http://tenonandspline.com/blog My adventures in woodworking, remodeling, home automation, and technology Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:03 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=589 Although I’m rather anxious to make progress on the acoustic guitar project, the recent departure of a close family friend caused me to shift gears briefly to build them a going away present. During the glue-up process, I was frustrated by the lack of suitable bench space. My old glue up table was a $50 … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/285 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/285#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:21:43 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=285 Though it’s apparently been public for around a year now, I’ve only just discovered Microsoft’s Photosynth.net. I really wanted to create one of my workshop — but alas, I’ve been too busy with family stuff this summer to clean up after my last project. So, rather than create a synth of a messy shop, I … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/285/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/155 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/155#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:10 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=155 With the days of (relative) sanity in our home rapidly coming to an end — the impending birth of our third child — I was eager to finish his bedroom. For our first child, I pulled out all the stops. With no children in the home, time was a commodity we had in spades. When … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/155/feed 3 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/79 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/79#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:10:39 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/79 I had higher hopes for the finished room — some custom cabinetry and perhaps some painted details — but in the end, I settled for “neat, organized and finished.” On a friend’s suggestion I hacked off the lower two cabinets from an old built-in desk unit that was in the basement (and before that in … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/79/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/78 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/78#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 01:59:15 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/78 This past weekend, Mother’s Day weekend, I gave my wife what every mother wants: a silver “mother and family” necklace and a freshly-painted garage! Mixology Originally I was planning on heading out to HD and buying a gallon or so of “oops” paint (ya know, the stuff that they mix by mistake and sell dirt … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/78/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/77 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/77#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:19:03 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/77 Now that the shop is pretty much complete and the weather’s turned a bit more spring-like, I’ve decided to tackle the garage. Since I no longer need it for woodworking, save the odd large-piece assembly, we’re going to revert the space back to a more traditional use: car, bike and outdoor-kid-toy-storage. In addition, we’ll be … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/77/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/68 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/68#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:47:58 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/68 Over the long holiday weekend I only managed to sneak in roughly a day and a half of work on the shop. Between Friday afternoon and Saturday I secured the base cabinets, assembled the “floating” top for the DeWalt 706 miter saw, and built the three countertops. Not too bad considering the time.

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