Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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.

Chessboard Part 1

Posted on 11/20/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Here is a quick post of one of my Christmas present projects. Not telling who it is for yet. This is still a work in progress but I am close to having it done. Here is the basic board: This … Continue reading →

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Tendons on Windly Hill

Posted on 11/10/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

The hike on Windy Hill was a couple of weeks ago and I had every intention to write a great post about it right after the hike. Well that didn’t happen. Other things happened but writing about the hill didn’t. … Continue reading →

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Quilts and Marquetry

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

A week ago my wife and I went to the Pacific International Quilt Show. It is just amazing how those artists take fabric and thread and create landscapes, portraits, abstracts and other amazing pictures. These aren’t your grandma’s keep you … Continue reading →

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Turning Marquetry

Posted on 10/10/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Here are some more details and a few photos on the recent class I took on marquetry on wood turnings. Putting veneer on a flat surface has certain challenges but a curved surface has a few more. For me the … Continue reading →