson says:

    My big day ! Went up to Tasajara to soak,eat.. come home,and see I get 1st dibs at writing the 1st comment for this amazing tale ’bout’ custom wooden boards by the crew at Grain.First,kudos’ to you story teller’s and subject pickers for Off Center Harbor . If it’s wood,lovely and floats.. lets hear about it ! I’m love’n every detail .. the shop,the CAT cutter,closeups of resin pour,burning brand,the wood stove being stoked .. the line up along the retired rail car.. gosh what a gem-story . Beautiful end result of many hours shooting for perfection .