I didn’t do much wood working when I was young. Never took wood shop, instead focusing on metal and auto shop. I didn’t get into wood working until I was working on my Industrial Arts degree, which led me to teaching wood working. I eventually began doing wood on the side, for fun and for money. It’s stuck with me all these years, and I really enjoy the processes, as well as the finished projects.

My most unusual wood working project was a “Wood and Fabric” home built airplane, called the Volksplane. Flew it for about 12 years, with one trip from the DFW Texas area to Oshkosh WI, for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s big fly in. That was quite an adventure.

Keith "Shin" Schindler