Larry | March 8, 2010
There’s an old story of a cobbler who has quite a following of happy shoe owners. But somewhere in the story we are told that the cobbler’s son has no shoes. This story is used as a moral lesson in several contexts and I’m not here to quibble with any of them. But I think [...]
Larry | February 25, 2010
Less than a month ago I broke down and bought a new coat. This is only significant if you understand that for the past couple years I’ve been wearing a coat that, each time I needed to zip it up, I had to fight with a zipper that was well past its prime. My office [...]
Larry | February 22, 2010
I’ve been a blogger for a bit more than a year. I never thought of it as a money-making venture and, in fact, it’s lived up to those expectations. But if you’re on the Internet you can’t help but notice that there are lots of people making, or at least claiming to make, lots of [...]
Larry | February 19, 2010
There’s not much going on in the Wood’n Bits Workshop right now. You’ll probably laugh but the Olympics has turned me into a couch potato. Well, I shouldn’t blame the Olympics for my shape but they are causing me to sit on a couch firmly attached to the glass teat.
I not sure what it is [...]
Larry | February 15, 2010
I’m struggling with the design of the vanity area of a bathroom, as described in a previous post. While I’ve been keeping SketchUp warm, everything I come up with looks like a big box and I’m not sure what to do about it. So, I’m coming to you. Any and all ideas will be appreciated.
Here’s [...]
Larry | February 13, 2010
I suppose I’m a curmugeon but I oppose the very notion of spending $4-5 on a piece of paper that will end up in the trash the day after it’s given. And so, every time Valentine’s Day rolls around I’m faced with showing my Valentine(s) that I care without succumbing to the card marketeer guilt [...]
Larry | February 10, 2010
Sometimes I wonder about myself. I’ve been a woodworker for a long time but like so many, I did most of my early woodworking by flipping a switch. But I’m a guy and guys like tools. The notion of having an excuse to dig through piles of rust at flea markets was appealing
So somewhere in [...]
Larry | February 8, 2010
First let me apologize for the “pre-release” of his blog post. It was just me screwing up posting dates. Anyways, here it is…with words and pictures.
I’ve been distracted from the shop, playing Mr. Fix-It, and my woodworking time has been spent navel gazing and some doing some sketching as my aged brain grapples with what [...]
Larry | February 6, 2010
Anyone who has followed this blog knows that I’m a fan of hide glue. I like the fact that it is stickier than PVA glues and thus the pieces I’m gluing don’t slide around while I’m clamping. More important, though, is that it can be debonded with heat and moisture, making repairs easier. It’s easy [...]
Larry | February 3, 2010
Several people asked me that question as I’ve made comments about my tablesaw being little more than a table in my shop as, more and more, I use handsaws to do my work. The short answer is “No.”. The not so short answer is “Heck No!” But the only answer worth writing about is a [...]
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