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large dining-room table like his hours to complete," he said. "I had
own could be priced close to to build a jig to hold it in place so
$2,000.
I could assemble it, and I had to
"There is an art to bending build a bender so I could shape
metal pipes whether for support the steel into the right dimen-
conduits and pipe trestles in a fac- sions."
tory or for furniture in a home,"
With the jig and the bender
he said.
now available, Mr. Braun esti-
As Mr. Braun was working on mates he could do something sim-
the projects in his home, he dis- ilar in considerably less time. He
covered shortcuts he hopes he also thinks the next dining-room
eventually can use in crafting cus- table and wall unit could be fin-
tom-made pieces for others.
ished in a fraction of the time
"The bannister, with all the needed to forge his earlier pro-
twisted, curly lines, took me 70 jects. ❑
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