Due to the political unrest in Honduras our mission trip was postponed.  We were  supposed to leave on the 17th and fly into the capital, Tegucigalpa, but since they won’t let Zelaya land I doubt they’ll be interested in me touching down either. I’m a little torn at the moment on how I feel about [...]

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For those of you who read of the unfortunate demise of my day job I’m happy to report that I have found an information technology position at another company and started yesterday.  It’s been a great experience so far and all of the people I’ve met have been friendly.  I’ll still be turning at night [...]

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Welcome my Swedish woodturning friends!  I was looking at some analytics for my site this week and noticed quite a few hits from Sweden and a referral link.  Thank you Johan Noberg for linking to my site from Svarvare.se. I wish I could read your site but unfortunately my Swedish is a little rusty and [...]

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I don’t care who you vote for (I do but this isn’t a political blog), I just want you to go stand in line like I did this morning and cast your vote.  The world will be a better place for it and you get a cool sticker and everything.

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To many woodturners the f-word is strictly off limits. Unless you’re making a woodturning jig you’re not supposed to do any flat work and especially not any flat work that doesn’t involve turnings. Sometimes though you run across a project that you just have to try. I ran across this one while browsing around Instructables [...]

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Yes, I cleaned my studio up so I could see the floor and the workbench.  Yes, I’ve been back in the studio doing some work.  Yes, it’s right back to where I started.  So it goes. I’ll be posting some pictures soon of new work, new tools, and new jigs.

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American craftsman bungalow style with combined living/sleeping area, spacious outdoor kitchen, nice garden veranda and close to nature bathroom. Fresh paint and new flooring. New construction. For a number of months now, my father and I have been working on Katherine’s and Charlotte’s playhouse. After many weekends, I finally put the final trim down inside [...]

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The geek in me enjoys running a few websites and is amazed at the advancement of the Internet over the past 15 or so years. I remember sitting in front of a VT-100 terminal with a 19200 baud connection doing FTP and Telnet and chatting with people all over the globe. I remember MUDs and [...]

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