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About
American woodworking content creator, educator, and small-business owner known online as Thomas Custom Woodworks and known for sharing budget-friendly woodworking tips, shop builds, and step-by-step project tutorials on Instagram and his website with over 500,000 Instagram followers. He is also known for selling downloadable woodworking plans and for founding Thomas Woodworking Academy.
Before fame
He began his professional career outside of woodworking and worked as a certified personal trainer starting in 2013. He later worked as a physical education teacher for five years while continuing to train clients. He did not begin woodworking seriously until June 2020 when he started building projects using construction lumber and pallet wood. He began sharing his woodworking projects and journey online on Instagram in 2020.
Trivia
He appeared on an episode of Another Woodshop Podcast in February 2024. He founded the Thomas Woodworking Academy in the early 2020s. He stopped working as a PE teacher in 2023 to pursue being a woodworker and content creator fulltime.
Family life
He is from the United States. He has Serbian heritage. He is a father.
Associated with
He, John Malecki, and Jimmy DiResta are all known for their woodworking content and skills.
