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.

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Posted on 11/01/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

It officially starts today: NaNoWriMo Yes, National Novel Writing Month.  The month when hundreds of thousand of folks commit themselves to writing a 50,000 word novel in a month. 1,667 words a day.  They don’t have to be good words, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Woodworking – Marquetry and a box

Posted on 10/28/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

Now that the weather is turning and days are getting shorter I am moving back to indoor projects.  Tonight I started a marquetry piece: It’s a Celtic heart knot.  Some of you might remember me working on a piece like … Continue reading →

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Vague

Posted on 10/25/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

I got my replacement keyboard yesterday so I can type again. This is one of those weeks where I haven’t been very creative.  I haven’t written anything and the only thing I’ve made in my workshop is a utility shelf … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Woodworking – Planter box done

Posted on 10/21/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

I did it.  Finished the planter box.  It took more time than I thought it would.  The angles turned out harder to do than I had thought at first.  I should have spent more time modeling the joinery in SketchUp.  … Continue reading →

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