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HELLO MY NAME IS JEROME NEAL I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF ME ON HERE BECAUSE MY WIFE SAY MY FACE IS TOO UGLY TO POST ON HERE, SO I GUESS I WILL JUST TELL YOU,MY STORY THEN.OK I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO,WHEN I REACHED THE AGE OF 14 I STARTED WORKING IN MY FATHER'S CONSTRUCTION FIRM."NEAL AND SONS",I STARTED AS A GENERAL LABORER, BY THE AGE OF 17, I WAS ALREADY DOING FINISH CARPENTRY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I EXCELLED IN WOOD SHOP AND FOOTBALL ,NOW DURING MY COLLEGE YRS. I STILL WORKED FOR MY FATHER AND STILL WENT TO SCHOOL, NOW TIRING OF CONSTRUCTION AND CARPENTRY, I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR CABINET AND FURNITURE MAKING AT " GWTP " IN CHICAGO, GRADUATED TOP OF MY CLASS WAS HIRED BY BILL AT THE WOOD PLACE IN OAK PARK IL.WHERE I STAYED FOR 12YRS. BECOMING HIS FOREMAN AFTER 7YRS, NOW LEAVING THE WOOD PLACE I OPENED MY OWN SHOP THE "KICKER OF ELVES" (LOL) DON'T ASK, THIS WAS GREAT FOR 8YRS AFTER WHICH THE ECONOMY COLLAPSED I CLOSED UP AND WENT BACK TO CARPENTRY WHILE I STUDIED UNDER BERTOLD SCHWAIGER FOR A YEAR WHERE I LEARNED WESTERN AND JAPANESE JOINERY, HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE SOON AFTER MY APPRENTISHIP AND I BECAME ONE OF THE TEACHERS THERE FOR THE 6YRS. AT THE BAUHAUS WOOD WORKING INSTITUTE I TAUGHT 101-INDEPENTANT STUDIES. NOW I'M READY TO TRAVEL AND BUILD SOME PLACE OTHER THAN CHICAGO. HMMMM HOW ABOUT HAWAII? LET'S GO.I MOVED HERE AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING FOR JORMA AT " WINKLER WOODS ", LEARNED EVERYTHING ABOUT KOA AND BUILDING UKULELE'S FROM HIM, FROM CUTTING SIDES AND BACKS TO FINISH PRODUCT, WE ALSO CREATED MAIKA'I WOODS OPENED A KIOSKI IN "HILO HATTIES" AND THE REST IS HISTORY, THROUGH HIM I'VE CUT UP UKULELE PIECE'S FOR " KAMAKA'S UKULELE'S " AND WORKING RELATIONS WITH "LANAKAI UKULELE'S " WE ALSO DID HIGH END FURNITURE, I'VE DONE LOTS OF EVENTS AND TRADE SHOWS WITH HIM ( BIG THANKS TO JORMA WINKLER OF WINKLER WOODS ) NOW I'M ON MY OWN AS " THE WOOD DOCTOR " YOU THINK IT WE BUILD IT. WOOD SHOP CLASSES COMING SOON

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3155 Waialae Ave Honolulu, HI 96816

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CUSTOM CABINETS FURNITURE MAKER AND REPAIR HOME REMOLDELING PALLET FURNITURE WOODEN GIFTS SPECIALIZIING IN KOA TOY BOX MAKER JEWELRY BOX ENTERAINMENT CENTER