My name is Dave Mitchell, I am a custom wood artisan working in a single person shop located in beautiful Northwest Montana.

In 2005, I decided I needed to enter a new world and offer my custom woodworking online by creating this website. Coming up with Splinters as a business name just seemed to materialize one day to me, as great ideas sometimes do. I had pondered for a name for a while which would be easy to remember and be related to what I love to do. Splinters are typically connected with wood and seem to happen frequently, so it seemed an appropriate choice. I went searching for domain names and fou...

In 2005, I decided I needed to enter a new world and offer my custom woodworking online by creating this website. Coming up with Splinters as a business name just seemed to materialize one day to me, as great ideas sometimes do. I had pondered for a name for a while which would be easy to remember and be related to what I love to do. Splinters are typically connected with wood and seem to happen frequently, so it seemed an appropriate choice. I went searching for domain names and found Splinters Woodworks.com was available. I purchased the domain and with the help of a friend, the Splinter Woodworks web site was born. This web site has been a work in progress for a few years now, one which has turned into a well functioning means of being found by clie