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Day One of window building is now complete.  We started the day with a trip across town to Hardwick's hardware store, in search of a window-sash router bit set.  In fact, we bought a sash bit last night at Rockler, but I pretty much decided to return it before we left the store.  There are two kinds of this bit, a single bit with a ...

Nick made good progress in the shop last weekend. He moved the workbenches and built three cabinets to go along one wall. We began to get things reorganized but still have a bit to do. That will be our goal before Nick's dad, Phil, arrives next weekend. The cabinets will be a great addition. In one of them we will have all the sandpaper organized ...

So the cats are acting curious as cats do. Atticus is taking a nap so I could finish varnishing the mantel which is almost ready for its final installation. And Nick's been cleaning his shop. I mean really cleaning his shop. It looks really ''empty'' and like he might be making room for something. I wonder if he's planning on ...

Anyone ever have a combustion fire? Nick was working in the shop last week and he had thrown away a staining sponge that he had used to apply wood conditioner to the bead board. It had been drying outside for a week so he figured it had completely dried. He and a friend put some sawdust in the same garbage can as the sponge and soon afterwards ...