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• Setting up: The New Old Shop - 03-23-2018 02:39 AM | 0 comments

  We moved to our new place in 2016. Setting up the shop has been very slow….I’ll blame...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #29: The Next Chapter - 11-20-2016 09:18 PM | 3 comments

  After 14 years we decided to sell our little bungalow. It has been a long time since the journ...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #28: Making Window Sashes with Loose Tenons (dominos) 1 - 01-08-2012 07:09 PM | 4 comments

  Have not been here much in the last year or so. I got a new position at work which has taken up m...

• So. Cal. Jocks Meetup? Sat. Jan 30 - Orange County - 01-28-2010 04:33 PM | 3 comments

  I am going down to Orange County to the Lie-Nielsen event .Link Perfect location off the 405 f...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #27: 165 Mortises (Domino-ed Cabinet Boxes) - 01-19-2010 07:20 AM | 11 comments

  Last time I built cabinets, I used my biscuit joiner. I thought about going with it again, but si...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #26: Making Solid Cabinet Panels and Preparing Ply Parts - 01-17-2010 07:27 AM | 6 comments

  My cabinets will have two visible solid panels. In this blog I will show the process I use in pan...

• Hand Tools Odyssey #7: S4S the Hard Way..First Dovetails and my new favorite tool is ... - 01-06-2010 06:19 AM | 3 comments

  When we left off on the last blog, we were scrub planing to rough thickness. I was a little ahead...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #25: Face Frames for Beginners - 01-05-2010 07:42 PM | 7 comments

  Chicken or Egg? Face frame cabinets are traditional in old houses like mine. A shot of my d...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #24: Corner Cabinets Part 2: It all starts with rough lumber. Sigh.... - 01-05-2010 06:25 PM | 2 comments

  I ripped and rough cut up my old fir beams. We had to take this picture several times to get a sh...

• Craftsman Bungalow Restoration #23: Making Kitchen Cabinets: Overview Design Phase - 12-28-2009 12:59 AM | 6 comments

  In the upcoming part of this series I will blog how to make base kitchen cabinets. I learned to m...

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