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  1. Choice is torment

    Agonizing over the best way to do something is not my best attribute. After finishing the drawer carcass, I had to decide on the intermediate top treatment. when designing the piece, I drew it as being walnut with a thin, tapered edge. while working on the carcass I had started to wonder whether the walnut upper cabinet corners (mimicking legs) would be set off better from the top if the top was maple, trimmed in walnut.

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    After talking with ...
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  2. Refinement, the dilemma

    When I am constructing a project I look for elements of refinement along the way. This can be a good thing or bad thing depending upon what is discovered. LOML is an artist / silversmith, so I ask for her opinion along the way. I don't always take it but it allows me a sounding board to consider a design. For the base, I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to accomplish. When it came to the box (carcass) I also knew the fundamental idea, but augmentation raised an ugly question, "how did ...
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  3. Progress on the cabinet, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the process

    I started my blog on the aspects of design and the creative process. Here is a recap of what and why I am doing this:
    "There was a spirited discussion in the design forum around using sketchup vs drawing by hand. I am a proponent of designing by hand, so if something else works for you, do it. First, I should explain that I never use anyone else's plans unless I am taking a class. I am not trying to espouse that you should design this way or that this way is the best, but merely that this
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  4. Van Husky riddle

    Quote Originally Posted by Belinda Williamson View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul McGaha View Post
    I think I know that part, Louisiana and South Carolina.
    Bingo! He's a part timer in each state. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's Louisana but it could be Lower Alabama.

    It's Louisiana, I've read of him mentioning it before.

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  5. May 16, 2012

    i need to start posting here more often, kind of like a diary so i know what i did and when would be nice to look back at.

    but i got a part for my scroll saw and its been working really good but i would like to send it in to get serviced and tuned up.
    it was used a lot before i got it and im using it a good amount so a freshening up would be nice.

    i have been doing more scrolling then other types of woodworking and i enjoy it a lot. made some small toy cars last winter ...
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