Here is the wood carving set I ordered from Little Shavers Woodworking Supply. The kit arrived on Saturday, which was only a few days after I ordered it. Everything you see in the picture is included in the set except the granite counter-top. My wife Gloria owns that. The kit is ordered by glove size. Yes, realy. The glove is Kevlar and can help prevent whacking a finger or palm with the verrry sharp tools. A...
Continue reading...Cut That Out!
I ordered a basic wood carver tool set today. I have been doing some interesting wood carving (vaporizing) with a high speed air powered rotary hand piece. I enjoy the creativity of carving. I just remove everything that doesn’t look like what I want. Ha! Actually there is a bit more to it than that but it is the main idea. I haven’t done serious knife and wood carving since Boy Scouts. I did get...
Continue reading...Playing Possum
I just spent three days at Possum Kingdom Lake a.k.a. “PK” about 90 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas. The reason was one of those “manager retreats” some corporations use to “recharge” their present and future leaders. A good chance to have face to face relationship building between far flung and local team members. A good experience overall even if we didn’t have any time to spend on the lake itself. The lake is a result...
Continue reading...Brother James (fresh) Air
This is my brother Jim Kautz when I visited with him at his home in Flat Rock, NC last week. He is going to celebrate (?) age 60 on October 28th. I hit age 61 December 10. Yeah, go figure the math. 🙂 I drove nine hours and $90 in gas to see him and my sister-in-law Patty. No age for her but she is actually MUCH younger, truly! 🙂 Worth the trip as this was...
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