I had never cut a mortice and tenon wood joint before, so I thought I would practice on some of the scrap pieces from cutting my uprights to size. This looks pretty good. Ohhps, rolling it over shows that I didn’t have my saw straight. I may cut at least the cuts from the sides in …
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Or… I have cut it 3 times and it is STILL too short! Here I have the wood all set up on my handy table saw rollers that I also use as saw horses – at least for picking stuff up so I don’t have to always bend to reach it. I have picked out the straightest …
Bookshelf Idea
I saw this bookshelf at Target yesterday for $230. Way out of my budget, but it got my wheels turning. It looks fairly strong, light, and easily portable as the uprights are hinged and fold flat. The uprights are essentially 2 ladders hinged together. You open them up, slide in the shelving, and finish opening them …
Working from home
I had the day off from my old job today, and tried to work from home for my new job. Working from home was so hard. I am not really set up for that. My desk isn’t big enough to hold anything after the 2 19″ are on it. I don’t have anywhere to put …
This is what my blog looks like on a REALLY big screen.
I stopped at CompUSA one day and pulled up my blog on the biggest monitor in the place. WOW. I want one of these screens. My site is designed for 19″ monitors.