70 days ago
by Napaman |
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GRANT IS COMING HOME—-STOP THE PRESSES…ALL LJ’s READ!!!
I just got the news on Grant’s blog—-GRANT…who has been in the HOSPITAL for 376 days…and 1200 miles from home is COMING HOME TO NAPA…I AM CRYING…I just checked his blog after being on LJ’s for toooo long and I missed the post until 10:30 pm….so I cant race through the house screaming with all in bed…but I really want to …
WHO IS GRANT i started this BLOG ...
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124 days ago
by Napaman |
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Well…since we built the shed…it has been tough to find multiple days in a row to get shop time…between visitors and our own travels I have had a day here and a day there…but I have made lots of progress and tomorrow I hope to finish my first table top for the new miter station…
Since my last entry I have: 1) moved 95% of “the “non-shop stuff” out of my garage…so now it is A SHOP…2) put up shelves in the shed for all that stuffR...
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144 days ago
by Napaman |
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This week we finished our new garden shed…and the consequence from that is that I will get a chance to completely re-do my shop…it will be a work in progress…but I am really looking forward to turning out a lot more shop projects…and most of all having the room to put things in a proper order…
When we got word that we were going to make the shed (see my story on my shed) I decided I would stop all wood working until i could re-organize the shop…right now...
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201 days ago
by Napaman |
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Hello LJ’s…
Our care package for Grant arrived yesterday…I got a short note from Grant this morning and a longer message on the caring bridge website from his mom…along with a photo…
If you have not seen this blog——YOU CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE…YES…he will still be in Milwaukee and 1500 miles from home for several months…see my first blog for the story of Grant…the most courageouos person I know…
He is approaching...
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235 days ago
by Napaman |
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Dear Fellow LJ’s…
If you read no other entry today I would like to ask you to take 5 minutes and read the following plea for help for a great young man…you can learn more about his story here.
I have been a part of this wonderful community for two years and I have seen some great things…projects, jokes, review, forums—-but the part that keeps me coming back is the compassion for woodworking and most importantly the compassion for the fellow members here and the communities we live...
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240 days ago
by Napaman |
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Well…today I woke up…ahhh Saturday…of course my yahoo mail was full of “buddy posts” and so i had to check them out…and low and behold—-730 days…2 years…I actually thought it was yesterday…and that I missed it…but I was too tired after a week of my current project…
What a difference 2 years makes…when I joined we were in the hundreds of members…I joined in what I think was the first BIG Growth spurt when LJ...
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268 days ago
by Napaman |
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Dear LJ’s…
Sorry that I have been so distant…as we celebrate 3 years of this site…and I have been a regular for two of those…I realize the last two months I have been out of the “LJ Loop” and not active in the shop at all…
Lately I have been getting the itch…and so today when my wife asked me to cut a board to put a cake on i jumped at the chance and got out there…
It felt really good to set up my shopsmith and make those c...
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394 days ago
by Napaman |
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Okay…dont shoot me yet…this was the funniest moment of my stressful week.
Some of you may know I am a teacher…I teach Highschool and most of my students are juniors and seniors…ie as big as you can get…so some days and some moments can be kinda stressful…like a Friday afternoon when you are trying to have a serious discussion on the formation of trusts in the 1890’s…trust me…not too easy any time of the day but 6th period on a Friday...
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483 days ago
by Napaman |
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Well…today we finished the deck and I am really pleased with how it turned out…I had been worried about the wood…since I have never done anything like this before I was worried that with each passing day the wood was warping in the sun…
SO yesterday—-in the hottest part of the day (dumb) we got started with the goal to see if using clamps to bend back the bows wood work…and if that worked then we would set up to go earlier in the day (today and do the re...
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486 days ago
by Napaman |
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Hello everyone…
Sorry for the delay in adding in any entries…the framing and piers took us an extra day and then we just slowed down…then yesterday I finished adding two more piers so we can have one end of the deck bend since we have the extra wood…
When I bought the wood I ordered 2”x6”x12’...and when they went to pull my order they only had 16’...so now I have 26 boards of with anywhere from 4-5 feet of redwood…so I will be able t...
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