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.

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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Kitchen Remodel — Done, Mostly

Posted on 08/10/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

This last week we had the last of the major work done on the kitchen and we’ve moved back into it: There’s a little bit of work left on our new fireplace: The logs and remote control needs to be … Continue reading →

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Does it Ever End?

Posted on 08/03/2025 by Andrew Reynolds

Tolkien said something like that in Lord of the Rings. I’m not on that kind of adventure, but I do wonder if kitchen remodels ever end. No pictures this time, but as of last Thursday we officially started using the … Continue reading →

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