Flint's Woodshop 
About Flint's Woodshop
One Shop, One Pair of Hands
Flint’s Woodshop is one man in Washington Township, Michigan. Daniel Flint owns it, and Daniel Flint builds everything that leaves it — twenty years of cutting, gluing, sanding, engraving and finishing, with no employees and no production line.
Most of the work is commissioned: live-edge tables, cabinetry, fireplace mantels and one-off commercial pieces, built to fit a specific room rather than a catalogue. End-grain cutting boards and laser engraving come out of the same shop. Hardwood cremation and pet urns are handled through our specialized division, Laser Engraved Urns.
20+ years of woodworking experience
Daniel grew up on the lakes and in the forests up here, which is the plain reason the timber comes from Michigan and not from a pallet off a truck. Wherever there is a choice, the wood is locally sourced and responsibly harvested — the cherry piece below is a fair example of what that buys you in figure and colour.
He graduated from Western Michigan University with a B.Sc. in 2005. Woodworking started there, and it was never the degree.
Locally Sourced - Sustainably Harvested
The Corner Cabinet That Started It All
During his time at WMU, and after converting his kitchen table into a router table, Daniel completed his first project - a corner cabinet - built entirely in his one-bedroom college apartment. From this point forward, he was hooked. Woodworking would always be a part of Daniel’s life.
Twenty years and several hundred pieces later, the work is still done the same way — one piece at a time, by the same person. Below is a small sample.
A Sample of the Work
Commissions built one at a time in the shop. Each of these was drawn up with the customer, then built, finished and delivered by the same pair of hands.
Cypress Root Table
Live-edge cypress root slab on a heavy cast-iron base with a high-contrast starburst grain.
Live-Edge Walnut Bar
Full-length slab bar top with dark-filled center checks and contrasting butterfly inlays.
Classic Navy Buffet
Dark hardwood top over painted navy cabinetry with glass-front display doors.
Solid Walnut Table
Round solid-walnut tabletop mounted on a custom black steel X-base.
Custom Hardwood Cross
A large two-tone hardwood cross — dark-stained center, natural light border — built for a church wall.
Tall Custom Corner Cabinet
A full-height corner cabinet in dark-stained hardwood: a glass-panelled display door on top, raised-panel doors below, crown moulding across the head.
Oak Corner Fireplace Mantel
An oak corner unit built around an electric fireplace insert, with display shelving above.
Painted Sideboard
A cream-painted sideboard: four drawers on one side, open cubby shelving on the other.
White Oak Buffet Table
White oak in a dark finish, drawers down the centre and open shelving either side.
Fireplace Mantel and Surround
A hardwood mantel shelf on square pilasters, framing a tiled firebox.
Custom Corner Shelf Unit
Five open shelves stepping down to the floor, built to stand in an inside corner.
Commercial Partition Boards
Freestanding partition boards built and branded for Caliber Metals to divide their floor space.
Byrnes Family Crest
A full family crest laser-etched into the face of an end-grain board.
Engraved Anniversary Board
A hardwood board carrying a monogram, both names and the wedding date, with laurel corners.
Laurel Monogram Box
The same laurel border with a different initial - each lid is engraved to order.
Monogrammed Keepsake Box
A hardwood box with an initial and a laurel border burned into the lid, splined at the corners.
Engraved Urn Lid
A family portrait burned into a maple urn lid from a supplied photograph.
Engraved Keepsake Box
A hardwood keepsake box with a portrait and dates engraved into the lid.
Memorial Portrait Engraving
A portrait and dates engraved into hardwood as a memorial piece.
Completed End-Grain Board
A finished dark end-grain board, oiled and ready to use.
End-Grain Charcuterie Board
Mixed hardwoods in a staggered end-grain layup, finished with food-safe oil.
Epoxy River Board
An exotic hardwood board with an amber epoxy pour running through it, on the bench mid-build.
Mahogany Keepsake Urn
A mahogany box with a contrasting lid and exposed splined corners.
Light Charcuterie Board
A pale end-grain layup, cut from the ends of the boards so the grain stands upright.
Engraved Folding Knife
A folding knife with a scrolled engraving cut into the bolster.
Lined Keepsake Box
Opens to a soft-lined interior, with a design engraved on the inside of the lid.