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• glasstopp table #1: Right now I'm waiting for a new bandsaw, an 18 Inch Ricon. - 02-21-2012 12:17 PM | 14 comments

  I was wondering if anyone knew if it would be safe to use a doorwall as a table top, not the wood...

• Happy Thanksgiving to all my Lumberjock friends and family. - 11-24-2011 08:44 PM | 16 comments

  I haven’t been on LJ’s too much lately but I still stop by once in awhile, mostly due...

• New Title, the Mid-Mich. WW Guild, in association with the LJs, gathering. - 05-06-2011 06:57 PM | 15 comments

  What started as a Lumberjock Gatherign has become an Association invited by the Mid Michigan Wood...

• Michigan Lumberjock - Mid Mich. WW Guild Gathering - 05-04-2011 09:37 PM | 11 comments

  I talked to Kelvin Potter last night, and as always he said he would be happy to receive a visit ...

• MY 39th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - 04-09-2011 04:08 AM | 37 comments

  I have to say I’d do it all over again in a second. I ain’t sure about her. .She has ...

• Update on Mich. Lumberjock Gathering - 04-05-2011 10:28 PM | 22 comments

  I received a call this morning from Keith July, he was going to try and get us a free space for o...

• MICHIGAN LUMBERJOCK, MID MICHIGAN WW GUILD COMBINED GATHERING - 03-19-2011 10:08 PM | 39 comments

  CHECK THE NEW BLOG AT THE TOP OF PAGE 4 IN BLOGS FOR UPDATE!! THANKS TO kEITH JULY AND RICK KRUSE...

• A prototype cane to try out. - 02-20-2011 08:51 PM | 13 comments

  As you can see Meilie (mmh) gave me a “Big man’s cane” to t...

• A BOWL FOR A DEAR FRIEND - 12-27-2010 11:04 PM | 34 comments

  HI FOLKS, WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT I MADE FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND THAT S...

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON LJs - 12-24-2010 08:17 PM | 41 comments

  I KNOW EVERYONE THINKS I’M YELLING WHEN I POST BUT IT’S JUST MY EYES ARE GETTING BAD ...

• Mid Michigan Lumberjock.Com Get-to-Gether IN DEWITT, MI. NOV. 6. 1PM - ? - 10-29-2010 05:13 PM | 1 comment

  JUST AN UPDATE, I SPOKE TO KELVIN POTTER AT RAVEN FARM, THE SAWYER. HE WILL BE EXPECTING A GROUP ...

• Mid Michigan Lumberjock.Com Get-to-Gether IN DEWITT, MI. NOV. 6. 1PM - ? - 10-20-2010 05:44 PM | 15 comments

  JUST AN UPDATE, I SPOKE TO KELVIN POTTER AT RAVEN FARM, THE SAWYER. HE WILL BE EXPECTING A GROUP ...

• Mid Michigan Lumberjock Get-to-Gether - 10-08-2010 02:07 PM | 22 comments

  I’M BRINGING THIS FORWARD SO IT ISN’T SO HARD TO FIND. SO FAR WE WERE WORKING ON A NO...

• Anyone up for a Lumberjock Gettogether in Mid-Michigan - 10-06-2010 11:10 PM | 23 comments

  I talked to Billy J. the other day, David Craig and Rustic Rick, they all liked the idea but Rick...

• Well I promised I'd post it when I got it, so here I am. - 07-30-2010 07:39 PM | 27 comments

  Thanks Martin and everyone for the honor of being one of the first 10 to represent this celebrat...

• Thanks Lumberjocks for doing a dirty deed - 07-05-2010 02:14 PM | 25 comments

  On the 3rd David Craig and Rick Kruse came to my house to help clean my workshop/ 2 1/2 car garag...

• Southeast Michigan Picnic, Lumberjock Getogether - 05-16-2010 08:08 PM | 10 comments

  I don’t remember everyone’s name but there was a lot of people there yesterday and we...

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSTIC RICK, SEMPER FI - 03-21-2010 11:14 AM | 11 comments

  I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention that today is Rustic Ricks Birthday, 48 Big Ones I b...

• Just snuck back from Johnson's Workbench, WOW! - 03-05-2010 10:13 PM | 20 comments

  WOW! what I mean is I spent $150.00 simolioans and all I had was a bag the size of a six pack com...

• Two things today, one: I used my gripper rip off and it works fine, 2: had a visitor - 03-04-2010 12:35 AM | 12 comments

  First of all David (Patron) I used the Woodline USA adjustable push block and as far as I’m...

• Here's a post on the Gripper rip off, made by Woodline, and my homemade cyclones - 03-01-2010 08:19 PM | 12 comments

  I was asked to show the Woodline Adjustable Push Block, I got at the Woodshow we attended over th...

