Cincinnati's Master Craftsman

HELLO!

My name is Brent W. Sears, and I am Cincinnati’s Master Craftsman specializing in Historical Restoration and Preservation techniques from the 1700's forward; Restore, Replicate, Preserve. My son Brendon works with me daily, teaching him the means and methods of “the craft” of long ago. Some of our voluminous specialties include can be found here.

We prefer to handle projects in our workshop, then, either ship the custom builds to you directly for you or your contractor onsite to install, or, we can come to your property for the complete install. Whatever the situation we service from conceptual planning, drawings and designs for Historical Review Boards, to project permitting, and final touches of the installation.

We can work with and design with anyone but in the vast majority of cases we create the build, construct in the shop and install for you onsite. Brendon and I take on the projects that interest us the most. Our shop is always booked with interesting, one-off, very unusual, and extremely custom assignments.

We are a specialty shop(!)...we build nothing twice.....

Our workshop is equipped with all the latest technology, designed to handle ANY historical restoration and preservation projects perfectly. To mention a few: German made Altendorf Sliding Table Saw, turn of the century old iron pieces such as: Type B 20” Porter Jointer, 36” Moak Bandsaw, Rockwell Stroke Sander, and our pride and joys: Williams and Hussey Molder, and the legendary Legacy 5 axis, Yeti Smartbench and Shaper Origin CNC Robots, EinScan H2 Shining - 3D Scanning & Modeling Equipment, and many more smaller pieces of high-tech gear as well as some of my grandpa's vintage tools passed down from long ago, and used almost daily.

Watch carefully and you might catch a glimpse of some of those amazing tools & machinery as you view some of our most recent work on the "Projects in Motion" Page. 

 Do you have a historical restoration that you want to see done correctly? Maybe a unique and custom piece that needs fit and finished perfectly. If so click here to reach out, and let’s have a conversation! The Old School Craftsman team wants to hear from you today!