I Think We Made It!
Well now that the smoke has cleared, it looks like we’ve made it. The new site is up and running. Thanks for bearing with me as I made the live changes this weekend. In fact, it really did take ALL weekend! And now at 12:35am on Sunday night, with all the major fires put out, I can close my laptop and get ready for a nice day in the shop tomorrow. Please feel free to contact me if you have trouble finding anything. But I tried to make all the new changes as obvious as possible. So nothing is really “hidden”. As always, please let me know if you find any major issues. I did hear that the site doesn’t look its best in Internet Explorer 6. No surprise there. If you are running IE6, and you can handle the newer browsers, i highly recommend upgrading to IE7 or Firefox, if only for your own browsing security. Seeing websites the way they were meant to be seen will be icing on the cake. :) Ok off the soap box. Thanks everyone and enjoy the site.
Nothing to See Here
Hey everyone. Just a heads up for this weekend. I am making some changes to the format, appearance and functionality of the site. So if you stop by and things look crazy or you can’t find something, please bear with us. These changes will allow for future growth and expansion of the site. As is always the case, you never know what snags you will confront until you confront them. So we may end up changing nothing in the end if we can’t get everything just the way we want it. Have a great weekend!
Nut Cracker - Project of the Week
This week’s project comes from Mattias. It’s an amazingly simple, yet clever, nut-cracking device. Here’s what Mattias had to say:
This is a replica of a nut cracker that I remember from when I was a kid. It’s made out of walnut from a tree in my wife’s grandmother’s front yard, and I’ve made a whole bunch of them for family and friends. You place the nut in the hole and tighten the smaller bolt, until the nut cracks. This is a great nut cracker design, really, because you have lots more control, and don’t get pieces of shell flying across the room, or crushed fingers.
It’s a pretty handy Christmas present because it’s relatively quick to make, small, and nobody has usually seen anything like it. Then of course you have the visual pun of it being shaped like a nut. The finish is Tung Oil, three coats. The threads are cut using a tool from Highland Hardware, size 3/4″. The center hole is 1 3/8″.
TWW Reviewed on the Clip Show
Well folks, I can finally stop trying to be successful. I have reached the pinnacle of my career. Our show was reviewed on The Clip Show. If you aren’t familiar with The Clip Show, it’s a cleverly-written/performed podcast review show. We’ve hung out with the two geniuses behind the show (Jim and Chuck) several times and its an honor to finally be reviewed. Check it out here! And just a heads up, the humor is on the adult side, just the way I like it. Thanks Jim and Chuck!
Request and a Thank You
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for supporting us by watching the videos, clicking our links, shopping in our stores, and sending us donations. Nicole and I really appreciate your support. Now someone named Dave sent us a significant donation recently and unfortunately my reply bounced back. And that brings me to my request. When you email me through the contact form, PLEASE double check your email address. At least 2-3 times a week I write up a nice reply to an email only to have it bounce back because of a typo. So not only do you not get my reply, but you walk away thinking I don’t answer my email. And as many of you know, I most certainly DO answer every single email. So until I find a contact form that requires you to write your email address twice, please double check it. And if you dont hear from me within 2 days, please email me again.
Thanks everyone and hope your holiday season is going well!
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