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Great weekend!
Jenny and I had a great weekend. Friday night, we hosted a dinner party for some members of a prayer group we belong to at our parish. I made our taco bake thing…
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A New Small Business Venture
I am enjoying making clocks, and I've been thinking about selling some at some local craft shows and through the internet, so I have gone through all the stuff to launch a new…
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Router table finished!
I have been working on a router table based on the design of the one on Pat Warner's Website. I liked the theory, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I had…
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Pocket screws and router tables
Jenny and I spent the morning today delivering bread baked by the St. Anthony Guild at our parish to some of the shut-in parishioners. We volunteered to do this with a number of…
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Good weekend
I'm sitting in the living room, listening to some music. Jenny's taking a shower. One cat is relaxing with her blanket on the couch. The other cat is curled up next to me,…
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The heat works better when the furnace is turned on!
Today was a productive day. At lunchtime, Jenny and I went up to the mall to get some lunch at Red Robin, and then returned two boxes of flooring that we didn't use…
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One gift clock finished!
Ahhh... The first real product of the new shop is a small gift clock for a friend of ours who recently got married. It's simple, and definitely built by an amateur, but we…
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The shop is assembled and getting some use!
Saturday was a good day. I talked to my Dad the night before, and we set a "play date" for Saturday. I needed to head out to Mars Lumber to pick up some…
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Tools, and some sad news about a (former) local company
I was able to make a super buy today on some tools for my woodshop. I saw a post on the Pittsburgh Craigslist for a sale of "new and lightly used" metal- and…
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Crazy stuff for us to do!
I'm sure that Jenny is going to think I'm nuts when she reads this. I've been reading the blog for the fine folks over at the Pigeon Point Project occasionally. One of the…