September Project – Adirondack Chair

Boy does time fly -What happened to August?  It seems like summer just started.  Well, even with all the stuff going on with the sale of our current home and the purchase of a new shop home, it seems I was able to squeak out another monthly project.  Of course for the second month in [...]

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Where have I been lately?

Well, as you can see for the last several weeks I have not posted much (ok, nothing).  That’s because it has gotten very hectic around the Ricks household.  We have been in negotiations to buy a new home and sell our old one.  It is amazing how much energy it takes to get through something [...]

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Safety Turning with Kids

The lathe is one of the safest tools in the shop, mostly for one simple thing,  you hold the blade while the tool moves the wood.  This does not mean that you should not take any safety precautions, you still can get injured turning, but it is far less common then with other tools.  For [...]

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