http://blog.duanemcguire.com Occasional observations of Duane McGuire Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:08:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm coming out of hibernation, and my bicycling muscles are sore! This is the morning's ride: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3503532 I decided that for 2010, the nearby Antelope Island ride was too good to ignore. I bought an annual state park pass and an Antelope Island causeway pass so ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2010/02/27/antelope-island-2010/ ACT I Brand X I thought this was a recession! I thought that carpet cleaners would be begging for work! I called Brand X last week and scheduled today at 1 pm. At 1:30 it was a no show so I called to see if they were ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2010/02/05/why-would-hiring-a-carpet-cleaner-in-clinton-ut-be-a-challenge/ After having done it the hard way, it is such a delight to find the easy way by virtue of someone else's good thinking! Such is the case with the wonderful jig described below. When applying new key tops to piano keys, the notches surrounding the black keys ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2010/01/01/a-jig-for-notching-piano-key-tops/ I posted photos of the foundation pour 18 months ago. In the last month, I've made a pretty complete transition from working ON the shop to working IN the shop ... but ever since framing was complete the shop equipment was in. So I've been tripping over things for quite ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/12/28/one-mans-dream-the-shop-is-complete/ Preparing an old set of piano keys for new key tops is a critical operation. I designed and built this router jig to perform the operation of keytop planing with accuracy and speed. To preserve the geometry of the piano action, 1 mm will be planed from the key ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/11/30/overhead-router-jig-for-planing-piano-keys/ Ev Kreitzer had an attitude. I'm not sure if it was a good attitude or a bad attitude, but he definitely had one, and I liked it. The year was 1969, and I had a job at Dennis Company that suited me very well. It suited me ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/11/23/the-paint-job/ In my early years of woodworking and cabinet building, I spent a lot of time assembling things on the floor. I'd never worked in a professional shop, and I didn't have the room for an assembly table. When I went to work in the ML Bigelow organ shop, ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/10/31/adjustable-height-workbench-assembly-table/ It was a beautiful afternoon. Is it the last spurt of Summer? At 85 degrees, I think maybe so. I don't ride out to Antelope Island often, just because it burns me that the State Park wants $3 for a bicycle and rider. Oh well, I ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/09/18/antelope-island-ride/ Admitting my amateur status, woodturning is new to me! I'm going forward boldly, and I can see that I'll need to be self-aware concerning addictive activities. Tuesday a drive spur arrived in the mail. More accessories are on the way. Tuesday I took hold of the dull lathe tools I ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/08/21/woodturning-101-homework/ My friend Jim has been busy with his new mini lathe making pens and other turnings. His enthusiasm became infectious. It did remind me that I had a new shop without a lathe! I asked Jim to show me his lathe and help me to ... http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/08/16/wood-turning-101/