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Busy Saturday

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Today turned out to be a pretty busy day.  I made a quick trip to Lowes to get a pair of 12′ pieces of crown molding to finally finish off David’s room.  It has taken entirely too long to get it completed, but I can’t exactly be in there with a nailgun while he’s sleeping.
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Another Project

January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here’s this weekend’s project, the white thing above the window…  more photos available.

I also put Ana’s shelves up, but we decided to put them in the office to match the new window feature.
 

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First Project

January 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This weekend I used my new saw for something a bit more delicate than the workbench.  Decorative shelves for Ana’s sewing room!  So they wouldn’t look too crappy, I also had to buy a router this weekend (the non-electronic kind, who would have thought…).  I’ve never used one before but it turned out quite fine.
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Workbench Completed

December 28th, 2007 · 4 Comments

More photos available…
I really like how it turned out. 

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Project

December 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Ana gave me a compound miter saw for Christmas, so I can now attempt a few projects around the house like crown molding.  I’ve never really been very good at building things, but I suspect that’s mostly because I: 1) just don’t try to often and 2) never have the appropriate tools. So, needless to say, [...]

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