Dovetail MarshCabinetry · Burlington, VT

About

A cabinet shop founded in 2008 by William Trask and Anneliese Brandt, now eight people at the benches, two on the installation crew and two dogs.

Dim workshop wall hung with tools, rope, aprons and an open shutter letting in light
Fig. 5 / A working wall, not ours but not far off
Steel drawing compass on a plank workbench beside a tan leather folio
Fig. 6 / Dividers, for laying out tails
Folding wooden rules fanned out on a pine shelf
Fig. 7 / Folding rules

History

Founded 2008
Burlington, Vermont

It started with one kitchen and not enough clamps.

  1. 2008

    William Trask and Anneliese Brandt rent half of a machine shop at 88 Pine Street. First job: a kitchen for Anneliese’s parents, built on borrowed clamps.

  2. 2011

    Tomasz Wieczorek joins as joinery lead. The first hide-glue pot goes on the stove.

  3. 2013

    The shop takes over the second half of the building. Colm Doyle builds the milling room.

  4. 2016

    Ruth Delacroix starts at the front counter and ends up running the schedule. The showroom opens in the front 600 square feet.

  5. 2019

    The finish room, ventilated and water-based, replaces a spray booth in the back corner. Dado, the first shop dog, arrives.

  6. 2022

    Staircase work becomes a regular line after a Burlington Victorian job. Biscuit arrives.

  7. 2026

    340 kitchens and built-ins since 2008. Still eight in the shop and two installers.

The people

Eight in the shop
Two installers
Two dogs

Nobody here is called a team member.

  • William TraskCabinetmaker, co-founder2008
  • Anneliese BrandtDesign and projects, co-founder2008
  • Tomasz WieczorekJoinery lead2011
  • Colm DoyleMachine room and milling2013
  • Priya RamanFinish room2015
  • Ruth DelacroixShop manager and estimates. Ask for her at the counter2016
  • Hallie BrennanCabinetmaker, drawers and doors2018
  • Jun WatanabeCabinetmaker, chairs and tables2019
  • Marcus Lindqvist and Dale PruittInstallers2012, 2017

Dado (2019) and Biscuit (2022), shop dogs. Hours: all of them. Not allowed in the finish room, and they know it.

Tools

A partial list.
The full one is on the
wall by the bench room.

We own a lot of machines and use our hands more than they would like.

  • Jack plane, 1938
    William’s first plane, bought for eleven dollars
  • Hide-glue pot
    Electric, but kept warm on the stove in January
  • Dovetail saws
    Four, all different pitches, all sharpened by Tomasz
  • 24-inch planer-jointer
    Installed 2013, rebuilt 2022
  • Panel saw, 3 hp
    With a riving knife and a rule that says nobody works alone on it
  • Vacuum press
    For curved doors and veneered panels
  • Marking gauges
    Thirty-one, none of which are the one you need
  • Drawing board
    Four feet, parallel rule, Anneliese’s since 1999
  • Moisture meters
    Two. They disagree and both are right
  • Finish room
    Waterborne, filtered, 68 degrees all year