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    http://www.gulfcoastchairs.com

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Tampa, Florida
  • Interests
    I enjoy spending quality time with my family. I have 2 wonderful kids and 3 amazing grandchildren. I build Adirondack Chairs on the weekends and hope to turn it into a full time gig someday as I truly enjoy working with wood.
  • Company Name
    Gulf Coast Chairs
  • First & Last Name
    Tim Davis
  • City & State
    Tampa, Florida
  • Occupation
    VSA, Enterprise Commercial Truck
  • Biography
    Most of my wood working experience has come from the flooring trade. I installed hardwood & vinyl floors in and around the Columbus, Ohio area for 10 yrs. in the 80's and 90's. I then went to work for Honda of America mfg. building cars in Marysville, Ohio for the next 14 yrs. Everything was going pretty good and then something about a wall street bailout or something came along and a couple of years & home foreclosure later I ended up taking a buyout and somehow or another I ended up living in Tampa, Fla. Life is funny, ain't it. I started out up in Columbus, Ohio building adirondacks from used pallets, then once I got pretty good at it I turned to Red Cedar since it was readily available and easy to work with. I live in Tampa Florida now and build adirondacks out of rough cut Cypress from local sawmills. It's fairly cheap lumber to buy since it's only been partially air dried but still makes beautiful outdoor furniture. I've taken the best parts of the Jake Chair and NYWS chair and combined them together and added a few touches of my own and I call it the gulf coast chair.
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  3. James I appreciate your input and will for sure apply your advice when I do go to finish these chairs. Thanks John T, Beth and Aqua Tek, I will for sure post some pics of finished chairs. I wasn't fishing for complimets on these chairs but I sure do appreciate them.
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  8. Thanks Beth for the kind words and I'll look into your recommendations as well. Hey James what kind of sealer did you use on the cypress? Is it called ready seal?
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  14. I build adirondacks part time on the weekends out of rough cut 4/4 cypress. I buy from local sawmills in and around the Tampa Fl area. The lumber is partially air dried and I simply plane it and assemble the wood into outdoor furniture. I've been researching and working on developing a way to treat and finish the wood so I can offer it to customers in a finished form. I've looked into a company by the name of petriwood and penofin. I'm a newbie as far as finishing wood for outdoor use and I know using rough cut air dried lumber is not the norm and is much cheaper than buying kiln dried lumber, having said that, my purpose is to offer an affordable alternative that will perform as well as kiln dried products. If you have used either one of these products or have finished rough cut cypress I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter. Tim Davis, gulf coast chairs
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