Archive for August, 2010
The first batch of tiny boxes has brought with it knowledge and a fair amount of enjoyment. This is Fred, he is a tiny hard maple box with a wenge lid and splines. He is very friendly. Each box will be given a choice, some will choose to head out into the world, some may [ READ MORE ]
I am about done with the Batch of 12 tiny boxes[ READ MORE ]
Luna and Henry walked back to the car in silence, Luna holding the tiny box firmly in both hands. Henry broke the silence as he put his key in the door, to unlock it. "That went well, not as all as I had expected." He opened the passenger door[ READ MORE ]
Mostly I just uploaded some photos from DC, and wrote a bunch of crap today[ READ MORE ]
Fixing slight gaps was on the menu for tonight's woodworking[ READ MORE ]
While it is fun to write about building tiny boxes, every night, for 7 or 8 weeks, I am sure it is getting a bit tiresome to read them. Though I have done a bunch of work on my tiny boxes, since yesterday, I have something else to discuss tonight.Â[ READ MORE ]
The night before had brought a storm down on the neighborhood with an unforgiving wrath. There were trees down, his power was out, and the phone lines were dead. He took a cold shower. Henry didn't feel much like eating, so he fumbled around in[ READ MORE ]
I finished my first tiny box. I named him Major[ READ MORE ]
For the last 30 days, there has been daily secret meditation. Traveling the universe in my mind, searching for wisdom, has added a modicum of enlightenment.  The stacked waterfalls on the forest planet Vanteria, as the daylight faded, filled me[ READ MORE ]
The sharpening monk looked at my work, then looked at me. He turned it over in his hands and ran his fingers across the handle. He looked up at me after setting it on the router table and said, "This is a vast improvement over the last jig. I w[ READ MORE ]