Category Archives: Thoughts

July 12, 2011
6:41 am
by: Torch02

They Say It’s Your Birthday

Today marks the second anniversary of this blog. Two years ago I starting writing about the tools I had (and didn’t know enough about) and the bookshelves I just finished, hoping that someone would be interested. As it turned out, … Continue reading →

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May 4, 2011
4:58 pm
by: Torch02

About One Half of an Inch

I’ve been avoiding writing this blog post for about five months. It hasn’t been an active avoidance, but rather something unconscious about not writing down what happened. I knew I had a bit of a deadline for getting this out … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2011
12:14 am
by: Torch02

The Next Challenge – A Dovetail A Day

Several weeks ago I came across a one of Chris Schwarz’s blog posts where one of his reader’s had followed his path in cutting a dovetail joint each day. This struck me as a great idea for my crazy self-challenge of … Continue reading →

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January 1, 2011
12:32 am
by: Torch02

Design a Week – 26/52

On the last day of 2010, my final design to share is an angled frame: I first flirted with this idea back in March, initially thinking of it as a picture frame. The more I look at it, the more … Continue reading →

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November 5, 2010
1:50 am
by: Torch02

What Happened to the Fall?

Had everything gone according to Hoyle, you would have seen several posts over the past few weeks walking you through the steps as my Build Challenge entry was progressing. I did make some progress, such as roughing out the legs on … Continue reading →

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September 29, 2010
10:05 pm
by: Torch02

Woodworking in America, Scrap Swap Details

Thursday morning I’m getting in the car to drive from DC to Cincinnati for this year’s Woodworking in America Conference. [/excited] Judging by the posts across the woodworking blogosphere, I’m not the only one excited! Along with the official schedule, I’m … Continue reading →

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September 20, 2010
6:55 pm
by: Torch02

The Great American Scrap Swap

If you followed the most recent Wood Talk Online podcast, there was a bit of a shock as Shannon Rogers (The Renaissance Woodworker) blasphemed suggested that he needed to rid himself of a lot of exotic scraps that were cluttering … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2010
4:43 pm
by: Torch02

Coffee Table Coffee Talk

In his recent post at the Design Matters blog, George Walker took on “The dilemma of the coffee Table” and how one approaches this diverse and open realm of furniture. Given my obvious endearment with the form, I started to write … Continue reading →

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December 7, 2009
11:55 pm
by: Torch02

Slowly Taking Over

Last night I finally got back into the garage after a long hiatus, traveling for Thanksgiving and for work over the past two weeks. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve really come to realize that woodworking isn’t just a … Continue reading →

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