| This blog is written by BigTiny | 66 entries so far |
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easy and atractive gun rack
For those of us who are proud of our ownership of long guns, a common problem is to find an easy ...
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My brothers and sisters here...
May the peace and blessings of He who made us all be with you always. May your tools never be du...
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Happy happy and merry merry
To my LumberJocks extended family, may the peace of He who made us all descend upon you and yours...
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A big thank you to Scrollgirl
The postman was standing in for Santa today as he delivered a package from our lovely LJ sister S...
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Mrs Tiny
Greetings all. Mrs Tiny is in hospital again with a complication of her diabetes. She had a f...
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Another one of them there "tool gloats".
As if my poor work area wasn’t crowded too much already, today I bought myself an older but...
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nut cracker #1: School daze
Greetings all. First, let me apologize for my protracted absence hereabouts. Health troubles,...
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haven't been here lately
If anyone is wondering why yours truly hasn’t been as vocal as usual of late, it’s be...
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Sometimes complaining helps.
Greetings all. A short while back, I posted a nasty blog about folks who try to abuse this pla...
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A complaint: one member's opinion.
Is it just me, or does anyone else here feel irked about the string of users here lately who log ...
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A bit of a tool gloat.
I picked up a bit of a deal this week, an antique wood bodied plane, 14 inches long with a 2 inch...
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basic financial planning #12: A couple of minutes very well spent.
How many of you just check the total and write a check when you get your credit card bills? BA...
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Further to the royal wedding
Some of you may have read my blog on my disappointment with the princes not stopping at the tomb ...
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a royal disapointment
I watched the royal wedding this morning (still watching actually, she is on her way to the abbey...
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basic financial planning #11: Retirement planning and timing.
Here in Canada, we have the RRSP or registered retirement savings plan. I’m sure the USA h...
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basic financial planning #10: Getting a jump on going pro
Here’s a little tip for those of you thinking of going pro, either as a business or in reti...
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Made a new friend today
Greetings all. I met brother LJ Poopiekat today. He dropped over with a donation for my shop,...
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An invitation.
I have been given the honor of moderating a new forum on www.thomasjmacdonald.com, the web site r...
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basic financial planning #9: A little exercise/
As the title says, this is a little exercise. Don’t worry, you don’t need gym equipm...
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A milestone for me here...
This is Saint Patrick’s Day, so what better day and what better way to celebrate my 1,000th...
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basic financial planning #8: know the tax codes
Hi everybody. Here’s an example of how you can make the tax laws work for you for a chan...
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A first (I think), a magazine gloat.
Greetings and salutations my fellow LJs. Yesterday I came across a fantastic deal on a couple ...
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basic financial planning #7: A place for everything
Good evening group.Today we look into record keeping among other things. First and foremost, y...
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basic financial planning #6: Keeping it in its place
Good evening group. Tonight we talk about the separation of business and personal. No, I don&...
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basic financial planning #5: Okay, what's next?
Welcome back all. Sorry for the hiatus Okay, you are now a partially established wood pro, ma...
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basic financial planning #4: Another blank night
Still haven’t been able to sleep even with the Demerol. Been over 60 hours now. Head is f...
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basic financial planning #3: nothing new tonight
It is with a heavy heart that I must beg off tonight. I’m waiting for the demerol to kick ...
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basic financial planning #2: Do regular "check ups"
Okay, dear readers, time for part two of my insomnia cure… er… financial planning for...
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basic financial planning #1: Financial planning basics for the woodworking pro.
I’ve volunteered to do a few blogs on the financial planning of going pro, so here comes th...
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I wonder if there is any interest?
If enough of you are interested, I could do a blog on financial planning for the self employed wo...
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Happy anniversary LumberJocks!
It’s been five years today! We should all thank the Gods of wood working for Martin and th...
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cutting jig for circular saws
I’ve used a certain type of circular saw jig to cut straight and accurate lines. All I did...
