Offcuts By: Don Heisz
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Last week, I had a lot of work to do far from home so was staying in a motel room. I must say, in spite of the fact that it was no...
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Every now and then, my job takes me too far from home for daily driving. It doesn’t happen often, thankfully, but when it do...
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One of my first woodworking projects was a coffee table. The apartment I was living in was fairly sparsely furnished, since we did...
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I think I may start making wooden toys. I’ve had young children for almost twenty years. I’ve spent a lot of time tryi...
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I’m really not of much value in a furniture store. I tend to take a look at something and declare that I can make whatever i...
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It’s that special time of year, again. The time when people traditionally make promises to themselves to quit smoking, quit ...
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A friend of mine once had the idea that he should make his family members Christmas gifts. He told me he always liked working with...
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I am typing this in my living room, which is blocked off from the rest of the house by two gates I made. This room used to be arra...
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Finally, sitting in my driveway, is the thing I’ve needed most for years. It’s not a new truck, although that would be...
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After a while, you can start to convince yourself that something actually looks right the way it is. For example, my house origina...
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I was at work a week ago or so and a fellow brought in an old 9.6 volt drill. It was one of the ones that were all over every jobs...
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I was recently asked advice on a potential renovation project. I sometimes get asked these things and, normally, the idea is that ...
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Sometimes, you just make mistakes. For example, you may be very very careful with all you measurements only to discover, once you ...
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I have come to a conclusion regarding storage. The best storage available for well over 90% of whatever it is you want to store is...
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I’ve bought a few pieces of old furniture over the years. The first was a desk that had previously had its legs replaced by ...
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I mentioned previously that I once worked renovating a house that was full of college-aged girls. The entire crew was pretty much ...
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Installing windows in a new house is pretty easy. You have the rough opening already there. If it’s the wrong size (as it ca...
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The summer is over and I still have not made a picnic table. While waiting for the snow to melt earlier this year, I fantasized ab...
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My parents had a fairly simple living room set when I was a kid. A sofa and two matching chairs with very plain tweed-like upholst...
