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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Another Duck Walks into a Chair Shop…..

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Mike

I had planned on writing about Gresham’s Law of Tool Quality this week.  I should have looked at the calendar as I made my plans.  I would have seen that posting mid-week as I normally do, would bump me smack into Christmas.  The next week will bump me smack into New Years.  While we are

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The Burning of the Back Boards

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Mike

The year 2007 has come to an end.  For most of you that event will not happen until January 1.  However, the 2007 school year at The Windsor Institute ended when we completed  the last day of the last class.  That was Friday, December 7. Everyone who has studied at The Institute knows we love

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The Modern History of the Wooden Spoke — Part II

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Mike

This post is a continuation of the previous.  If you have not that one, you may want to begin with it, and then read this.  Mike  I have described else where how John Kelsey (the founding editor of Fine Woodworking) putErnie Conover and me together, and how Ernie and I became lifelong friends.  In 1981

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The Modern History of the Wooden Spoke Shave — Part I

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Mike

My surgeon delayed my shoulder surgery until after the first of the year.  I don’t yet have a firm date.  In anticipation of a long recovery, I have prepared a multi-part series on steam bending that I had planned on having my son  post for me during this period.  I will still do that, but

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