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.

Wednesday Woodworking – Louis Cubes, Parquetry or Marquetry?

Posted on 01/27/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Last weekend was the quarterly marquetry workshop and this month we’re building a box with parquetry on the top using the famous Louis cube design.  The name comes from France and the reign of Louis XIV because the pattern was … Continue reading →

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Routine Shift

Posted on 01/24/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

“Variety is the spice of life, but routine is the essence of life.” This is a quote from Joe, a recovering alcoholic I knew in my teen years.  He was an interesting man and I learned much about life from … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Quitting

Posted on 01/22/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

If winners never quit and quitters never win, what fool came up with, “quit while you’re ahead.” More wisdom next week, Andrew

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Wednesday Woodworking – Marquetry on a Shaker Oval Box

Posted on 01/20/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Since I’ve had restrict my walking around the last week, I went back to my marquetry bench and starting working on my next project.  This will use a bird that Heather drew for me and I wanted to do a … Continue reading →

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