Kreg Pocket Screw Clinic

It was awesome to see all you folks come out on such a nice day to learn about the Kreg pocket screw system. Its always flattering to see so many return attendees for my clinics, month after month.

I guess we're onto something good with these Free Carpentry Clinics.

Next year we will be another fantastic lineup of clinics. Some of last years shows will be repeated, but I have some great ideas for others I'd like to do.

Right now in the shop I have a ton of pre-finish work going on for customers buying doors. I was thinking that a clinic on finishing doors might be a good one to do. Alot of folks are u[pgrading and replacing doors and there's alot to know about finishing them.

Check back here for a tutorial I'm working on.

Thanks again everyone!

Robby

Wainscot Clinic

I want to thank those of you who gave up such a beautiful Saturday to attend my latest carpenty clinic. It was another great crowds and again, I appreciate your participation very much. The fact that so many of you guys keep coming every month really makes me feel like you are getting something from them. It's great to be able to share my expertise with so many enthusiastic people. It was a good time, I hope you all build at least one of the featured details!

See you next month when we use mouldings to build small projects like floating bookshelves and flat screen TV frames.

Robby

Tomarrow we install doors!

Tomarrow we'll be installing doors. Our monthly Carpentry Clinic series has been well recieved. We get tons of folks coming out to learn little tidbits about home improvement and some contractors too looking to pick up a trick or two. Tomarrow we're focusing on interior doors. Starting at 10:30 we'll go through the tools and products we use to install pre-hung doors, do an install, build a custom header then have a free BBQ lunch at Noon. The second half starts at 1:00 and covers the installation of a new interior slab into an existing jamb, a popular upgrade that we get alot of questions about.

I look forward to seeing you all there tomarrow!

Robby

I’ve got a sneak peak for those of you that subscribe to this blog. I’ve got a sweet little jig I came up with that makes pre-finishing doors a breeze. No more wrestling with a heavy door to get to the other side or ruining the side you just finished by turning it over to early. I came up with a rotisserie type thing that the editors from the Journal of Light Construction liked so much they decided to put it in their magazine. You get to see it before it comes out!

Check it out here:

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This photo was from the last time I took out the Toyota.. Ended up on the lid and scaring the ladies to death..

So the trip North was a good one. Got a little father on this beast of a detail, which is actually a little farther than this pic shows, I just forgot to to take a new pic so Im using something from a few weeks ago since you haven't seen it yet anyway. I'll get some new stuff next week. Other exciting developments include the removal of the ugly tempory counters which you can see in this photo. They are now gone and replaced with a really neat desk thing I bought from the HomeDepot design center when they went out of business. (yay!)

While up North I got my rock crawler truck uncovered and cleaned up for the annual Prather Brothers Off road Poker Run pre runner party. Super fun times in the woods with hillbilly folk of all ages. What was really amazing was the cabin in the woods where the whole event starts from. It was built by hand from trees taken right off the property. The Prathers actually set up a portable lumber mill and cut every piece of wood they used to build this awesome cabin in the woods. Needless to say being a builder and overall wood-type guy, I was really impressed. Sorry I didn't get any photos, maybe next time. Check out the photo at the top for the last time I took it out..

Here we go

So this is it, the first entry. Wow, I've arrived. Should I start with a recent history, or just current events? Do I bring you up to speed or simply assume that if you are reading this it's because I begged you to do so as a condition of your support for my existance. Hmmm.

A little of both. First a little bitty bio:

Has Been - World Champ type aging Gen-Xer . All the usual that goes with it. Starting to control the reckless abandon, accepting responsiblity, growing up, ect. Aging now into a pretty respectalbe family/business man who has taken a penchant to building most what ever I want. This comes in handy as the family business is selling ..wait for it..yes..building materials. Go figure. As a result of an obsessive compulsive reaction to things I'm interesed in I've amassed a random assortment of shortcuts and solutions to many things building. All kinds of stuff, homes, furniture, trade show booths, guns, cars, boats, ect. Haven't built a plane but I will. Enough about that and back to the why of this blog. So, I started doing these "Carpentry Clinics" and this is where this whole blog thing is going. (I guess I haven't completely outgrown the shameless self promotion. ) I'm going to post up info on my shows and projects and basically just shamelessly promote myself and the family business.

Current Events.

The last Carpentry Clinic was a real success, got a bunch of people to come and pulled the whole thing off like I actually knew what I was doing. I was a little overwhelmed by the response to be quite honest. Thaks to all of you folks that came and checked it out, it was real encouraging to realize that there were prople actually interested in learning what I was teaching. So the response was so good, I made a schedule for the year! The next one is on wainscoting and will be on June 6th. We'll be doing a free BBQ lunch again and look forward to another great event.