| This blog is written by Red Headed Merganser | 54 entries so far |
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Jumping into the Festool Pool...
In another step towards a blended shop, I’ve decided to take a dip in the Festool Pool̷...
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A find of not-so-epic proportions...
(an excerpt from http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com) My wife and I took a trip across the rive...
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Temporary Grave Marker #2: The challenges of a commissioned work...
Wait a second… Is it really a commissioned work? Maybe not. I agreed to make the cross, ...
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Temporary Grave Marker #1: He works in mysterious ways...
Funny how He is always challenging me, especially when I think I’m at my limit and barely h...
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First Commissioned Piece #5: Finished but not finished...
Finished but not finished? What does that mean? It means I spent some time this evening apply...
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First Commissioned Piece #4: Give a box a top...
Back in the shop this evening… I’ve made some headway on the box, with just a minor ...
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First Commissioned Piece #3: Keyed miters
The box so far:- I’ve dimensioned the lumber and cut the miters- I cut the lid and bottom p...
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First Commissioned Piece #2: Status Update
Ok, why is it so difficult for me to remember my camera when I’m working on this thing? La...
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Multi-tasking my shellac mixing...
I like to do a light (1 lb.) shellac sealer coat on fumed wood to help bring out the color after ...
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First Commissioned Piece #1: My First Commissioned Piece
Well, it isn’t really my first commissioned piece, but it is the first one commissioned by ...
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Stan Hywet Hall
For my wife’s birthday (7/13), we took a trip up to Akron, OH, to visit her family. The we...
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The next installment is here...
To try and further boost my woodworking momentum, I headed off to my monthly woodworking guild me...
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Has it really been 81 days since my last blog?
Ok, that’s WAY too long for someone like me to go without writing… Part of me feel...
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My eBay Addiction...
When I first started getting into woodworking, Pops showed me his two carving mallets. One was m...
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Learning from the Masters... #4: When Opportunity Knocks...
This is the article I submitted for my woodworking guild’s newsletter. It was written with...
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Thornsen Side Table #1: Laying the foundation...
(For any of you who have read the documentation on inserting images into a content section, this ...
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Learning from the Masters... #3: Frank Klausz - The best things come in small packages...
After spending most of a week trying to figure out a good way to summarize my seminar with Frank ...
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Tool Rejuvenation #1: The 60 1/2 Low Angle Block Plane...
So this past weekend I was actually able to get into the shop for a bit and do something fun! I ...
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Learning from the Masters... #2: Frank Klausz Postponed...
Apparently there is a bit of ice and such in the New England states, and Frank is unable to fly o...
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Learning from the Masters... #1: David Marks
This past weekend, I spent four hours of some of the best “class time” I’ve eve...
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How I spent my day...
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I love my Outlook Calendar function...
I was just now sitting at my desk, working on a support issue and not getting much of anything ex...
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Bah... Time for something fun!
This past week was one of the longest and hardest I’ve had for a while. It seemed like eve...
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A Turn for the Worse...
Sorry I haven’t been blogging the past few days; this week at work was a rough one. I̵...
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Thankful...
I’m feeling very thankful and grateful today. I just found out that a friend of mine, Bo...
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My Top Five List of Influential Woodworkers...
I posted this on one of the forum questions by ToolCribEditor. I thought it was such a good insi...
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Speaking Of Addictions...
I’ve spent at least part of each of the last four evenings sitting at the coffee table, watching ...
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A Planing Revelation...
The weather is supposed to be nice this week and even this next weekend. I do believe I will tak...
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A Page From Phil's Blog...
I had to chuckle a bit when I scrolled through the most recent blogs and saw that Phil, too, had ...
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Writing for me and writing for you...
For the past few months, I haven’t been paying nearly as much attention as I should to my o...
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My monthly guild meeting...
My local woodworking guild meetings take place on the third Thursday of each month; except in Dec...
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Blue Spruce Toolworks
I don’t know if I can say enough good things about Dave Jeske, owner of Blue Spruce Toolwor...
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A visit with an old friend...
It felt good to be back in the shop this past Sunday afternoon. I paused as I walked past my ben...
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Is woodworking genetic?
A while back, LJ Phil recommended a book – Traditional Woodworking Handtools by Graham Blackburn....
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Lumberjocks T-shirt has arrived!
Love the feel and fit of the organic cotton. Now if I can just find my digital camera… Tha...
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February 1st means one month closer...
I like February 1st so much better than January 1st for several reasons… Reason 1: I know thi...
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Frustrations with DIY Renovations
My wife and I are house shopping. We’re trying to find a new old house (an old house that is new...
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I'd rather be sanding...
... than down in my basement, with a 4” razor scraper, removing GOK what adhesive from the ...
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Lumberjocks T-shirt
Yesterday I ordered my lumberjocks t-shirt. I really wanted to try the green one, because it loo...
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A Slight Delay...
The new goggles I ordered from www.safetyglassesinc.com for woodworking came in the mail yesterda...
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A Woodworker's Guilt (Subtitle: What's in a name?)
The opening article of the most recent issue of Woodworking Magazine is by Chris Schwarz. In it,...
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Woodworking Purgatory...
A few years ago, before we were married, Dana and I went to Ohio to visit her family. They all l...
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Beginning the road to recovery...
On Thursday morning, I had LASIK eye surgery. I can’t think of enough words to describe ho...
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Woodworking without power tools...
... or lights or heat or a sump pump – that’s not really how far back I’d like ...
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Making A Mark...
There is nothing quite like holding a well-made woodworking tool in your hand, whether it is the ...
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I'm fuming...
…wood, that is! A week or two ago, Don mentioned something about posting my fuming techniques an...
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A beef with Lie-Nielson
My last entry in a forum sparked a recent sore spot I have with Lie-Nielson… The latest ...
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Using Recycled Wood
WARNING – This is journal writing at its best; blog writing at its worst… When IR...
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The Great Unknown
I’m spending this Christmas holiday with my wife’s family this year. Part of that tr...
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It's the day of Christmas Eve...
... and all I can really think about is how few projects I got done this year that I would have l...
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Blogging...
Wow. You know, I actually DIDN’T mean to stir anything up with that criticism blog entry&#...
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The best $25 I've ever spent on woodworking...
My yearly membership to the St. Louis Woodworker’s Guild is $25. For that small investment...
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Constructive Criticism
Funny enough, I’ve been “connected” for many years and, being in the software i...
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The beginning of a beautiful relationship...
I love to write. And I love woodworking. I think a woodworking blog has got to be one of the be...
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