The first mantel project is posted in the Client Gallery. Custom cut walnut slab, air dried and delivered to client at 10%. He let if finish up and acclimate to his home and attached with lag screws from behind the…
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Can’t sleep. Have to be up early in the morning (this morning, Friday) and I can’t sleep. I would have thought to be over the mad. The hurt. The soul breaking pain. But I’m not. Some may think that’s over…
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Another publication. Statewide distribution. Low numbers. But since I’m leading a utilization break out session at the NAA/NNLA summer field day next month, maybe it will give me ‘expertise’ status. After all, It will be 40 miles from home. Hope…
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Well, this is actually pt 4, since the banners were displayed earlier, parades and window. This item was on the must get list. When we take the mill to a client’s location, thought if we left it for a couple…
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Expert: “An ordinary fellow from another town” – Mark Twain “A man fifty miles from home with a briefcase” – Will Rogers I brought this up at the Dallas Regional SCORE Training for the American Small Business Champions. Where…
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Is in the eye of the beholder. We’ve all heard it. Whenever I see chicory I think of a coworker in Virginia that brought in a bouquet of chicory for the conference table where we had staff meetings. Now considering…
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Geneva Days Parade to celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day. And I forgot the flag, grrrrrr. Had conversations with a few people after the parade about either logs they have or slabs they want. Too bad they were repeat conversations and…
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Have a tree planted by an ancestor? Don’t loose the history when the tree dies. Let’s craft a dream. Have a large family? Depending on size of tree, we can make serveral …. mantel clocks; wall clocks; butcher blocks; picture…
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Level heart. Level Log. Toe boards. Blade tension. Hook angle. Checks. Cracks. Defect. Cant. Slab. Live edge. Best face. 2nd worse face. Flatsawn. Quarter sawn. Some good, some bad, but all associated with milling logs. Proper stickering. Air flow. Spalting….
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When a workshop will increase (in theory) your knowledge and help your business, you go. When your husband and business partner is knee deep in our full time farm tasks, you go alone. When your husband is more than knee…
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