• WoodShow Score and Fun with other LJ's - 02-28-2010 04:53 AM | 15 comments

  Had a great time today with Rustic Rick his wife Nancy, Billie J. and his wife Lou Ann, SteveMI, ...

• Woodworking Show This Weekend in Detroit Area - 02-24-2010 01:10 PM | 6 comments

  Just a reminder to all the Michiganders that there is a Woodworking Show this weekend in Taylor d...

• The All New LongworthSteve Chuck, or SteveWorth Chuck - 02-23-2010 07:37 PM | 14 comments

  SteveMI made me a guinea pig for a project he made of a Longworth Chuck. Gladly I accepted. It wa...

• EMail is screwed up - 02-19-2010 03:59 PM | 5 comments

  Yesterday yahoo and I somehow got my email screwed up so the email at the ends of my posts right ...

• I Just Found an Old Friend of Ours - 02-14-2010 04:56 AM | 15 comments

  I just bought the February issue of Western Horseman and guess who’s picture was on page 51...

• Post OP News. Thump-Bump, Thump-Bump, Thump-Bump - 12-30-2009 04:56 PM | 41 comments

  Ouch! That Smarts, I mean it still Smarts!!!! Even though I had surgery on Monday, my fingers sti...

• I Finally Did It, Cut Off The End Of A Finger - 12-22-2009 03:46 PM | 96 comments

  Yes I was careless and in a hurry and had been up since 2:30am and had just taken the guard off t...

• Another LJ get together in Michigan - 11-17-2009 07:57 PM | 14 comments

  As it were. SteveMI. Stopped by to say hi today much to my surprise and pleasure. We talked like ...

• The Michigan Lumberjock Picnic and Sawyer Adventure was a great success. - 10-26-2009 09:11 PM | 20 comments

  What a wonderful time and a great bunch of people. I felt like I’d known them all my life. ...

• I'm 2 days past my 3 year anniversary - 10-11-2009 08:48 PM | 33 comments

  Hip, Hip, Hoorayyy! I’ve been a Lumberjock 3 + years today. Gosh, where has time gone. I go...

• The Michigan Lumberjock Picnic and Sawyer Adventure is a Go - 09-30-2009 08:27 PM | 8 comments

  We have the pavilion at Hawk Island County Park just off US127 in Lansing. We will eat, show each...

• Ravenfarm.com--Great Lumber-Cheap - 09-13-2009 01:04 AM | 12 comments

  In Bath, Michigan I visited a beautiful operation that has a ton of wood. The owners name is Kelv...

• PSA - 0 - 08-14-2009 09:26 PM | 26 comments

  I would just like to thank all my friends and well wishers and people that offered prayers for me...

• Sawyer going out of business, cheap wood - 07-29-2009 01:33 PM | 9 comments

  There’s a Sawyer that lives close to me advertising on craigslist for Kiln dried, good waln...

• A Star in Our Midst - 07-05-2009 01:30 PM | 13 comments

  I just got my September issue of Wood Magazine and who should appear on the 3rd page, but our own...

• What a dufuss! - 05-29-2009 03:36 AM | 10 comments

  I was writing up that post on Karson as he was sending his, of course I had no idea what he was u...

• I called Karson; - 05-28-2009 11:46 PM | 7 comments

  I called Karson today, he said he feels weak but that’s to be expected, considering. Of cou...

• Cleaning the shop, new dust system, new project #1: Cleaning the Shop, New Dust System, New Project, and No Chemo - 05-22-2009 04:02 PM | 26 comments

  First the best news in my life, my PSA test came back so low recently they decided to just treat ...

• An Article doing a disservice - 05-10-2009 11:25 PM | 21 comments

  I recently commented on an article written in Finewoodworking On-line concerning “Spalted W...

• Out of the Ashes Rises - 04-19-2009 10:17 PM | 20 comments

  I’m going to be a Grandpa again for the 3rd time, and its a boy, so thats 2 boys and a girl...

• Bad News Today! - 04-07-2009 01:42 AM | 78 comments

  I received some bad news from my Dr. today concerning my cancer. He said I still have it in the c...

• I made it so far - 04-02-2009 03:23 PM | 32 comments

  Just a note of Thanks for all the prayers and well wishers (I read Karsons blog) my goodness it w...

• HAPPY THANKSGIVING - 11-27-2008 02:30 PM | 12 comments

  I just want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to Martin and wife, Mark D., Karson, Dick and Barb, Fran...

• GI's IN NEED OF GIFT CARDS TO BIG BOX STORES, or A DONATION TO PAY PAL - 11-19-2008 02:57 PM | 1 comment

  I just read an article on WoodWorkers Ezine.com, sorry Martin, there was a story in there about a...

• Taking Another Journey - 08-03-2008 12:17 AM | 6 comments

  Yes folks care or no, I’m off to Houghton Lake to see if I can find some new wood specimens...

