Sunday, January 25, 2009

Woodworking classes in Las Vegas?

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I'm about to jump off a cliff here. I've been searching for some sort of a woodworking community here in Las Vegas for almost five y...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Getting organized in the studio

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Another one of my new year resolutions was to organize my glaze mixing area. It's bad enough that most of these dry chemicals are toxic;...
Monday, January 19, 2009

My new toy

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Don't you just love new toys? Because of my affiliation with All-Experts, a site where I volunteer, I tend to frequently get asked about...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Studio thoughts in mid January

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The kiln produced some lovely dinnerware sets this week, and I've been working on photographing them and putting them up on my Etsy page...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Lee Valley does it again!

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Leave it up to Lee Valley to come up with this set of forstner drill bits , perfectly sized for inlaying a coin into a piece of wood. I dat...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Custom picnic tables

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So I get an e-mail from someone who lives in my town, asking for a custom picnic table. It's been years since I built one, and I decided...
Friday, January 09, 2009

Random winter thoughts...

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Krystal (a local Etsy artist) from SolSisters Studio was kind enough to include me in her blog. Here's a link. Fate has been good to...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Why I don't go skiing or snowboarding

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See, this is why I don't go skiing or snowboarding. God knows that woodworking is hard enough on my body. I'm fairly certain that th...
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Sunday, January 04, 2009

Oh - those Boston woodworkers...

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This is one of those cabinetmaking jobs I'm glad I didn't work on... I'm sure someone is going to be getting a call soon.
Saturday, January 03, 2009

A new and interesting tool to consider...

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Call me a tool whore. I'll freely admit it. When the latest issue of Woodshop News came out, I noticed an article in it about Freud...
Thursday, January 01, 2009

And my 2009 new year resolution is...

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Call this "The Year of Living Green" for me. Having slept in, after hosting a small party last night, I promptly made a mimosa an...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Thoughts on running a small business

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Call me a numbers geek. I've always liked numbers, for some odd reason, I "get" math. So at the end of every holiday season, I...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Custom seating

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For years, I avoided chairmaking. I think I may have heard a few "wiser" woodworkers discussing what a pain it was to build them, ...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Fantasy furniture and building products

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Life has been a little hectic around here. I know I always say that, but it's true. Combine holiday madness, family stuff, pet issues, n...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Edamame Soup recipe

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I know, I know. I'm supposed to be talking about woodworking. But I'm drowning in sawdust and glaze slime and packing boxes, so I j...
Monday, December 08, 2008

It's a soup day...

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The best thing about living in Lav Vegas is the weather, even though the summers are blistering. Honestly, there have only been one or two t...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Nepali Woodworkers: the universal language of wood

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Remember a few weeks ago, when I talked about my family members, Jill and Debbie, who were raising money for cancer awareness through their...