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/745 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/745#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:58 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=745 Over the last couple weeks I’ve completed the construction of the side and end rails and cut the slats for supporting the mattresses. I also settled on somewhat novel connection hardware for the rails. Woodcraft sells a very inexpensive bed rail set bracket set that are nonetheless very sturdy and heavy duty. I’ve augmented the connection … Continue reading »

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]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/663/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 »

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