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The Cherry Blanket Chest (a.k.a. Blanket Chest #2)
Sometimes in the shop, things get a little out of order. You might recall that I had a blog entry posted in June about Blanket Chest #1, a dense, heavy affair made almost…
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A Short Trip to some Local Parnassus History
Hello reader people. Jenny and I were sitting on our soon-to-be-rebuilt porch this evening as the light went golden. We were just reading away, enjoying the evening as the temperature started to cool…
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The Boat Goes Home for some Updates
Our little Flying Scot sailboat was in need of a few updates. After our work and test sail last year, I made a short list of things that I thought we should have…
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Woodshop Time Again: Blanket Chest #1
When I had finished the frame for the hall mirror in this post about my previous woodshop project, I had an idea to start working on a blanket chest. I had just finished…
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Woodshop Time: Hall Coat Rack
Hello world. It has been a little bit since I posted a build article here on a woodshop project, so today I’m writing two! The first is for a coat rack that I…
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Old House Hardware
There is something wonderful about old house hardware. Well, actually, there are usually many things wonderful about old house hardware. For instance, it is usually built to withstand long periods of (ab)use, constructed…
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From the Sewing Room: Skirt #3 (and more about how sewing is just engineering with soft material)
Hello world. Jenny has been working hard on keeping the blog here up to date with her stuff. I’ve been slacking, though, mostly because my brain has been busy when my hands haven’t…
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Disposable Engineering
It has been a little while since I’ve had a post here. Sorry about that. Jenny has been picking up my slack and trying to get interesting things posted here. While I haven’t…
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Urban Gardening, Part I: Where to Plant?
Hello everyone. Jenny and I have wanted to start a garden here at the house for quite a while. Shortly before I met her, I had a small garden in the back yard…
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More Woodworking: A New Router Table Fence
Hello everyone! I had a little more time in the shop this weekend, so I tackled another project that has been waiting for time: My router fence. The old fence was a little,…