Jim Burt was born and raised in Goshen, Indiana. After being discharged after serving 6 years in the Navy he was employed with Westinghouse for 29 years in Pensacola, Florida, where he worked as a machinist and tool machine mechanic. "Woodworking has been a hobby all my life and I love it." Jim is 70 years old, and has been married for 52 years. He has three sons, four grandsons, three great grand daughters and one great grandson.

Darrell A. Kelly is a retired chemist (PhD) with over 30 years of industrial experience and 14 years of college teaching experience. Along with his wife of 42 years he helped raise two sons and a daughter-a writer, a CPA and an accountant, respectively. During those years he has followed three hobbies-maintaining their four acre estate, raising a vegetable garden each year and woodworking in his shop when time permits.