Neal Drago
Hello, my name is Neal Drago. I was born and raised in Wisconsin, in Wauwatosa, a suburb west of Milwaukee. I studied diesel and automotive technology and spent 45 years in the auto service industry, so attention to detail and finish were second nature to me.
After I retired, I looked for new ways to define myself. I already had experience working with wood as my wife and I had built our passive solar adobe home as well as some of the furnishings for it. However, I was still looking for a new way to use my tools and express myself. I discovered box making and it has opened a whole new world to me. I have been creating boxes and expanding my designs ever since. Each box is unique and no two are exactly alike.
Each box begins life as either a solid block of wood or a book-matched lamination. They are “roughed-out” on a band saw and then brought to final shape using a variety of sanding techniques
