A little about us
here at The Tin Shoppe
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As
you may have noticed, we, as the local tinsmith, live on Huberville
Road in a little shop we like to call our working museum. We operate
our tinsmithing shop using only authentic tinsmithing tools from the
1800's. We use the same processes for creating all of our crafts
that they did then.
Our authentic products look as close to those that
you would have found during that period of time as we can make them.
Our catalog (as shown on this website) depicts the product designs we
have available at this time. Our picture taking is not of the
best but that's because we're tinsmiths, not photographers. The
products are first class! Our color pictures are improving because
of the newfangled digital camera that we got - it just hits the spot!
As a little bit of what we have done, in addition
to making the catalog items as shown, we provide authentic custom designed
items in quantity for institutions like Hotels, Convention Centers,
Old Time Shows, Country Stores and other such businesses. You
also might find our crafts in dealer's stores somewhere in the U.S..
Each order is custom made when the order comes in.
Our shopping cart system allows you to enter your order here and then
we will call you to make arrangements for payment.
We make each and every item in our shop here on
Huberville Road, no "re-marketing" here. We'd like you
to drop in anytime you're in the Dayton Ohio area and check out our
shop. Perhaps you'll want to drop by the United
States Air Force Museum here in Dayton (quite close to us) sometime
as it's fantastic (and FREE).
If we can answer any questions you might have, please
feel free to call us at (937) 256-5044 whenever your question
pops up. (Ted's in the picture above and here's a little about
him)
Bio for Ted Borger - The
Tin Shoppe
Ted Borger has been a decorative Tinsmith for the past twelve years.
His shop, open year round, is located at The Center of Flight in Dayton,
Ohio across from the National
Museum of the United States Air Force. Over one hundred pieces of
traditional reproduction designs are available. Each piece is hand punched
and formed on tools from the 1800’s, keeping with time-honored
guidelines of old world craftsmanship.
In 2001 Mr. Borger participated in the cohesive team that accomplished
the reconstruction of the 1903 Wright Flyer using blueprints provided
by The Smithsonian. Ted reproduced the gas tank and cooling system within
1/16 inch tolerance for the full scale replica currently being displayed
at Wright
State University. This creative tinsmith also designed Christmas
ornaments that hung on the Official Blue Room tree in the White
House in 1999.
Please browse at www.thetinshoppe.com
, catalog on request for $5.00. Visitors to The Tin Shoppe
are welcome to observe the formation of authentic functional ornamental
art in progress at ‘the working museum’ housed on the grounds
of a historic mansion (circa 1840). What an experience!
Ted and Becky