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Shop made drum sander with a difference
Like many other LJs, I’ve dreamed about having a drum sander in my shop. Also like many of...
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Rest in peace my fallen brother
Earlier today, Sgt. Ryan Russell of the Metropolitab Toronto Police Service was laid to rest.14,0...
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It's a new year
Let us hope that this year brings better things to all than the last one did.Pray to the Almighty...
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All the best...
No matter which holiday you celebrate at this time of year, whether it be Christmas, Chanuka or w...
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mini gloat
Did pretty well on Kijiji (a buy/sell web site) this week.First was a National 4 inch jointer/pla...
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Minor tool gloat
Got a 6 inch Vermont American stacked dado set in like new condition this week for only $15. I...
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A thought for today.
“So what if the best of our wages be, An empty sleeve, a stiff bent knee, A crutch fo...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #9: Oh well, better luck next time.
I didn’t get it done in time. The old back was protesting too much. I’ll add a fe...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #8: still one more update
Greetings all. Well, finally got the camera back from the wife, only to find I hadn’t in...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #7: another update
Greetings all. Well, I’ve been cutting diamond shapes for the Louis cubes and gluing the...
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to my fellow Canadian LJs
Have a safe and happy thanksgiving. My own thanks are headed up by the many friends I have made ...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #6: update
Greetings all. Well, I haven’t gotten much of anything done this week as my health has t...
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is it just me?
or has anyone else had trouble over on Tommy MacDonald’s site? Every time I try to do some...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #5: I'll try anything once
Greetings all. In an attempt to get the brilliant colors I want for my Sawdust Chronicles chal...
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a tool question
Greetings all. A local buy/sell site has an ad for a ‘Stanley wood tool, complete and in...
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an open appology to Diane
Our fellow LJ Diane is auctioning rid off some lovely carving books on another web site, one that...
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trolling for tools
There a couple of tools I want that are too expensive hereabouts in my humble opinion. First is ...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #4: update, September 17
Hi all. Well, I picked up a 5×5 sheet of 1/2” Baltic birch plywood yesterday for th...
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The new version is here! The new version is here!
(the above in my best Steve Martin voice a la his movie “The Jerk”) ;) Google Sk...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #3: a little clearer now?
Here’s the pedestal attached to the base. Should make things a little clearer. The pede...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #2: rough patterns
Louis cube top, half pattern in gray scale. Rubik’s cube pedestal. These are ...
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sawdust chronicles challenge #1: need a little advice
Greetings all. Well, the plans are coming along, but I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock. To ...
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Made up my mind
I’ve decided on my challenge entry. A table (small) with a Louis cube veneer top and a Rub...
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I closed my eyes, held my nose, and jumped in with both feet
Greetings all. Well, I took the plunge and entered my name in the Sawdust Chronicles challenge...
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cutting plexiglass
Greetings all. I have a question. I’m building a table saw cross cut sled and intend us...
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A little advice
Greetings all. Since I’ve been actively adding to my shop lately, cost has become an iss...
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Where oh where?
Anyone know what’s happened to the 207 woodworking forum? Every time I try logging on ther...
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Tool gloat
Couldn’t resist the sale they had this week at Canadian Tire. MasterCraft tabletop belt-di...
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I DID IT!
I finally finished going through the entire projects section, all 2386 pages of it! Did it in ju...
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Wood turning tip
For those pf you doing spindle turning on the lathe, or any other turning that uses a “stor...
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Still reading the old projects
Well, less that 1,000 pages left to go! I’m up to page 1,325 in my self chosen task of goi...
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just browsing for ideas
Greetings group Since joining here, I’ve been browsing through all the old projects and ...
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Just a plain plane
Hi all. Well, I took the plunge and bought some 2 by maple and some 1 by purpleheart with the ...
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My newest undertaking
Well, here I am, making my first blog entry… I guess a good start would be to tell a bit...
