by Mike | May 17, 2021 | Musings
BRIDGING THE GAP As people and sentient beings we like to rationalize things. To think that because some elements are in place, we can be pretty sure of a specific outcome. This can be construed as mere human vanity, but we like to think that we have some insight into...
by Mike | May 10, 2021 | Boxes
Stair Gauge Presentation My dad served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a carpenters mate. That may seem odd in an era of steel ships, but the Navy listed this rating until 1948 when it was taken over by the recently created Navy Construction Battalion, or Seabees. In...
by Mike | May 3, 2021 | Musings
I have been asked how we decide to include any particular item as a standard production piece. The fact is that there is no single answer to that question. So, let’s look at some different ways in which that could take place. Design driven selections happen when...
by Mike | Apr 26, 2021 | Boxes
Card Caddy Perhaps you will remember when I wrote of a woodworker’s affliction which I referred to as a “packrat tendency”? This is accumulating small pieces of showy wood for a future and unknown project. Some sufferers claim to know what project they are...
by Mike | Apr 19, 2021 | Furniture
On the whole subject of live edge slabs, I have come late to the party. Having been steeped (exposed early) into traditional woodworking, I just did not see the point. I felt like the live edge work that I saw was naïve and minimalist and just kind of lazy somehow. I...
