My new website

[joedw00]

kathleenp980 How about filling out your profile so we will know where your from. What is the watch free movies online about?

[swampgator]

Mark, I didn't notice any language errors or page errors as I was too busy picking myself up from all the beautiful work. You do superb work and I have a hard time imagining that you do all this on a SS. While I'll keep trying, I am now officially a wood butcher. Thanks for sharing your showcase.

[mbcabinetmaker]

It seems that I had some old bitmap scanned photos that were taking up a huge amount of space and loading slowly even after I resized them.

A BIG thanks to tom_k/mo for finding this problem and helping me solve it.

[mbcabinetmaker]

Mark, I didn't notice any language errors or page errors as I was too busy picking myself up from all the beautiful work. You do superb work and I have a hard time imagining that you do all this on a SS. While I'll keep trying, I am now officially a wood butcher. Thanks for sharing your showcase.

Swampgator thanks for the complements. If you pull up any of my threads you will find that although the SS520 is my favorite piece of equipment in the shop I do have a few others so I cannot credit all my work to a SS.

[pickarni]

I agree with everyone that you do amazing work. I also like the design of your website. It is very well done. I can't stand complicated websites with stuff thrown all around them. Yours is very well organized and easy to use.

I would really encourage you to read the article in fine woodworking about photography. A couple extra shop lights would make your photos improve 500%. It is a shame to do such amazing work and have the details muted by a poor photograph.

Here is the link to article:

http://www.finewoodworking.com/PlansAndProjects/PlansAndProjectsPDF.aspx?id=33487

I read the article in their last issue I think. Here is their summary of the article:

Learn how to take professional-quality photographs of your furniture using a basic point-and-shoot digital camera and a few inexpensive supplies. Fine Woodworking Art Director Michael Pekovich shares a stripped-down version of the process we use at the magazine to get perfect photos, whether you want to build a web site or a portfolio, or simply share your work with others.

[navycop]

Great job on the website and the projects. I got a side note question for you. I have a brick fireplace that goes all the way to the ceiling. It is about 10' wide. Can I put a wood mantel over the brick? Mainly over the part above the hearth. Maybe even some colums on the sides.

[efmaron]

Mark, fantastic job on your web site very impressive

[mbcabinetmaker]

Great job on the website and the projects. I got a side note question for you. I have a brick fireplace that goes all the way to the ceiling. It is about 10' wide. Can I put a wood mantel over the brick? Mainly over the part above the hearth. Maybe even some colums on the sides.

I have done that on some brick fireplaces. I usually build the return out enough to attach cleats on the brick to nail the mantel to. A little heavy duty liquid nails and some 1/4 drive pins will hold the cleats very well. The only draw back is the space between the mantle and the mortar joints. If the brick is fairly smooth and the joints jointed instead of scratched it looks fine.