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The one ring

Posted on 29. April 2022 by vidar
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A man can provide a house, but a woman can provide a home. A woodworker can provide accessoires for the homemaking. Let’s make a table decoration thingy! Eärendil….

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Posted in Small items | Tagged birthday ring, candle, decoration, holiday | Leave a reply

Go big or go…?

Posted on 25. March 2022 by vidar
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I will admit that I do occasionally buy stuff I really do not need. While very useful, some tools are unnecessary – or shall we say, a luxury. Sometimes they’re shiiinyyyy. Sometimes they speak to my inner cave man…

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Posted in Ramblings, Rant | Tagged big tools, luxury tools, nice to have, scam, woodpeckers | Leave a reply

Facing fears

Posted on 22. February 2022 by vidar
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Fear of failing. Recovering from bad experiences. The fright of not being perfect, or even good enough. This is certainly not a laughing matter. Let’s talk about mental health for a moment.

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Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Failure, mental health | Leave a reply

Wood wonders

Posted on 15. February 2022 by vidar
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Woodworkers have one advantage over common folk – we get the full experience from a piece of furniture. From the smell of oak to the feel of a finished product – a journey for the senses indeed!

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Posted in Ramblings | Tagged furniture, oak | Leave a reply

Rosemine’s wall shelf

Posted on 3. February 2022 by vidar
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Daddy, can you build me a shelf for books and knick-knacks? When your 5-year old daughter ask you a question like that, you oblige. Let’s build a shelf for Rosemine and Lilly!

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Posted in Furniture | Tagged bookshelf, kids, shelf, wall shelf | Leave a reply

A torii inspired garden bench

Posted on 28. January 2022 by vidar
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We wanted to give my in-laws a garden bench, so that they can relax outside when the weather is nice. A traditional English bench was considered, but I wanted to give it a bit of eastern fusion. ShintĹŤ kara kariru!

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Posted in Outdoor projects | Tagged bench, eastern influence, garden bench | Leave a reply

Knock it down a notch!

Posted on 24. January 2022 by vidar
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When I made my work bench, I did not know which height would be best. So I made it tall. Very tall. I put “lowering the bench height” on my to-do -list. Do you have one of those never ending stories? Na-na-naa-na-na-na… Anyway, let’s get crackin’!

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This ol’ hamma’

Posted on 19. January 2022 by vidar
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Rings like silver! Whacking, wellying, tapping, bashing, smashing, persuading, nudging – there’s a lot of tasks in a shop that need a good… problem solver. Let’s review one option; the Thorex 712R

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Posted in Product review | Tagged 712r, mallet, review, thor, thorex, tools | Leave a reply

The picture frame shelves

Posted on 10. January 2022 by vidar
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Pictures of grandkids ornate most homes of grandparents. Hanging those pictures though – that can be a bit of a beast. Simple picture frame shelves is a good solution – unless you like the pasta strainer look for your walls…

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Posted in Furniture | Tagged oak, Picture shelf, shelf | 1 Reply

The Phoenixtail aspen boxes

Posted on 3. January 2022 by vidar
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Or to be correct: two boxes with dovetails made from wood resurrected from the fire wood pile. It was going to be a shelf, but the gremlins woke…

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Posted in Small items, Woodworking projects | Tagged aspen, box, dovetail, oak, Teak | Leave a reply

Setting up shop @work

Posted on 29. December 2021 by vidar
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Who’s the lucky guy? I AM! I got to set up my own shop at home, and I get to set up a shop at work! Two shops! But vastly different scope. And size. Let me give you a tour!

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Posted in Blog, Miscellaneous | Tagged shop, shop layot | Leave a reply

Revisit: the ash shelf

Posted on 25. December 2021 by vidar
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This spring I made a nice wall shelf in merbau. My sister in law liked it a lot, so I thought – why not gift one to her and her family for Christmas? It also gave me an opportunity to do some serial production. Low scale, mind you…

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Posted in Furniture | Tagged ash, gift, shelf, wall shelf | Leave a reply

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