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Router table finished!
I have been working on a router table based on the design of the one on Pat Warner's Website. I liked the theory, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I had…
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Pocket screws and router tables
Jenny and I spent the morning today delivering bread baked by the St. Anthony Guild at our parish to some of the shut-in parishioners. We volunteered to do this with a number of…
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Good weekend
I'm sitting in the living room, listening to some music. Jenny's taking a shower. One cat is relaxing with her blanket on the couch. The other cat is curled up next to me,…
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The heat works better when the furnace is turned on!
Today was a productive day. At lunchtime, Jenny and I went up to the mall to get some lunch at Red Robin, and then returned two boxes of flooring that we didn't use…
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Floor pictures!
Lots of other updates for today, but this gets a separate post, since the other stuff is generally not house-related. :) Pictures from the final day of the floor installation, last Saturday, start…
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Floor is finished!
Well, the floor in the dining room is finished! This was a crazy project. This is what happens, I suppose, when one thinks that hey, this project can't be that bad. This was…
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Yes, you can install your own hardwood floor
We got the floor started today. Mass came first, then Jenny and I went to brunch at my parents' house to see my sister Sarah (and have some brunch, of course :) ). …
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The floor saga continues
Shortly after my last post, I jumped online to do some quick research and get some prices. We had a few important limitations:Floor should be no more than 1/2" thick. The plywood was…
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The floor is crap
Apparently, someone else had issues with the floor in there at one point, and replaced it with a plywood floor. It isn't bad plywood, but it is still plywood. Interestingly, whoever did this…
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Another carpet bites the dust!
Well, it is about to bite the dust. This weekend, we'll be pulling up the old wall-to-wall carpet in the dining room, and it's headed straight for the trash. Jenny and I talked…