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Ron White lives in Fayetteville and makes corner cupboards, desks and other big pieces of furniture, without being able to see a thing

SOME WEATHER MOVING THROUGH. SO STAY WITH US. WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A GIFTED FURNITURE MAKER FROM FAYETTEVILLE TONIGHT ARE TAR HEEL TRAVELER TAKES US TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY. SCOTT MASON HAS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO DISCOVERED THE TALENT. >> WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE SEEM DARK. >> WHITE WORKS IN HIS WOOD SHOP IN FAYETTEVILLE, AT LEAST GIVE ME THE SHAPE I WANT TO SAY. BRON IS BUSY CRAFTING ANOTHER FINE PIECE OF FURNITURE MADE ABOUT 5 CORNER COVERAGE. HE MADE THIS CORNER COVERED FOR HIS WIFE. I'M SURE PEOPLE ASK YOU HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU OKAY TO BE A MONTH HE MADE THIS DESK THAT SO MUCH THAT I HAD MADE ONE BEFORE. HE ALSO MADE THIS CEDAR CHEST. THAT'S AN OLD PICTURE OF WRONG AND MARYLAND CAME 78 KNOW THAT HE IS STILL TURNING OUT PEACE. I GUESS SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN TURN THE LIGHT ON. USUALLY WITH THE LIGHT ON. >> ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE ANY SNOW, NOT SHADOW, NOT NOTHING. NO LIGHT. PERCEPTION OF ALL. RON HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE THAT DAY IN VIETNAM. HE WAS A HELICOPTER PILOT FLYING YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS MISSION LOCATED TO DO SECTION AND ENDED UP IN MY HEAD. >> WENT TO MY LEFT EYE AND THEY TOOK IT OUT OF MY RIGHT TO PULL. THE CO PILOT FLEW THE CHOPPER TO SAFETY. IT SHOWS AN UPWARD ON THE TOOK THE BULLET OUT AND TELL ME THAT I WAS MUCH HE WAS STANDING MAN AND SAID DO NOT COME TO THE CLUB WITH ME. MARYLAND MET RON BEFORE HE WAS BLIND. AND THEN LATER HEARD THE NEWS HE'D BEEN INJURED. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT HE WAS. TOTALLY BIND. ALL HAD SOME SITE. SO I WENT OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO MEET HIM. AND HE WALKED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND MORE STRAIGHT PAST ME. SO I KNEW THEN THAT HE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. >> SO I JUST WENT UP AND TIP THEM ON THE SHOULDER AND SAY I'M WRONG. AND HE SAID MARILYN. AND THAT WAS IT. >> I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WOODWORKING, BUT RON LEARNED TO MAKE FURNITURE. SO YOU RELY, I GUESS, TOTALLY ON FEEL. YEAH, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY HEAVY DUTY TOOLS. I HAVE A DUTY KIND OF HE'S YOU WORRY ABOUT HIM IN THE SHOP. >> NOT REALLY. HE YOU KNOW, HE HAD TO LEARN TO DO IT HIMSELF. OF COURSE, I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM AND >> WATCH THE STONE AGE JUST ABOUT FINISHED THIS MAGAZINE RACK FROM MARYLAND. YOU THINK MARYLAND WILL BE PLEASE FILE ON AS MANY MORE PIECES LEFT TO DO AND NO USE LEAVING THE LIGHT ON WHAT FOR LOOKING FOR A SAFE. >> WOW. RON HE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE FURNITURE AND HE'S GRATEFUL TO THE MAN WHO TRAINED HIM AND TO HIS WIFE FOR HER SUPPORT. INCREDIBLE. I WAS

