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Customer SpotlightCarveWright’s latest discovery Doug Haffner creates more than just awesome projects with his CW; he creates memories! “It’s rare that you buy a tool and end up staying so connected with the company.”
Doug Haffner creates incredible projects, he loves discovering “new ways to expand what (he) can do creatively with tools like the CarveWright.” He integrates his computer and woodworking skills into projects that he finishes with artistic finesse. Then he takes it one huge step further; he takes it to the children in his neighborhood. Doug Haffner started his interest in woodworking through High School classes. Later in college, he picked it back up, when introduced to scroll saw work. Although he enjoyed dabbling in hand carving and chip carving, he found that he didn’t have the time to dedicate to that art form. He was first introduced to CarveWright by an Illinois neighbor, Jason Allen, also one of our previous Spotlights. Like so many other CW owners, Doug didn’t immediately make the purchase. He needed to save the money for it and justify the purchase. So, he would have to resign himself to just “drool over it for awhile”, because he was on the quest for a completely different tool.
You see, four years ago, while building a dollhouse for his daughter Elena, he failed to put his blade guard on his table saw and (you guessed it) cut off the tip of his finger. So, while saving money to purchase the new Saw Stop, which was priced at about $4000, the makers of it came out with a smaller commercial version for half the price. He had the money and knew the justification for it, would be no problem. The 9 ½ fingered carpenter, as he calls himself on his blog, and his wife Ashley recently purchased “Big Red”. This 1890 Victorian needed lots of TLC and the CarveWright Scanning Probe was just the ticket for duplicating and replacing balusters, corbels, custom moldings and much more in this work of love. Since then, Doug has become a very active member of the CarveWright Forum offering tips, answering questions and sharing with others his love for “finding new ways to expand what (he) can do creatively with tools like the CarveWright.” As Senior VP of IT for the last 12 years at MultiAd near his hometown of Wyoming, IL, Doug is not only comfortable with the CarveWright software, but also uses various other software programs and his skill to create innovative techniques that he incorporates into his projects. Many of CW’s regular visitors to the User Forum, may already be familiar with “DHaffner” and his tutorial on how to take logos, photos, and art; turn them into “dingbats”, and quickly carve them using the CW Centerline Text software. (*further explained below) The 26”x38” St. Jude logo, not only represents this technique, but also the use of “tiling”. For projects wider than the allowed 14 ½”, the project is tiled in the software, carved out a section at a time and then later joined together for a complete piece. Look for a tutorial on “tiling”, coming soon. His movie posters are “awesome” and coveted by many here at LHR. All of his works, whether signs for family and friends, or props for his daughter’s school play, are taken that extra step with his fantastic finishing techniques. At his own website www.createandcarve.com, you can see some more of his creations and order your own custom pieces.
Probably the most impressive thing about Doug Haffner is NOT the projects that he creates with his CarveWright. It is the way he uses it to create memories, inspire others, ignite passions, and to teach. All of Doug’s neighborhood kids know and love Doug Haffner. (After all, anyone that decks out their house in a “Las Vegas Meets Halloween” theme has got to be cool!) Almost any weekend, you can find Doug’s garage filled with neighborhood kids. He uses the CarveWright to teach them about woodworking, allowing them to pick and design their own project. Hyperlink for Blog is http://bigredwyoming.blogspot.com/
*(Centerline uses a vectoring carving method where the bit follows a path, rather than the typical line-by-line method known as raster and most used by the CW, thus dramatically reducing the carving time.)
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