Fillets all round.

The final show bike of the 2010 season was just completed and I’m happy with how it came out and pleased it will be seen in person by so many. There is something about working with fillets that I love. They start out a bit rough and dull and as you start working with them …
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Christmas, Cats, Crystals, and Cycles.

I’ve enjoyed my short Christmas break with Karin and this afternoon I got back into the shop. One of my favorite things about Christmas is watching the cats play in the empty boxes and piles of wrapping paper. I never get tired of that and neither do they. The photo of the buck was taken …
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How I view things.

When working on a frame you see the big picture at first as you set the jig and miter the tubes and then the focus gets very tight and you focus on the micro-details. So much of my time is spent looking at things very, very closely. When looking this closely at the details you …
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The new Orange photo backdrop.

I’m getting into the meat of my JKC that I’m building for the upcoming NAHBS and wanted to share a few photos of it……. but I suspect that for many the background might also be of interest. My shop is in my garage so the car parked in the background gets a lot of ink …
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What a difference a day makes.

The lovely Karin and I needed to go out of town on a short trip and we flew out of Bozeman on Wednesday afternoon. Since the forecast looked like we might get a small bit of snow we threw winter jackets and gloves into the car with the ever-present shovel and away we went. Just …
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