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This the part that’s more complicated than a farmer probably would have tackled 150 years ago. I’m making leaves for our table that will mount on the ends when we need them. More on how later. I used scraps to put together two leaves about 12 inches deep (they’ll also have baker’ ends so...
This next part was more work than I thought. When you buy wood directly from a sawmill, and you need the widest planks possible, you end up with rough slabs. In my case they were about an inch and a half thick and about ten feet long. Thickness wasn’t terribly uniform, which will work...
Last weekend the weather was nice enough to get a little done on the table. I cut notches in the legs a half an inch deep on two sides. These will be positioned on the outside corners to give more strength to the “skirt” which will hold up the top. In the old days...
I have been slightly consumed in recent weeks by a gnawing urge to build a farm table (aka harvest table) out of beetle kill pine. I’ve never worked with pine in a furniture project before, because it’s soft. Oak has been my mainstay over the decades. But faced with the need for a table...
I bought an old library table at a garage sale last year and stored it in the shed. It had been abused. A previous owner had allowed a dog to chew off all the table edges, all the way around. Someone had then cut off the dog chewed sections and left it square, though...
The passing of J. Ralph Carter on November 17 has hit me harder than I thought it would. After all, in the news business we see and report on death all the time. This time it’s different. I mourn not only for life lost, but for the end of this man’s influence on our...
For years we’ve had the natural oak look in our living room. Okay, maybe more like decades. With the purchase of a new wall-mounted TV came the need for a new entertainment center, which made thecoffee tables look, well… old. So we had a choice. Give the old tables away and buy some new...
I love Ouray, Colorado. The food is fabulous, the scenery unforgettable and the weather (each time I’ve been there) is perfect. And it has hot springs. Non-smelly, steaming hot, hot springs. We were there a couple of weeks ago and once again fell in love with Ouray. There are a couple of old buildings...
I’m sittin’ in a railway station, got a ticket for my destination… It’s 1:45 a.m. and I’m in the Amtrak Station in Hastings, Nebraska. I’ve driven my daughter to college, left her the car, and I’m heading back to Denver. Unlike Paul Simon, I am Homeward Bound. The train should be leaving now, but...
Five days after a bear killed and dined on an elderly woman in Ouray, I am here myself. I don’t worry much about bears in Colorado mountain towns — they usually don’t want anything to do with you. Though a face to face with a Grizzly in Glacier National Park back in 2005 did...