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I had glued up the "extra" pieces on the sides.  [Screenshot_20250318_171934_Gallery.jpg] Had to clean up but still have pretty good grain flow. ...
A Little about me Being sort of a retired nerd, I spent my career doing mostly finance related I/T, I have always gravitated towards technical stuf...
This is current. 3/8/25, 1900 something hours.[looky 1.JPG] [looky 2.JPG] [looky 3.JPG] [looky 4.JPG] [looky 5.JPG][looky 6.JPG] [looky 22.JPG] I s...
Although 3/8 wall thickness received a lot of support on the prior blog, and Splintergroup graciously outlined how I could get the top set (hope to...
Well I already missed a week and this will be the second week missed.  Last Monday night my Dad lost his battle to lung cancer and passed. I have b...
I started milling up some walnut for the next urn.  This one will be for my husband, and he picked out the board from what I had stocked up (used t...

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