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October 21, 2017

The last few weeks (give or take) have been pretty good – in the shop the road and trails. The rain hasn’t got me down and my Strava is starting to feel the love. It’s nice to be getting out, here and away, and you can never go home like they say, but if you…

April 7, 2016

Spring

The sun crept to the back of the shop the other day and reminded me to look up. I’m not sure what I’ve been chasing the last few months, but it’s definitely been good. Chasing the kids up on the mountain and the blessed powder days. The trails are opening up every day and I’ve found…

January 28, 2016

Handrail Build

This is the nicest grain I’ve ever had in lumberyard maple. EVER.

November 18, 2015

Tiny Box Session

Fifteen tiny treasure boxes. The intent was to make the boxes for kids ranging in age from one to 8. I’m interested to see how many of these will be around in ten, twenty, thirty years. I wonder if I can keep track of them. I’d love to know what will be kept in…

October 23, 2015

The Apple Crates

The apple crates were something I’ve been working on for a while – scrapped a few times – ending up something like this, as trade to my friend Craig (thanks again!) who listened and sorted through my ramblings and designed the handplane logo for me. I usually wait to deliver things before I post them here,…

October 13, 2015

Steel

For me the install is one of the most rewarding things about building. I’ve been a draftsman with various trades for the last 20(ish) years and freelancing for Bowcor Custom Welding in Canmore, Alberta for the last seven. Last week they sent me a few photos of the install of a project I prepared shop drawings for…

September 8, 2015

Cedar Doors

Glad it’s fall. Glad it’s cooling off and getting quiet. Glad the smoke is gone and school started. Tacky trails and xc running. Can’t wait… Here’s a set of cedar doors that went through the shop and were installed up in Rossland. Perfect for fall.

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