352 days ago
by weirdwolf |
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Toymaker Amber Dusick aka woodmouse her wood shop in her garage in downtown LA. After the birth of her son, this one time farm girl from Wisconsin became nostalgic for the toys from her past: simple, natural toys that would inspire creativity and imaginative play, made from materials that wouldn’t stick around in a landfill for thousands of years.
After years of silver smithing, throwing pottery and drawing with pen and ink, Amber finally found her medium in wood. Using sustainab...
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384 days ago
by David A. P. |
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Being supremely lazy, and having already made some pithy and amusing (at least, amusing to me) comments on a list of my favorite tools—at least, at the point that I wrote it up—I’m going to link to my Amazon Listmania list here. I’ve gotten stuff since then, of course, and I have even more interesting and fun stuff to say…but that will be in the next (-ish) post. Hopefully this is at least somewhat useful!
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712 days ago
by jockmike2 |
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Well I really did have to return a few items back to Johnsons Workbench were I got all the goodies the other day. For one thing I bought a bag that said 20 ft of veneer, what it did’nt say they where in 5”x9” pieces all multi colored. I asked the guy, what in the heck is a person going to do with 25 or 30 pieces of 5×9 inch pieces of veneer. He said well you can do a lot of things with them. Like eh, eh, well you could think of a lot of things. I said right. Anyway they...
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931 days ago
by scottb |
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Did a bit of unplanned shopping today. Had to pick up a book for some hints on redoing a set of stairs this week. New oak treads, risers, double rails with 24 spindles on each side and open (that’s right open) beneath! No kneewall, or partial boxing in to allow myself to run the spindles down to a diagonal piece… just drywall to box in the existing supports…. but I digress.
So while I was searching for that book…. I’ve been hankering for a new drill, rather an...
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