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• A tricky little tree - 04-11-2011 10:19 AM | 13 comments

  The boyz at the rifle range have been concerned about a tree above the back stop falling down and...

• Firewood remorse - 04-07-2011 11:33 AM | 28 comments

  I have been fire wooding pallets this winter. Some of it I hate to burn even though it is twiste...

• Thank you LJ!! I'm now a dadoer ;-) - 04-03-2011 09:00 AM | 14 comments

  Cut my first dadoes tonight with a real dado blade set. Several years ago, pre Topamax, I bough...

• A tale of eBay, Rockler and how I got my Magswitch starter kit. - 03-27-2011 10:01 AM | 13 comments

  I took the plunge today! I finally bought a Magswitch featherboard at Rockler. I have been eyeb...

• New avatar - 02-24-2011 09:40 AM | 39 comments

  With everyone changing all the time, I thought it must be my turn, eh? ;-)) What do you think?

• “Grandpa, I broke my sword and I need a new one.” - 01-14-2011 09:32 PM | 14 comments

  It looks like more grandpa woodwork coming this weekend. When I made these swords: http://lumber...

• Sharpening Table Saw blades by hand and cutting nails - 12-20-2010 08:52 AM | 30 comments

  I decided to sharpen the firewood/ pallet blade today. It was cutting pretty slow. Thank goodne...

• Bloggin' about loggin' - 11-28-2010 08:30 AM | 19 comments

  Here are a few pics of the maple and alder collecting I did last fall and late summer out at the ...

• A Craig’s List Flag - 08-16-2010 08:58 AM | 21 comments

  I often scan the freebies on Craig’s List looking for wood. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, I spied an ...

• Without a WW bench, would straightening wood work with two clamps to hold a board? - 05-06-2010 10:29 AM | 26 comments

  I need to straighten out an eight foot piece of oak. I needed to take a ¾ inch bow out of the boa...

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