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I had a failure trying to post a PDF just a bit ago. I have a feeling the gremlins are loose in the system :D

. . . my friend. We thought they'd never end. I lived in a household that was infused with music of all styles. That influence has followed me all my days. Heavy metal to Woody Guthrie; I listen to it all. Mary Hopkins did a lot of stuff but "Those Were The Days" is what most of us children...

Thanks everybody. I'm just kind of squeezing these in during a lot of family activities of late. The design is based on the Woodsmith frames from years ago. The backing structure and inner frame can be modified for a lot of different looks. . . . Hmm, I can't get the Adobe PDF of the...

Test photo post: I just click on the Attach files button in the lower left and double click on the picture. I am using a PC.

Took the grand kids out to lunch at a family place one town to the south. That place shares a parking lot with one of my favorite BBQ places so I walked over and got a rack of baby-backs. So good. You know the kind where the meat practically falls off the bone and you don't even really need...

Good luck. As long as they have good monitors on stage and the crowd can hear them you should be fine.

So, some outer frame parts colored a bit. You've seen these before. They really help with mitered corner clamping. They hang on a beaded chain out of the way between uses. They are used like so. And I just do that a bunch. I use a shellac flooding method on figured maple. This is a little...

Housekeeping and yard tending day here for the most part. I try to look over the automatic watering system every so often to make sure it is doing what I think it is.

Still lumbering along . . . I use a miter gauge and a 45 degree stop block to cut frame parts for the most part. I cut an opposing 45 degree angle on each end of the blanks as a starting point. This allows me to select the division point for the long and short members. I often get to...

Yeah, I have learned that some things that concern me on day one vanish in the haze by day 30. :)

LOML made a big, late lunch of roasted chicken and salad. As has been my habit of late I got my belly full and dozed off for awhile. Woke up and did something other than bring the waste bins in. I set up a straight bit in the router table to rabbet these frame parts. Some times I do these at...

I'm late in responding but that did indeed came out great. Nice choice on the pulls and faucet fixture as well.

When I heard of the demise of Johnson's I went to the local BORG and bought all they had on the shelf. I think I'm set for life. If I ran out Trewax paste would be my go to. I have a little Renaissance Wax on hand that I picked up on the cheap somewhere. IT works great for smaller projects...

I use those for various pound-cuts of shellac. I’ll give them a try for glue.

It is amazing how useful an assembly table with dog holes and slots can be. I cut the inner frame curly maple parts a bit oversized. Two reasons; one, the remaining spoil would be too small to use anyway and two, it allows me to choose the best match between the resawn blanks when cutting to...

I live in a very different environment but can say that Australian Timber Oil is easy to apply and easy to refresh. I have used it on redwood spa enclosures and cedar patio planters for many years. My friend used it on his plywood shed floor and has been very happy with it. He also lives out...

I left the inlay and frame blanks overnight and there was a little wood movement. A small block plane lets me re-fit things with a couple of swipes. I take some 99-cent store wax paper and roll it out to the length I need. Then I roll it back up and snip it off into narrow sections. The...

Totally get it. Things like these frames and the keepsake boxes come from the best of my scraps once they start to snowdrift up in the corners :D . This serves two purposes; one, when LOML suddenly asks "do we have anything we can give so-and-so for her birthday?" I am ready. Two, there is...

Oh, I see . . . now the pressure is on :D . I set up a 3/4" bit in the router table to cut the recess for the inlay. I do a test router cut and then a tablesaw rip on a piece of scrap to assure a good press fit. Got it. I then rip some maple to that width and slice it thin at the bandsaw...

And Sambo's Restaurant. Unfortunately for Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett, whose names were combined to name the restaurant, it became associated with something racial. We sometimes look for things that are not there; sometimes they are :)