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It's been awhile since my last post.  It's been awhile since my last job too.  I did work for a company in Dupont, WA that claimed they were going to keep me, and another guy that started the same day I did, for seven months to a year.  And then 2 days, two hours later they laid us off.  What they really needed was for workers to come in and tear down forms for a few days at a time throughout the term of the project.  I won't say their name but they're a pretty lame company and I plan on NEVER working for them again.

Then I got a call to work for AMI (Architectural Millwork Installation) and I must say they have been the best company I've worked for since I joined the Union.  My first day consisted of unloading trucks for the Victoria Secrets in downtown Seattle, at 4 am.

At first I thought it would be for a day or two but they kept calling me back to unload more.  They they moved me to a Seattle University site and I worked there a few days on and off too.

Then it was back to VS to unload more and eventually installed some shelves too.

All in all AMI kept me for a little over a month when they needed help.  I also worked a day on Bainbridge Island installing counter tops for a cafe.  I took pictures but they're on my phone and haven't figured out how to transfer them.

Mill Worker - Auburn, WA

My first real dive into the magic of wood working was a garage door manufacturing company in Auburn, Wa. I started there as a temp in May of 2003 and couldn't tell the difference between Redwood and Hemlock.


At the time I was hired the company was behind 1200 doors and everything was crazy. From my point of view I couldn't understand the disorganization of everything. I later found out that a few months before I started working there the company only did a few doors on each line per week. They were behind because they closed a plant back east and shifted all the wood door orders to the Auburn plant.

I think it was only a few months into the job and I knew that working with wood was going to be my greatest passion next to music.

By the time I decided to leave custom garage door manufacturing I had worked with Hemlock, Cedar, Spanish Cedar, Redwood, Knotty Pine, Honduras Mahogany, African Mahogany, Vertical Grain Fir, Meranti, Bamboo, White Oak, Pine & Teak.