| This blog is written by MOJOE | 26 entries so far |
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New Lathe
So my gal purchased a Rikon 70-050VS for my Christmas gift and I’ve been making shavings ev...
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First Trip to Saw Mill
My folks cut down a birch in their front yard a couple weeks ago and saved me a 5-foot length of ...
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Christmas Turning Blanks
Today our family went to visit my folks for a late Christmas. My brother-in-law, who runs a mobi...
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My First Bookmatched Panel
Today I decided to try my hand at making a book matched panel that will fit nicely into a lid for...
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New (to me) Planer
Found out Friday that my boss’ brother-in-law is moving out of state and leaving all his sh...
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First Resaw Session
Finally found some shop time and decided I should try another attempt at resawing a few logs I...
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Wood Gloat.....Locust
We had a pretty intense storm here in KC last night….lost a couple limbs from our maple...
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Name That Plane
I recently acquired the plane shown below. I’m pretty sure it’s a No. 4, as it is ab...
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Jedi Wood Find.....Update :(
Well, I happened across a nice piece of crotch locust about 8 months ago while driving home from ...
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Found Wood in KC
So a few weeks ago I stopped by a home site and picked up a small portion of stump. I opened it ...
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My first found wood.....
Some folks are building a home around the corner from me, and knocked down a few trees in the pro...
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Finally.....My Boy Sleeps In His Crib
Well, 2 nights ago, my son Noah finally started sleeping well enough that we didn’t have to...
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1 Year Anniversary
I just received a comment that my 1 year anniversay is Monday…...man a year went by fast! ...
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New Shop Buddy!!
Today at 10:14 am, God blessed me with a baby boy, Noah Blake. He weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz, and ...
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Name That Wood??????
Hey All,The wife has expressed an interest in a bench seat to match our kitchen table. I would l...
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A quick story of stupidity!
Well it happened, I was building a couple drawers for my boy’s dresser and had a small acci...
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New Crib #6.....Finally Got 'er Whipped
Well, I finally finished up my son’s crib….well ahead of my Feb. deadline I might add...
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New Crib #5
Man….been a long time since I have worked on the crib! Good thing my boy doesn’t arr...
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New Crib #4
Well, I spent Thursday afternoon looking through 2 Home Depot’s worth of birch plywood. I ...
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New Crib #3
Well guys and gals, the wife is at a baby shower and the 2 yr old is with Grandma at the water pa...
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Quick Gloat......But Not About Wood
Well, my daughter had her 2nd B-Day party today, and when my folks come up to KC they brought me ...
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New Crib #2
Just got back from the lumber yard. This is gonna be a quick post, and a test run to see if I ca...
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New Crib #1
Well,As you may or may not know, my wife and I are expecting our 2nd in February. Our first will...
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New Toys
Well,I will be turning 29 on Monday, and this afternoon following lunch, the wife took me by Sear...
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Upcoming project
Well,Pending verification from our family doctor, it appears that my next project will be a baby ...
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Router Table for Ridgid Tablesaw
Well, first off, this is my maiden voyage for blogging. Hope it works. I will basically detail ...
