© 2009 Joe Ball Inc.
Welcome!
This is the Precision Woodworks home page.
It’s about time I got a website up. But, why? Is it because everyone else is doing it? What about advertising or Internet marketing? Or, is it an excuse to comfortably sit amongst multiple pillows with a space heater directed at my feet while I sit in front of an oversized monitor and make web pages to my hearts content?
Though that last one may seem plausible, it isn’t my reason. Aside from the obvious fact that a website asserts an entity’s existence, my primary objective here is to educate.
I’ve often contemplated getting into the field of education until I realised that teaching others can take place anywhere. In and around Precision Woodworks education happens with the people I work with and clients that are fortunate enough to find out about us.
In the process of creating custom cabinetry for diverse tastes, there have been many lessons learned. Unfortunately this information doesn’t always get passed on due to the volume of it. With custom cabinetry and woodworking comes an endless list of possibilities. With each possibility comes the associated knowledge that is necessary for production.
The idea that information has to be held on to and kept to oneself and for one’s own advantage is an idea that is definitely not mine. By sharing what I know and giving information freely, I am enabled to think in the future and put my attention on continuously creating.
Keeping knowledge to one's self is also keeping full responsibility for that knowledge. For example: if I invented the toilet and I kept the knowledge of how to flush it to myself, then I would be flushing many toilets for the rest of my life.
An example in a custom cabinetry sphere: By educating as many as possible on the products and possibilities that exist, the customer is further enabled to take responsibility for the style and fine details that go into the custom project they desire. That means I can put more attention on production aspects as well as further idea generation.
Perhaps a key lesson that needs to be learned is custom cabinetry can requires some serious skill. Unfortunately this is a lesson clients and failed cabinet makers have learned the hard way. There are many fine details and factors that we observe in order to achieve the intended result.
Numerous times I have come in after the guy that flopped everything. The flop may be the cabinet maker’s fault entirely, but had the client been a little more informed initially, the flop could have been diverted completely.
Take a look at an inverted example: Let’s say we come in on the job, we work wonders by doing needed research, multiple drafts to get every detail just right, we streamline our internal organization so that installation goes off without a hitch, and everything basically turns out flawless. This is fine and dandy and it also what we do on a continuous basis, but without an educated client, the hard work we just did might go completely unnoticed. The client failed to see any challenge or sweat coming off our faces and therefore might even feel ripped off or that things went TOO easy.
But to sum it up, I do best and everyone else does best when the information is out in the open. Having a website serves to, not only make my company known to a greater sphere, it’s also a place to insert any knowledge I may have regarding the creation of anything custom. In this way, anyone has the possibility of finding information that may help in the project in question.
Joe Ball
Why Custom?
The reasons to go the custom route is…, well the list would be long. In talking with
clients who had used pre-
From measurements to renderings to full working drawings, precision drafts is what comes before all else.
The shop’s existence is set up in a precision fashion, for we produce a broad spectrum of products.
Precision colours, sealers and lacquers dialled in to achieve the exact look you’re seeking.
Realizing the initial concepts of the project requires a precision installation, for this is where it all comes together.
Here’s How It Works:
Step 1: An architect, designer, contractor, store or home owner gives us a call
Step 2: I find out what’s needed and wanted, this includes style and scope of project. Additionally I’ll want to figure out the time frame, quality desired and budget perameters.
Step 3: I’ll make up a solution and make it known. This will be an estimate or design.
Step 4: We deliver what’s needed and wanted, be it cabinets, furniture, or assistance in some way.