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Another good holiday gift - unique cutting boards - I have them in maple, cherry, and end-grain checkered boards.
In this video, I go through some simple steps to check if you have a vacuum leak in your vacuum bag set up.
In this video I go through building a more industrial vacuum chamber that will withstand all the pressure that collapsed the previous one.
In this video, I reveal the gadgets that I got for the camera to help with the video production.
In this video, I go ahead and clean my vaccum bag that suffered a little oily mess during the initial phase of the cutting board finishing. And there's a bonus feature...
Not all woodworking projects arise from joyous reasons. Such is this weeks project. Watch to learn why...
With the holiday season approaching, you may wonder where to find me. That's quite easy: just head over to my website...
Final day at RiverFest. There are a few rain drops in the forecast, but I'll be pretty dry in my tent...
Day 2 of Riverfest is on now. And the first band of the day is from Novs Scotia - the first place where I settled...
And RiverFest has begun.... This weekends demo is again centered around my pen cases. This time around, I will be sanding them...
The tent is up for Riverfest. Tomorrow is the product set up and ready to rock and roll. This time around I plan a different demonstration....
When you're busy making things, mundane tasks such as cleaning your dust collector, go on the bottom of the back burner's back burner list...
Hmmm my creative juices are starting to flow. Although, I may need to purchase something to make it happen....
Hot off the lathe - the beautiful figures and patterns of the spalted maple.
And this is a bit of reality check: this is what the workshop of a busy person looks like....
And this image was sent to me by a customer who got a pen and pencil set from Claro walnut burl. It also features their custom double seater pen case.
An ambitions to do list - in addition to the pens, I have decided to go ahead and do a total of 35 pen cases
Day 3 at the home county music fest. Rain or shine, we're on till music ends.
Preparing for the Home County Music Fest. Making Bankisa seed pods blanks
The weekend in Goderich has begun.and yes, I will be oiling the pencases today.
This can mean only one thing.... The southampton craft show is today between 10am and 6pm at the plex in Poty Elgin.
To do list for next week.... This is about 48 writing instruments and 15 pen cases.
Where to find me next. Check out the post for dates and locations of my July craft shows
This is my scientific way into dividing a cylinder into 3. I just need to remember which lines I need to cut.