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Military Retirement Shadowbox
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Up-front Work
Last July, my sister sent me a message that my BIL, a Navy Diver, was going to retire in March. She said he wanted a custom shadowbox and didn't l...
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Lost a Weekend 😣
Well, I didn't really have the whole weekend but I had most of the day Saturday and a couple hours Sunday. My goal was to get all my boards milled...
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Scope Creep
Scope Creep is a common term in my line of work. It means someone tells you they want something. So you do the design work and present it. Then ...
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Rippin', Shootin' & Boxin'
My goals for this weekend were to get the boards for my mom's flag box thicknessed and get all the boards for both projects ripped to width. Then ...
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Making Progress
When I left off, I had the case members cut, box joints cut and the case dry fit. Next up was the plywood back. I cut it the first piece to lengt...
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Running Down to the Wire... As Usual
Seems like no matter when I start a project it never gets done before it has to... Progress has been slow the past couple weeks. One weekend we h...
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Final Stages
I got the bulk of the work finished up this weekend. I started with a dry fit of the case and then used it to cut the door members to length. The...
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