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 | January 5, 2010
Tom Fidgen’s new book, Made By Hand has become my constant companion, at least that’s how it seems. It’s the closest I’ll get to an apprenticeship with a woodworker who works in ways I want to work.
One of the things I’ve noticed is that Tom is a much better woodworker than I am. The natural [...]
Larry | November 28, 2009
When I did the post on creating the spoon holders for my cabinet project I didn’t think that cutting the notches was worth mentioning. Two things changed that view. First, I got two emails asking me how I was going to do it. Second, I tried cutting them on a table saw and then with [...]
Larry | April 10, 2009
If you listen to the talk about miniature furniture in Internet conferences, it isn’t be long before someone expresses something like “I’d like to build miniature furniture but I live in an apartment and don’t own power tools.” That’s a shame as furniture is so fundamental to roomboxes, dollhouses and the many other scenes [...]
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