Woodburned Decoys

In the early days Bob started out by cutting the rough shapes of decoy bodies from blocks of wood with his bandsaw. He would then refine the shape with his dremel tool.  After joining the head and giving it a final sanding, he would woodburn the feathers onto the body.  He made many decoys and songbirds in this way and the woodburning…

The Shop

Bob got his first dremel tool on Christmas day 1970, while he and Alma were living in an apartment in North East, Maryland.  This is Bob at his mother-in-law’s house; see the pure joy of receiving a woodworking tool! After they built their own house in 1972, he started making “duck dust” in the unfinished basement. …