Tar Heel Traveler: The Blind Furniture Maker

Scott Mason made his way down to New Bern to meet a history lover who plucks splintered wood from old farmhouses and turns them into creative birdhouses that have sold across the world.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, VISIT WRAL DOT COM. RECYCLING IS FOR THE BIRDS, SAYS A MAN FROM CRAVEN COUNTY NEAR NEW BERN. >> AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER. TONIGHT, SCOTT MASON TELLS THE STORY OF A BUILDER, A BIRD LOVER AND THE HISTORY LOVER. >> AND IT'S AN OLD FARMHOUSE IN CRAVEN COUNTY. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN OLD FARMHOUSE TURN IT INTO A HOUSE, A CRUSHED FINGER ON DON'T SPLIT THE WOOD THEY CAN GET EVERYBODY CAN WHEN YOU'RE DOING AND TRYING TO MAKE A SMALL CUT. >> I'LL BE HONEST WITH SMALL CUTS BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS SMALL AND IS CREATE BIRD. HOW THE BIRD HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE HOUSE SUMMIT SACHELLE MOLDING. >> ALL RIGHT. THE WIND, A CHURCH WAS STAINED GLASS WINDOW ALL PUSHING ON LIKE HE LIKES. ADDING A TWIST. I WANT TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. I WANT TO STAND ON THE HISTORY THAT ARE CREATED BY SOMETIMES HISTORY CAN BARELY STAND ON ITS OWN. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SETTING LIKE THAT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS SITTING IN RONNIE KILLED IN THE LATE 1800 JUST 2 DAYS TO BE SAYING SAVED OR RECYCLE RECYCLING IS FOR THE BIRDS. IT'S THE NAME OF HIS BIRDHOUSE BUSINESS. THAT'S THE SIDING OFF OF THE 1940, FARMHOUSE. THE SALVAGE THE WOOD THAT'S WALLBOARD ON. I THINK 27 FARMHOUSE HAD A LADY COME UP AND ASKED ME IF I CAN MAKE BIRD HOW THE FROM THE PEPSI CRATE HE MADE ONE. HE AND HIS AWFUL NOT THING 20 GENERAL STORE. THE BOTTLE OPENER IS THE PERCHES. YEAH. BUT IT'S ABOUT THE HISTORY TO ME. I'M SAVING HISTORY. >> SO THE OWNER HAS GIVEN YOU PERMISSION AND THEN IN RETURN, YOU WILL MAKE HER A BIRD MAKER BIRDHOUSE. THAT LOOKS LIKE HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE OUT OF THE WERE OUT OF THE WOOD. THAT'S THE COOL PART OF THAT. THE REPLICA OF THE MOVIE CREATED FROM THE ACTUAL THESE PEOPLE BUILD THE COMMUNITIES OF AROUND THE HOUSE AND ONCE THESE HOUSES ARE GONE, THAT HISTORY >> IT'S NOT EASY SAVING HISTORY, BUT I NEVER MET THROUGH THE SIGN AND THERE'S ONE SITTING OUT THERE ON THE TABLE AND THAT TOOK 50 HOURS TO CREATE. HOW BIG HAS IT BECOME? WE'VE AND 35 STATES WE'VE GOT A MODEL WHERE WE'RE CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON STATE, SOUTH AMERICA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, YOUR BIRD NOW SITS IN GERMANY. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I GET WITH THESE BURNOUT. AND I SEE PEOPLE SMILE. I WANT THESE BIRDHOUSES TO BE BIRD HOUSES THAT. >> THERE'S NO NUMBER. I WAS LIKE, THAT'S MY GOAL. >> THAT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. SO UNIQUE. NOW THE COST OF THE BIRD HOUSES RANGES FROM UNDER

Tar Heel Traveler: History is For the Birds

Grady Hunter, a master craftsman from Raleigh built his own coffin for the State Fair woodworking competition in 2008. Grady died recently and rests in peace inside that very casket.

CRAFTSMAN. >> Reporter: HE'S LOGGED MANY HOURS IN THE LUMBERYARD, GRADY HUNTER HAS. HE'S ALWAYS LOVED TO WORK WITH WOOD. >> IF YOU TREAT IT RIGHT, IT WILL LAST FOREVER. >> Reporter: HE ALSOS THE STATE FAIR. AT THE HANDICRAFTS AND HOBBY COMPETITION, HE'S ENTERED A HANDMADE COFFIN? >> REAL SMOOTH AND PRETTY. >> WHY BUILD YOUR OWN COFFIN? >> I'VE NEVER LIVED IN A HOUSE I DIDN'T BUILD, SO WHY START NOW? THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> Reporter: HE'S PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. >> IT LOOKS VERY INVITING. >> Reporter: HE WILL BE THE JUDGE. BUT HAVE YOU EVER JUDGED A COFFIN? >> EVERYTHING BUT A COFFIN. >> I HAVE AN URN TO HOLD ASHES SO THEY CAN BE SIDE BY SIDE. >> SO YOU BUILT A COFFIN AND AN URN. >> I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING MY OWN RESTING PLACE. IT'S LINED SO IT'S NOT A HARDWOOD EFFECT WHEN YOU PUT YOUR LOVED ONES IN HERE. >> Reporter: HE ACTUALLY BUILT IT FOR A FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. HE'S 75 AND HEALTHY, STILL PUTTERING AROUND THE LUMBERYARD. IT'S WHO HE IS. >> I LOOK AT IT AS BEING A BON VOYAGE PARTY. >> Reporter: WHAT A FINE, FINE LIFE IT'S BEEN. >> I'M TICKLED TO DEATH.

Raleigh master craftsmen laid to rest in coffin he built 

Carl Robbins has been working with his hands for most of his life. Whether he was tinkering or building, he was always creating. And now Robbins, along with his wife Cassie, have created something else - a business called Kids Learning Carpentry LLC. 

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