Thank you for visiting Hinze Wood Creations. I've created this site to document my hobby.. er.. rather my obsession with wood working. I hope to have tips, tricks, projects, jigs, etc within these pages...

To give you a little background information, by day, I'm a Information Technology professional... yea a computer geek.  I've worked in that capacity for nearly 17 years. During my youth, including middle school, high-school, and college I played football (offensive line --> Guard and Center). I also am a competative powerlifter and have been for about 10 years.

I got into wood working by accident. I built a small cabinet for my wife who started doing small crafts.... I had so much fun with that little project that it spawned into a full blown obsession. See, nothing I ever build as a computer professional will stand the test of time, nor is it really a tangable object... it's just bit's and byte's in an electronic world. By contract, things I build out of wood (or other materials) can be held, appreciated, and passed on to family members. It's quite rewarding.

My grandfather was a pattern maker for the automotive companies and a hobbiest wood worker. He was a true master and built things I can only dream of attempting. Unfortunately, I had no interest in  the craft when he was alive (despite his attempts to teach me). This is probably my biggest regret...