• Last day in St. Louis - 07-12-2008 05:22 PM | 3 comments

  Karson you were right about the wood shop, great deal, lots of exotic lumber and veneer and lots ...

• Anyplace special I should check out in St. Louis, MO. - 07-07-2008 02:10 AM | 19 comments

  My wife is the President of the Exchange Club of Lansing, MI. I believe it’s a group of bus...

• Does anyone know anything about the art of coopering? - 06-21-2008 11:29 PM | 17 comments

  I am in the process making a couple large teardrop shaped supports for a table, but know absolute...

• Reflections on a 58th Birthday - 06-09-2008 04:14 AM | 22 comments

  Actually the day after. We call these “dog years” by some of us that have drank too m...

• DON'T BE AN IDIOT, A WARNING - 05-20-2008 11:21 AM | 43 comments

  Do you all know that denatured alcohol burns, invisibly. I mean you can’t see it burn. Well...

• I'm back in business - 05-08-2008 01:31 AM | 9 comments

  After a long time of being latheless I finally found a control module, thanks to Karson, for 159....

• Please check out my review of Stanley Bostich - 05-06-2008 03:48 AM | 4 comments

  I got my Stanley Bostich Compressor from SB a few weejs ago but have been unable to give a review...

• Spalted Wood- Watch Out! - 04-22-2008 05:00 AM | 13 comments

  I wrote a blog quite a while ago about spalted woods and the dangers of working around the dust o...

• A milestone of sorts - 04-08-2008 04:48 PM | 18 comments

  Something I’m very proud to announce today is my 36th wedding anniversary. Yes, I’ve ...

• I got my new Bostich Compressor from Bostich Stanley - 04-07-2008 07:00 AM | 9 comments

  However, I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet because of my recent stay in hospital. Bu...

• You Never Think It's Going To Happen To You - 04-03-2008 06:23 PM | 32 comments

  Well it can and it does, I just got out of the hospital after a lengthy stay, where they removed ...

• Congratulations to all the winners - 02-10-2008 11:20 AM | 5 comments

  Great work guys on all the projects you turned out. Just amazing work. Gary you deserved first pl...

• Death of one of our own - 12-24-2007 06:59 AM | 49 comments

  I have been trying to keep you guys, that know xxxxxx xxxxxxx, in the know about his rupture...

• Well I DID GO BACK TO JOHNSONS WORKBENCH - 12-19-2007 12:55 AM | 11 comments

  Well I really did have to return a few items back to Johnsons Workbench were I got all the goodie...

• May have recruited a new member, joined a guild and might've gotten us a sponsor - 12-16-2007 06:37 PM | 17 comments

  Friday I snuck, yes snuck over to Jonhnsons Workbench in Charlotte, Michigan, about an hours driv...

• I need help, I know in more ways than one - 12-12-2007 07:05 PM | 19 comments

  My 16 in variable speed wood lathe model number( 46-745, 46-746, and 46-765x ) has a broken inver...

• New spinal surgery - 11-16-2007 03:57 PM | 9 comments

  I just read on MSN.com they have a new surgecal operation they can do with a laser that can fix ...

• Update on Mark Oscorner - 11-12-2007 04:44 AM | 12 comments

  Mark contacted me concerning another opinion he had gotten from a different spinal surgeon. He sa...

• Fallen comrade in need of our prayers - 10-28-2007 02:08 PM | 18 comments

  I don’t know how many if any of you know about Mark Oscorner having angioplasty and also fi...

• Just updating everyone that knows me. - 10-23-2007 02:27 AM | 12 comments

  I still don’t have a lathe. My Delta got a new inverter or whatever it was. It cost me 2 bi...

• I will soon be able to again make shavings and I just got my bandsaw fixed - 09-27-2007 04:02 AM | 7 comments

  A couple reasons I haven’t been able to make anything lately, aside from being short on blo...

• Just a Hi All - 09-23-2007 08:44 PM | 11 comments

  So where have I been, right here in Laingsburg, MI. doing no thing. Had a yard sale, or my wife a...

• They would'nt let me get one free today either Dick - 08-26-2007 11:41 AM | 8 comments

  I went back to the website today Dick and they would’nt give me another one either. Probabl...

• Get 1 month free access to Fine Woodworking Magazine.com - 08-25-2007 11:36 PM | 20 comments

  While searching for an owners manual on Portercable/Delta.com website, I came accross this notice...

• I made it through the exam - 07-18-2007 01:25 PM | 8 comments

  They called off the test on Tuesday and had the tests on Wednesday. It was’nt as bad as I t...

• Not the forum - 07-12-2007 07:24 PM | 22 comments

  I am sorry for running off at the mouth the other day with my problems, I really do appreciate al...

• Does it hurt to go to a urologist? - 07-11-2007 01:36 AM | 24 comments

  I’ve got to go to a urologist tomorrow and I’m wondering who else has gone and what d...

