Speaking of Grandchildren ---

Nice story Russ. And great looking furniture you made too.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

love the negotiating! She’s good lol (sounds like my daughter).

Great job, though, with the new tool .. I guess we should add that to the list of how to get a new tool: wait for a grandchild to come along

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

......thats great…..love the firetruck knobs on the table….

-- My dad was an electrician, but my fathers a carpenter.

Great stuff… very nice. I can’t wait for grandchildren.

Extraordinary negotiating skills…and I’m not speaking of your daughter. It must have taken you years of preparation to have your wife watch Norm just when you need grandchildren stuff. You must realize the power of grandchildren. Your tool inventory has the potential to increase exponentially now. A simple…”I can build this for the grandkids if only I had my own sawmill” and soon you are asking your fellow LJ’s on which portable mill to buy. Use the power wisely.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great furniture. Maybe family heirloom.

-- bryano

Bob you are crackin’ me up (although there might be a way to get a Domino out of all this, or at least a DowelMax – let me think about this for a while).

Thanks for sharing these with us Russell! Nice work. I’d hate to think how flexible a zombie I would have been if Nic was a girl or if this first grandkid was a female.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Nice looking furniture. And congrats on the first Grandchild.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I think I made a cradle, first.
Bought me a little time to make the crib.

They are now about 17 years old and I hope they aren’t soon put back to use!

Ahh, the joys of grandkids.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Great job.

It’s a shame the way those daughters have us wrapped around their fingers, though. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Hey you got more than what I usually get for my honey do’s and please daddy’s. Hey, we’d do it anyway would’nt we? Nice project. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Where’s the picture of the mortiser?

Nice projects.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Lee, I seriously considered putting a picture of the mortiser up, but it’s not in photographic condition – there’s sawdust everywhere and it looked a little too busy to be bothered posing for a picture, so I left it alone.

I will say that little machine has been one of my best purchases. I use it on a regular basis and would rather not think about being without it.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com