Tom's miniature creations include working miniature radios, tables featuring beautiful veneers, bands and inlays, parquet flooring and clocks from mantel to Grandfather.

"And whatever custom furniture people want me to make, 99% of it 1:12th scale. Any smaller than that and you lose detail and must resort to laser cutting - which must be painted to hide the burn marks. I tend to make high quality furniture mostly for collectors, and they definitely prefer natural wood in 1/12th scale."

Tom is a computer programmer by trade, currently working on two programs for National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts (N.A.M.E.), but as soon as he can tear himself away from his keyboard you'll find him in one of his workshops.

"I have an inside workshop for assembly and finishing, and cutting, which I do on a Preac© table saw, and another workshop out in the garage for the really messy and noisy work like drill presses and disk or orbital sanding."