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Photos: Working with wood

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Friday, Jul 5, 2024 6:00 AM MT

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Durango craftsman Simon Gnehm builds a bench using lumber from the site on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that will go in a shed that he is constructing using traditional methods for a client in the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Durango craftsman Simon Gnehm builds a bench using lumber from the site on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that will go in a shed that he is constructing using traditional methods for a client in the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

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