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   I have been working wood, in one fashion or another, for as long as I can remember. When my family moved to Central Florida in 1980, I started working for my aunt, who carved redwood signs with a router. I (then a sixteen year old) had never used a bandsaw before. Niche found, I cut thousands of shapes for her to route names and artwork on.

     I also did some routing, but never got as proficient as her. But, my talent with the bandsaw enabled me to be working for myself by the time I was eighteen. I had learned to cut names and shapes freehand (without patterns) and by doing this, how to best arrange wood letters so that readability and strength were both achieved.

   I traveled the mall craft show circuit with promoter and coin cutter Randy Price and spent summers working in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This is where I met my wife, Julie, who was a candle carver "extrordinaire". We have been together 27+ years now.

     We traveled these United States together, doing our thing until 1989, when we decided to "settle down" here in Florida. Living on the road ten months a year gets tiring.

     Since then I have been a signmaker, cabinetmaker, antique dealer, cook and draftsman among other things that bear no mentioning. Sometimes working for myself, sometimes for others. I am currently employed by a major paper company as a production line operator. Although it is not what I would prefer to be doing, the benefits (insurance) for this now middle-aged man are worth dealing with the corporate mentality ...for now anyway.

     Now, thanks to the World Wide Web, I sell my little woodstuffs strictly on-line, and do my favorite work on my days off without the pressure of having to rely on it to pay the bills. I have clients/friends all over the world and am fascinated by how small this world has become. Even ten years ago I could not have dreamed of the opportunities that the internet could provide.

     So, please peruse my pages here and feel free to contact me if you see something you would like or if you just want to gab. I also appreciate criticism, feedback and comments.

     I hope you enjoy. Thank you for your time.

     ~Scott~

How I Chose the Name "DustyNewt"

    Here in the sub-tropics Central Florida, I have the pleasure of working under the constant scrutiny and discerning gazes of a myriad four legged reptiles of various types.

   I can't keep track of their correct species names or their family affiliations with other lizards (i.e. iguanas, salamanders, skinks, anoles, chameleons, etc.), but I do know that they are a joy to have around.

   They are sociable friends to have around, wallowing in the dust and shavings of my workshop.

I refer to them all as Newts, although a few have earned humanesque names for themselves. Stubs, the one who protects my bandsaw from nefarious spider types, is always glad to greet me in the mornings and seems fascinated with my chili pepper coffee mug.

He does however, keep a watchful eye out for our orange tabby, Weasley, as this was the feline who appropriated his tail. Weasley has a penchant for lizard tail and is delighted in the sustainable, "green" attributes in the delicacy. Therefore, their are quite a few newts running around with tails in various stages of regrowth.

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