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A week didn’t make a lot of progress on the current door project in the shop, I am trying to keep up with my big projects and find time here and there for the shop stuff. This picture was taken last Friday: The door is an interesting one. The homeowner had made a stained glass … Read more

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I am finally back to working on the door I have supposed to have been working on for the last two years.I have been working on it off and on so I am pretty far along with making all the parts, but I am just starting on the carving of the panel. Here is an … Read more

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…well we made it.Another 150,000,000 miles or so, that long trip around our sun…This, of course, is not even a detectable blip in the 450 billion years or so that this has been going on.…but in our short lives here, if we are lucky, it represents a little more than one percent of our total … Read more

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A long time since my last post here.We now have some snow and have seen below zero temps.Not a lot of snow yet so the ice on the lakes should be good. I have heard there is some real good skating ice in places on the lakes right now, smooth and clear…but that is not … Read more

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I have been working in the shop on two sets of arched doors for a contractor in the Twin Cities. These, like so many of my projects, should have been done a month ago and once again, I am testing the patience of my clients. Hopefully in the end they will be happy with the … Read more

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Last week I was involved in one of those moments in time that come along occasionally… The assemble of the playground equipment in Whiteside Park, in Ely MN. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical when we started unloading the full semi truck that pulled up on Thursday morning. There was a lot … Read more

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.and so ends out baseball season:http://www.elyecho.com/main.asp?SectionID=12&SubSectionID=12&ArticleID=11443&TM=36463.53 One of the things the article failed to mention is the pouring rain in the last 4 innings of the second game under the lights. The kids were soaking wet but all smiles at the end of the night. This is the best picture I have showing the rain: … Read more

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There is a secret treasure in Ely. I was unaware of it myself until a few years ago, even though I have lived here for over 25 years.Back behind Whiteside Park, behind the little league field and softball field is the Veterans Memorial Baseball field.This is an un believable facility that has been honed over … Read more

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An old acquaintance I hadn’t heard from in years called yesterday and we had a fun conversation. I had the privilege of working with this man on his log home “monument” many years ago, (I think everything Virgil does is of “monument” scale), and I enjoyed watching this video and seeing what he is up … Read more