Don Challis is a stair builder with 20 plus years of construction experience who has honed the woodworking craft as well as construction management skills along side some of the best high end contractors the industry has to offer.
He also enjoys a creative side to woodworking, and that creativity is evident in his "soundwave" pieces among others.
Don goes pretty deep in discussing his backstory - one that shows how he became the master craftsman he is today.
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