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John: The balls ( 1" diameter with 3/8" drilled hole) are purchased but come unfinished. I have coloured them myself but I think I have seen some coloured in the a craft store in Vermont. If I recall they were about the same price as I pay for unfinished. Sure would save a lot of work as t...

Most of the week was spent making and painting new pieces for the lawn swing. This is turning out to be a bigger job than I thought. It seems every time I look at it another piece should be changed but I have decided enough is enough. I only hope those others will last the season. Another week shoul...

Chuck: I'm glad you mentioned your method of applying water based poly over an oil based finish. I prefer the oil based stains to water to bring out the grain, but I have always used a wipe on poly over that because I figured a water based product might not hold. I must try the waiting game sometime...

Well not much done this past week. The weather turned good again so during the early part it was back outside to finish spring clean-up, and repair the damage to my front lawn done by skunks digging for grubs. It looked like parts of my lawn were a garden turned over for planting. Thursday we left t...

Chuck: First let me thank you for your words of encouragement. The blog was intended to generate posts on what projects members are working and hopefully some pictures as well. I know these are popular on other forums and, as mentioned in another post somewhere, maybe would inspire some guests to go...

Went out and bought the wood to repair my lawn swing, started moving equipment from the basement to the garage so I could get going and then the weather turned cold and wet. This forced me back inside where I finally finished the doll cradles about one week late. As luck would have it, the new stove...

Andy: I paid a visit to your website and must admit those are nice knives! I am hoping that I can do as well. It would appear that we do some similar things as I have made a few puzzles also though not the ones shown on your site. I tend to be all over the place in what I do as I like to try as many...

Paul:

Thanks for picking that up (carbon steel).

I assume the knives are not dishwasher safe due to the wood and finishing. I know I make salad tongs finished with mineral oil and I tell people they are are not to be put in water or the dishwasher.

John

Thanks for the information. These certainly look interesting and I have emailed them to see if they ship to Canada.

John

Does anyone know if there is a source for bread knife blades made of stainless steel. I mean those that are intended for a bow shaped knife. The only supplier I know up here does not carry stainless steel blades.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks

John