Advice From a Woodworker

If you know someone who wants to be a woodworker, here’s what I have to say: What you are building is not furniture. You are building within yourself the ability to create furniture. You will never get paid enough for the time you put into your best pieces. You need to settle with that now, […]
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dan.carol
- Posted in Dan's Philosophy, From off the Grid, Notes from the Woodshop
Nov, 30, 2013
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Why it Pays to Go Tankless

We have a strange- looking contraption in our bathroom. It’s about the size of a carry-on suitcase and mounted to our wall above the commode. Copper pipes extend from the case like octopus arms that curve and climb. Mounted next to that is a small white keypad about the size of an alarm clock. This […]
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dan.carol
- Posted in From off the Grid
Nov, 17, 2013
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The Box That Saved My Marriage

There’s the score card from a round of golf played with your brother and dad, a guitar pick, and a rock. A business card, a spring, and the handful of change from your pocket. All of it looks like nothing much to me, but if I throw any of it away, I’ll be in big […]
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dan.carol
- Posted in Dan's Philosophy, From off the Grid, New Work from AP, Notes from the Woodshop
Nov, 02, 2013
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