| This blog is written by pashley | 29 entries so far |
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Wood Shop Prints #1: Wood shop prints, first batch for sale
In addition to woodworking, I also do photography. They have been pretty popular, so I’v...
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Small wall-mounted cabinet #1: Small wall-mounted cabinet, final draft
I approached a lady on CustomMade about a small “essential oils” cabinet she wanted s...
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TV Stand #1: TV Stand, part 1: Initial Sketchup
I’ve promised the wife a new TV stand/cabinet ever since we purchased our new HD TV over a ...
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Thoughts on Pricing #3: Thoughts on Pricing, #3: I'm such an idiot!
I’m lucky I can walk. Apparently, I’ve had my head up my rear end for so long now reg...
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Reverse engineering the Chinese; it's payback time.
This thought occurred to me, as I looked at all the Chinese stuff (mostly decorative) at stores l...
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Thoughts on Pricing #2: Thoughts on Formulating the Right Price
Let me say first off, this is not a complete formula, simply some thoughts I’m jotting down...
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Shows #1: Perhaps the Best Selling Item at a Craft Show? Then Answer is...
I’ve been to quite a few general craft shows (as opposed to just wood craft focused shows),...
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Thoughts on Pricing #1: Thoughts on Pricing, part one.
Pricing can be a confusing part of the woodworking equation, if we are trying to sell our pieces ...
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Sandblasted sign re-do! #2: Part 2: Installing new letter and refinish
Here is the new letter. I purposefully did some bleed over in the casting to catch the unique bac...
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Sandblasted sign re-do! #1: A very unusual restoration!
So here’s the setup: Call from some friends – can you help us out? What’s th...
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Coffee Table #1: The Design, The Client, The Price.
So the mother-in-law needs a new coffee table! Well, really, she does; the old one is falling apa...
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WoodBuzz #3: WoodBuzz is now open on Ning!
I’ve finally opened WoodBuzz, a woodworking community website, that pays more attention to ...
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WoodBuzz #2: Features to include on Woodbuzz?
So, what features to include on Woodbuzz – my possibly upcoming woodworking website that is...
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WoodBuzz #1: Still thinking about my own website...
I am still in consideration of making a woodworking website, since I am well versed in web work&#...
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Social Network Marketing #3: How viral marketing is like viral infections!
Now I know why they call it “viral marketing”; – because it’s just like a...
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New woodworking website
Some of you may know that I’ve done website design (and implementation) for a few years now...
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Social Network Marketing - Facebook #1: Why you should market on Facebook.
First of all, what is Facebook? Facebook is the most prolific social network out there. Essential...
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Social Network Marketing #2: Preliminary thoughts about Twitter.
Man, there is a LOT of wasted messages in TwitterLand. People can posted the dumbest stuff ...
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Social Network Marketing #1: The world is all atwitter about Twitter
I must confess, I don’t understand the marketing potential behind Twitter, yet some people ...
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Turning mistakes into opportunities.
Sometimes “mistakes” can actually be opportunities in disguise. One example was Ed...
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New Logo / Looking Forward.
Moving further down the road to starting a professional shop, I’ve designed my own logo, se...
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Sketchup - I'm glad I took the time to learn it.
I admit, I had a heck of a time when I first started with Sketchup; I was not getting it – ...
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Sketchup #1: Progress report
Sketchup, the free CAD tool from Google, was made aware to me by FWW magazine in an article a few...
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Son of Biscuit!
I was planing down some 8” wide 4/4 oak stock, and since I only have a 6” jointer, fi...
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Church Lectern #3: Expanding wood...help!
I’m making this Lectern (see other blog entries), and I’ve run up a little problem. T...
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Planers can't flatten boards....really?
The common wisdom to flatten raw stock, is to first plane a face flat on a jointer. To get to opp...
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3 or 4 cords of maple....now, what to do with it?
My friend George, heats his house with a wood stop. Being the resourceful type, he got some free...
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Church Lectern #2: This is what I was thinking of....
I did these “sketches” in Bryce to get an idea for proportions. I like what happened ...
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Church Lectern #1: Interesting project
I’ve been engaged in building a church lectern for my friend’s startup, rather small ...
