Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Back From Vacation

Posted on 10/19/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

Well, we’ve been back for almost two weeks, but it’s taken that long to get over the jetlag and to catch up on all the fall yard work that needs to be done. I still have more work on my … Continue reading →

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Time for a Vacation

Posted on 09/21/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

I finally finished the deck frame: I still need to do a little clean up around the site, but next will be installing the deckboards: This is composite decking and will go on top of the frame. Here’s a close … Continue reading →

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Deck Framing

Posted on 09/07/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

I’m close to finishing the framing for my deck: I have two joists left to install along with all the blocking between the joists. I didn’t get as much done last week as I wanted as I had a very … Continue reading →

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August Decks

Posted on 08/24/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

The kitchen project is 99.9% done. Just waiting for one part that is still on backorder. We’ve been enjoying our new kitchen space. We decided to take a little day trip and drove down to see trees in the Sierra: … Continue reading →

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