Lakeside Canvas has been located on Buckeye Lake since 1995, fabricating Custom covers, tops, enclosures, and upholstery for boats. You can get here by water, if you are on Buckeye Lake.
Lakeside Canvas was created in 1995 due to the excessive regulations on trucking. The transportation industry lost a motivated 20 year enthusiast, with knowledge in all aspects of trucking, a long time owner-operator, a small fleet owner, as well as a fully qualified diesel and truck mechanic.
Why boats? Boating and camping have been a family pass time since before I was born. Camping led to being an Eagle Scout, and boating? Look in the parking area and you will see 6 boats, my hobby. One goes as fast as you can row, and yet another will do over a hundred MPH. One thing I know, you will have fun no mater how fast the boat goes.
My first "custom" boat upholstery job was in 1985, ten years before opening up the canvas shop. I still have the boat, if you want to see it. The first boat cover I made in 1995 took me a week to complete,, I had no clue where to start. That has all changed,, Now I blaze into a project with a real plan on what the end result needs to be.
~~ What I was doing before opening the Canvas Shop ~~ I bring to the canvas shop a wide range of skills learned through the course of working different jobs, in an effort to survive in a country where working people make nothing and the cost of living keeps going up. Vacation? I am not sure what that is, but I have heard of it.
America ! Opportunity is out there !
  
snow cat making snow all night - Buss Boy at a local restaurant... we got drunk in the cooler with all that wine.16yrs old....
- Cutting Grass, self employed.. I always liked it.
- Snow Cat operator, and repair...( feels weird to drive up the ski slopes )
really cool, snow cat was 12' wide, 26' long, and plenty of power. V-8 351 4bl dual exhaust, automatic. - Snow making machine set up, maintenance, and repair...( wet & cold job. )
- Carpentry work of all kinds...( I built the shop here at the lake )
- General home repairs and remodeling...( rather be out on the boat )
- Plumbing work of all kinds...( residential and commercial )
- Electrical work of all kinds...( high and low voltage )
- Forming and pouring concrete...( residential and commercial )
- Steel and aluminum fabrication and welding...( it's everywhere, welding is fun, really, it is fun, u should try it. )
- Fork lift operator and repair...( bumpy ride and hard to fix )
- Automotive repair and painting...( I would rather work on a boat )
- Semi truck and trailer repair...( front to back,top to bottom,inside and out.- can u fix it? yep. )
- Heavy construction equipment repair and maintenance. ( be dam careful, this crap is heavy )
- Diesel mechanic on Cummings & Detroit...( big engines are neat )
- Bicycle, lawn mower, motorcycle, atv, and snowmobile ...repair, modification and maintenance...( fun stuff! )
- Semi truck driver, over 1Million miles 48 states all weather, a great job before the Government over-regulated it..
- Backhoe, skid steer, and dump truck operator...( playing in the dirt )
- Selling cars...( A fun job to have, if you like weekends at work -and- taking money from people,mmmmm, no thanks.)
- Boat and fiberglass repair of all kinds.( my toys get pure abuse, lol. wana go for a ride? will it break this time? )
- Outboard motor modification, rebuilding, and repair...( toys, run it till it blows up, fix it, repeat )
- Marine lower unit modification, rebuilding, and repair...( toys )
Well.....mmmm, probably forgetting a few things.
I guess you would say I am a hands on kind of person.
When something breaks, grab some tools and take it apart.
Find out what makes it tick, and make it tick again !
~~ What I have been doing since opening the canvas shop ~~ - Industrial sewing machine repair...( who else is going to fix it? )
- Fixing and Building Computers
- Networking setups and wiring
- Building hand coded web sites, the old fashioned way.
- Installing, customizing, integrating and trouble shooting all types of CMS's, ( Content Management Systems )
- Website Hosting,( I am no longer accepting new accounts )
- Drupal Content Management System Development
- Drupal support, upgrades and troubleshooting
I am no longer doing web site development as of 1-1-2012, with the exception of this web site.
If you want web development or IT work: - I want to hear about the format
- who is providing the content
- what server is it going to run on
- the deadline
- is it tel-commute
- what is the salary
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My desk, where numerous web sites
are were created and maintained.
1 computer running Ubuntu Server.
1 computer running Ubuntu desktop on single monitor.
1 computer with Sun Solaris 10 on a single monitor.
1 computer with windows and dual monitors.
1 file server running Linux.
The top shelf is for building and repairing computers.
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Beak away from the
Microsoft Monopoly
My web sites are hosted on Apache Servers running open source Unix
A great Linux Desktop operating system
with everything you need for home and business.
. . . . ubuntu . . .
It's Free and runs perfect !
Ask me about running Ubuntu in your computer.
. . . .edubuntu . . .
for kids and school !
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