• Garage Sale - 07-08-2007 03:49 PM | 10 comments

  Well my wife has decided to have a garage sale to get rid of all my unused equipment, among hoard...

• Warning, don't buy bostitch compressors. - 06-21-2007 10:01 PM | 21 comments

  Here’s why. I bought one at Lowes about 6 months ago and found a little part known as a Val...

• Congratulations Martin, LETS BUY SOMETHING TO HELP THE CAUSE - 06-12-2007 04:08 PM | 18 comments

  What can I say, except thank you and thank you again. You have created an extraordinary website a...

• Table Challenge #5-#5 - 05-30-2007 05:11 AM | 13 comments

  2 days left and I got a finish coat of stain on tonight, after my wife got home from work and hel...

• Martin you were half right - 05-21-2007 02:41 AM | 4 comments

  I did find something screwed up in my firewall, but the real problem was on this page. Somehow I ...

• Projects not opening - 05-18-2007 03:46 PM | 8 comments

  Am I the only one of you all that is having this trouble? The projects are not opening for me. Al...

• Getting sidetracked with little time - 05-13-2007 08:49 PM | 10 comments

  I suppose by now everyone knows I do not know how, or cannot for some reason, get the hang or und...

• #5-#4 - 05-04-2007 08:17 PM | 12 comments

  Almost ready for a dry fit. Got every thing mortised and tenons cut still have one more mortise t...

• would not let me load unless I wrote something here - 04-30-2007 09:39 PM | 4 comments

  I finally finished my aprons as far as the scrollwork goes. It took me 2 weeks to cut out the des...

• Coming along very slowly on g and g. - 04-25-2007 11:22 PM | 5 comments

  I have one more apron to cut out on the scroll saw. So tedious, hard for me to sit for long and ...

• Thorsen Table Challenge blog #5 - 04-15-2007 06:32 PM | 12 comments

  Well this is the second time I’ve wrote this I tried to slip in a picture and ended up losi...

• Thorsen Table Challenge blog #4 - 04-10-2007 01:56 PM | 28 comments

  Well, I’ve got my lumber planed, jointed and some pieces cut. The legs, I’ve started ...

• Series entry #3 of Thorsen table - 04-07-2007 08:52 PM | 6 comments

  Did some more rendering down of the lumber, cutting the pieces I have to size. Then made the mort...

• Series blog #2 getting started. - 04-06-2007 03:42 PM | 6 comments

  Well, I dug out all my walnut, well not all, but the amount Karson suggested. After jointing and ...

• Series #1 Begining Thorsen Table Attempt - 04-05-2007 05:56 PM | 9 comments

  Geez Louiz, I’ve been railroaded. Not really, I’ve found out I have a lot of friends ...

• Do I have time to make the table, someone help me decide. - 04-05-2007 04:41 AM | 12 comments

  I was going to go for it then I started having problems logging onto this site. Now I just might ...

• guess I'll join - 03-28-2007 11:59 AM | 5 comments

  Well I don’t know what happen to my other blog, yahoo grabbed it. Anyway I was saying I did...

• Working on an Easter gift for every one - 03-17-2007 12:03 PM | 11 comments

  Well I’m working on an Easter gift for the 500+ Lumberjocks. So I’ve been a busy bunn...

• Spring is in the air, thank goodness - 03-06-2007 02:48 PM | 13 comments

  I’m so tired of the ice, snow, and cold I could barf. For one thing it keeps me in one litt...

• I'm back again - 02-28-2007 08:33 PM | 8 comments

  Back, now thats a play on words. I had to stay off my tailbone for another week, according to the...

• I''m back - 02-24-2007 03:29 PM | 9 comments

  Just a note to let everyone know I’m back. Last Monday I was hooking up my Labs outside and...

• Happy Birthday - 02-19-2007 03:45 PM | 4 comments

  why miss a chance to blog this EVERYBODY SING!!!!! HAPPY ...

• SPALTED EYEBALLS - 02-16-2007 09:00 PM | 9 comments

  I just wanted to let every one know the itchy, crusty, gunky, sneezy, coughing, spalted wood turn...

• Turners beware of Spalted Wood - 02-12-2007 03:20 AM | 19 comments

  I’ve been having trouble with my eyes for two weeks now, actually it felt like I had someth...

• I need help - 02-06-2007 09:25 PM | 16 comments

  I just bought a new bosch compressor and it will only pump up to 20lbp. It’s not leaking be...

• Jigs and Suggestions - 02-04-2007 04:17 AM | 23 comments

  With all the jigs and suggestions that have been made, espescially by Don why don’t we open...

• Martin, do you still want that interview? - 12-26-2006 06:51 AM | 2 comments

  Let me know. I’ve got some pictures and think I can answer your questions. Lumberjockmike2

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