Back and blogging

January 19th, 2011 2 comments

We’ll its been a long time since I’ve updated this blog… A lot has changed for me in the last 8 months!

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Going to Woodworking in America 2010

May 14th, 2010 2 comments

Not that anyone cares enough to stalk me. But if you are going and want to hang out in some classes together here is my schedual:  Read more…

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My First Attempt At a Tote

February 26th, 2010 Comments off

So I’ve had this #7 that I got with a broken tote. I glued it back together with titebond and it snapped a couple of uses later. I cleaned out the glue and tried gorilla glue… Broke again…. Read more…

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Happy Holidays from Nik & Sabrina

December 16th, 2009 Comments off

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A Modern Plant Stand

November 24th, 2009 Comments off

Every project I start with begins 1 way… sketchup. The irony of me using this is free tool is I have a degree and certification in 3d modeling in Autodesk Maya (a high-end modeling and animation package used for movie production). But, for rapid modeling and design work it’s hard to beat the simplicity of Google Sketchup. (besides I’m WAY out of practice with my “pro” 3d tools)

This is my first “furniture” project out of hardwood and using traditional joinery. I started tinkering around with woodworking a little over a year ago and after a very intense first 6 months of learning and rehabbing old tools I managed to burn myself out. Read more…

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