| This blog is written by Nate Meadows | 30 entries so far |
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End Grain Floor #22: Hardwood Floor Magazine
I wanted to share with all of you what I got in the mail the other day! Hardwood Floors asked to ...
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Power Upgrade #5: The Main Panel Setup
I let the post cure of a few days before working on them. I needed to add the the cross members a...
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Power Upgrade #4: Hand Trenching
So after returning the Ditch Witch I still had about 100 feet of trench to hand dig. I had some l...
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Power Upgrade #3: Trenching Adventures!
So I did call USA DIG and had all my lines marked and had the utilities come out. However, being ...
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Power Upgrade #2: Trenching
So this last weekend we had a break in the weather and I was feeling pretty good! I went to our l...
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Power Upgrade #1: Power Poles
Ok, first let me say Thank You! again to all of you Lumber Jocks for your kindness and encouragem...
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A Soldiers Story #1: Struggles, What drives me!
It has been almost 10 years since I was in combat, 9 since I was wounded. Yet the emotional wound...
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End Grain Floor #21: Sea Gulls
It has been so long since my last blog and I want to thank all of you for your patience! Life has...
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End Grain Floor #20: Leviathan Part 8
This should be the final set on the Sea Monster until final sanding and finishing! I received ...
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End Grain Floor #19: Water around the Lands
After I finish the Leviathan I will start working on the Sea Gulls. However, before I can do that...
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End Grain Floor #18: Leviathan Part 7
My intention was to complete the Leviathan in this run but just a warning…it will take one ...
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Bandsaw
Lumberjocks, I have just come across a need. I don’t know if any of you know Matthew, fe...
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End Grain Floor #17: Leviathan Part 6
First I must apologize for my previous blog. There are times when I should not write! at that was...
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End Grain Floor #16: Leviathan Part 5
With the plans all drawn up, I can finally get to work! (no, it was really a fluid process, work ...
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End Grain Floor #15: Leviathan Part 4
So, after completing all but the eye of the Leviathan, I was very unhappy with the rest of his bo...
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End Grain Floor #14: Leviathan Part 3
Hmm, where was I…O yes. The red material had arrived and so I laid it all out on the table ...
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End Grain Floor #13: Leviathan Part 2
While the Epoxy was curing on the Mother of Pearl, I started cutting out the body. I started with...
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End Grain Floor #12: Leviathan Part 1
Originally I was going to blog the Leviathan in one section, but I have realized that it would be...
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A Soldiers Story-What happened...What drives me!
First and for most I want to dedicate this blog to Catherine Helshoj, VP of Laguna Tools, whom I ...
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End Grain Floor #11: Marquetry Inlaid Sailing Ship
With all the tile work done its was time to move on to the details. The first inlay that I decide...
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End Grain Floor #10: 1st Scroll Work
Before I could glue down the apron I needed to cut out the letters of the compass and get them in...
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End Grain Floor #9: Apron-Large tiles
With the border complete I could now focus my attention on the apron…the area beyond the bo...
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End Grain Floor #8: Border
With all the small tile work done it was time for me to begin work on the border. I had been coll...
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End Grain Floor #7: Final Lands
As I finished laying the final tiles I ran into a major problem. Somehow on my journey around the...
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End Grain Floor #6: Fleur De Le
Once I had completed 85 to 90 percent of the tile work it was time to add the Fleur De Le to the ...
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End Grain Floor #5: More lands
Before I moved on to more lands I needed to trim up the internal lines of tiles. I was laying the...
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End Grain Floor #4: Islands and Landmasses cont.
The next land I inlaid came from an old growth Redwood Burl that my parent-in-laws gave me. It us...
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End Grain Floor #3: Islands
The theme of the floor is that is resembles an old sailing map. It gets deeper than that as the m...
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End Grain Floor #2: More Tiles
After finished the star, minus the obsidian inlay I moved on to collecting and cutting 6×6 t...
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End Grain Floor #1: Beginning
Before I could truly begin working I wanted to get the subfloor figured out. The original floor w...
