Andrew's View of the Week

Project from the Past

Posted on 04/24/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

I am not writing this weekend. Just too much going on. Instead I was reminded of a project I did about four years ago and decided to share a few pictures of it. Here it is:

3D Spaceship Puzzle.

Yup, it’s a rocket ship puzzle. It stands about 12 inches and is on display in my living room. Last week we did a little furniture reshuffle and I had to move this one. It’s made from 3/4 inch thick cherry and was cut on my scroll saw.

Here are some other pictures:

Putting together one side.

What looked like with the pattern glued on. Yes, two space people live in the ship.

I’ll be writing more next weekend and have a new marquetry project that I’ll have a picture on Wednesday.

Till next week,

Andrew

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Friday Wisdom – A Prayer

Posted on 04/22/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Father was a spiritual man with a solid belief system. He taught me this prayer that I think you’ll find useful:

“God grant me patience, and I want it right now.”

More wisdom next Friday,
Andrew

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Wednesday Woodworking – planter box

Posted on 04/20/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Here it is, the prototype for the flower garden’s planter boxes:

The box is 24 by 16 inches and about 15 inches deep.

Side view of the box.

The box is made from redwood fence boards. Here in California redwood isn’t too expensive and it will resist rotting. The box is two feet long and the plan is to make twelve of these. These will go in the wire cage I’ll be building.

I needed to get the boxes done first so Heather has a place to plant her seedlings. It’s likely we’ll have flowers before the garden is finished. This is one of the deeper boxes, some boxes will be shorter than this as not all the plants we’re going to grow need that much root depth.

Well, one down, eleven to build.

If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew

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Funniest Joke Followup

Posted on 04/19/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Last Friday I posted a joke my father use to tell, the duck joke.

Like many of my father’s jokes, he heard it someplace else. After I posted the joke, a Facebook friend pointed out a YouTube video where they did the joke as a song for kids. They made a few changes – the bar becomes a lemonade stand and the nails become glue, but it’s funny all the same. Enjoy.