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.

Friday Wisdom – Halloween

Posted on 10/29/2021 by Andrew Reynolds

Sunday is Halloween so I feel morally obligated to offer you these insights about things that go bump in the night (or stop by your house to get candy). Well, I hope it doesn’t rain on Halloween – that would … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Working – Back at the Scroll Saw

Posted on 10/27/2021 by Andrew Reynolds

It’s been about 18 months since I’ve done any serious scroll saw or marquetry work. I’ve been itching to get back to it so even though I’m not 100% done with setting up my workshops, I went ahead and started … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Cabinets

Posted on 10/22/2021 by Andrew Reynolds

This week I had some cabinets delivered for my workshop so here’s a few cabinet thoughts: Early in my career I had a job selling file cabinets, labels makers, file folders and rolodexes to mafia offices – yeah, I was … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Work – of Quilts and Shops

Posted on 10/21/2021 by Andrew Reynolds

Yeah, it’s really Thursday but when you’re retired the months kind of merge together. Currently my time keeping is more like: breakfast time, tea time, dinner time, and not a good time to be out driving to the store time. … Continue reading →

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