| This blog is written by dennis mitchell | 43 entries so far |
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swallows #3: Swallows at the Western design Conference 2008
The Teton Range is the backdrop for the 2008 Western Design Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.I...
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swallows #2: swallows revisited
My swallows came to visit this morning, so I thought I could show off a sneak preview of what the...
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swallows #1: Barn swallows come to visit
Somethings just make the hair on my arms stand up. My mind is in a creative whirlpool. I’m ...
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I got pictures!
It’s been a while since my last blog. I’ve just been building kitchens and the contra...
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Western Design Conference...What A Ride!
My head is still spinning. Just getting to the show has been a trial. This was my third try to ge...
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Dear Diary
My blogging is more like a diary. It is about my personal woodworking journey. The Western Design...
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Knotty Maple
I just love it when the lumber truck shows up. This time was exceptional. I got three different t...
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Installing prefab blues
I’ve come down with a bad case of the round two it’s. I’ve just been jammed wit...
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Off on a tangent...again
It has been awhile. Nothing very artistic coming out of my shop the past few months. Just grindin...
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Kitchens #6: Installed At Last
Yes it is finished and I have my shop back, but just for a short while. Monday my cabinet shop go...
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Kitchens #5: I'll never get it done!
I’ve just been swamped. Thought I’d catch you all up even if i don’t have photo...
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a day at the woodworking auction
About 10 or 11, I got my first “real” job. My grandfather had an auction house. All t...
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Thorsen House #2: The details are a little rustic
The photos aren’t the best, but here is my update on the Greene and Greene table. Yes I wen...
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Kitchens #4: Hardware
Now this kitchen is just taking up space in my shop. Everything is sprayed. The drawers are all i...
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Kitchens #3: Finishing and Rambling and Rambling
I’ve picked a very simple drawer style. Rabbited, glued and screwed, this is a very strong ...
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Kitchens #2: What have I done!
Haven’t been out in the shop much. The cabinets are built. Doors are done. Drawers about fi...
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Thorsen House #1: Summer of 74
I remember the day. One of the first outings with my girlfriend’s family. Her dad was one o...
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Kitchens #1: Nose to the grind stone.
I’ve been out pumping out some cabinetry. I was trained in a custom shop so the kitchens I&...
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Rustic Vanity #6: Turn It Over
Got on the ball today! Unloaded a load of lumber. Started getting reset up with my hardware suppl...
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Can't Seem To Get It Together.
I’m trying to get my vanity installed waiting on the idiot plumber(Me). At least the electr...
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Life On Hold
My bathroom vanity is on the back burner. I’ve been hoping to get the sink installed so I c...
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Buying Safety Glasses
Reading a lot about safety today. I’ve managed to lose most my safety glasses. Seems I get ...
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Rustic Vanity #5: Half Baked Vanity
Yesterday was spent spraying finish. I applied a coat of conversion varnish. Then I glazed the al...
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Rustic Vanity #4: Vanity In A Pile
A good day working. Did some assembly, but a lot more disassembly. I’m using 32 mm cup hing...
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Rustic Vanity #3: Vanity and Mirrow
Hard to get to the shop some days. I got talked into giving someone an estimates for a kitchen. S...
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Yelling Fire In A Crowded Woodshop
I’d just gotten married. Just gotten out of school. We were struggled a bit financially. I ...
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Rustic Vanity #2: More Vanity
Started my work day carving a bit of maple. This will sit right in the top center of the cabinet....
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Rustic Vanity #1: My Vanity Is A Little Rustic
I’ve been feeling like a mad scientist in my secret lab. Working on a project and not shari...
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Hearing from the experts.
Now someone is telling me peanut butter is bad for my heart. Well I was so proud of switching fro...
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Maintenance and Cleaning
I would rather clean then do all that maintenance that comes with woodworking. I have been cleani...
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Strawbale Construction
Thought I’d show off my main project. The forms for the foundation are 2×12’s th...
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The rest of the story
I started this story in yesterdays blog, but I more importain things needed told first. This is a...
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Perspective on the real value of woodworking
Just how importain is this woodworking thing? When I started this woodworking gig I signed up at ...
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Magic Chisels or How You Never Have to Sand Again
Most of the projects I do for myself use distressed and glazed alder. So I don’t have to sa...
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Stilltechnochallenged
Lets see if I have this right. Guess not just have the red cross. I’m feeling old today. ...
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Technochallengedjocklovesnewshirt
I might be too old to be able to figure out how to post a picture of my wonderful new shirt on m...
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Rustic Ramblings
It is the season I pretty much just want to shut down and watch football. (Boise State in the Fie...
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I love my pin nailer a tool review
My bread and butter comes from installing cabinetry for the construction industry. So when my bud...
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Rustic Ramblings
I’ve been playing with electricity again. This year I bought a halogen double light with th...
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Rustic Ramblings
Another great line from Mr Krenovs book refering to the value of wood. “This stuff dosnR...
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Rustic Ramblings
Spent some time in my shop today. One project ready to spray and the glue up done on another and ...
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Rustic Ramblings
I’ve been reading “The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking” By James Krenov. The first po...
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Rustic Ramblings
I was wasting time in a local bookstore a few years back and came across a book called “Rus...
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