At home, he has a trio of pepper mills.

"I made a salt mill, but they don't seem to work as well."

He said he likes the look of his pepper mills, as do his customers, who purchase them for gifts at his other business, Auto-Barn Collision Center, next door at 148 Moffitt Rd.

He opened the Auto-Barn in 1980 when his passions ran high for cars. Now, his daughter, Nicole Beauregard, manager, and Kevin Breyette, estimator, run day-to-day operations there, while he swaps sheet metal for his new passion for wood.

"I'm trying to enjoy this," Bouvia said.

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