11. Advertising by mistake

Every so often I get fired up and make a batch of stuff, sell most of it, and stash the rest.  Sometimes I will give this stuff away to folks I happen to meet or deal with.  A pen that I had made wound up in the hands of a nurse in the...

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12. Are YOU a woody?

Asking someone if they are a woody could definitely be taken the wrong way but in this instance, it is meant strickly in woody fashion, which basically means do you enjoy the pursuit of building with wood.  OK, stop and think for minute, what...

27/08/2008 | 188 Hits | Read more...

13. Raised bed garden

Instead of doing all things woody in my shop, I've been out in the yard.  I have it fixed in my mind that I want to grow a garden and I want to grow it in a raised bed.  The logic is perfectly sound, the bed won't be so low to the ground...

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14. Making money

Almost every woodworker I have ever talked to, wants to make money from his or her woodwork.  A quick Google will show you that this is indeed a fact and a lot of questions are floating around on what to build, how to build, bottom line, show...

14/08/2008 | 297 Hits | Read more...

15. Catch-all shop

For the last several weeks I have been on a regretable project that I hope none of you ever have to endure.  I have been cleaning out my two junk rooms with the theretical objective of combining the two.  IF I managed to pull off the...

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