Dave Carlson

Woodworker and fine furniture maker from Helena Montana.

During his 32 year career as a civil engineer and land surveyor woodworking was a hobby offering a break from the number crunching and paper shuffling of engineering. Since retiring from engineering 11 years ago Carlson has embraced woodworking full time as a custom fine furniture maker. Both residential and office furniture as well as small items in wood such as turned vessels, jewelry boxes, music boxes, kaleidoscopes and a host of other items have been produced. Carlson works with customers on furniture design, offering scale drawings and cost estimates free of charge. Customers choose woods, finishes and participate in design resulting in furniture that is truly personal and fitting aesthetically as well as functionally.
 
Photos of past work can be viewed by contacting Carlson by phone 406-457-1785 or E-mail dcarlson@bresnan.net or viewing an ongoing display in the Arcade Building on the walking mall in Helena across from the Parrot Confectionery. A photo gallery of Carlson's work may be viewed at  WWW. Helena Woodworkers.Com.

Carlson maintains an extensive resource of furniture designs and styles and is open to working with customers to develop and incorporate design concepts that they may wish to bring to the table or designs using his resource materials. Average backlog on custom furniture is about 4 months.

	Dave Carlson in his wood shop
	Cherry writing desk with fold down writing surface
	Cherry night stands with padauk pulls