February Update
Brian Brown at PajamaMarket reviewed our little website back in September, but I only found out about it this week. I enjoyed his review, if only because his critique was so accurate! I sent Brian a note discussing the virtues and demerits of Typepad as my blogging platform, and he posted the whole thing with his comments here. (Blogging software is a whole nuther topic for another day.)
Anyway, Brian's review gave me the impetus to post an update for the pleasure of our carolina-adirondack-news-starved readers. So here it is.
With global warming and all, things have been pretty pleasant around here the past couple of months. Which makes me nervous because I like a little cold, a little snow, a little reminder that we have real seasons with real transitions between them. Still, upstate New York probably isn't feeling the same way I'm feeling about the weather. I suppose crazy weather is here to stay.
With the milder temps, I'm hoping to be in the shop this weekend doing a winter cleaning: sweeping, vacuuming, waxing and adjusting the engines of commerce. And I'm hoping to get my sturdy little shop helper to join me (though he may have a game). We've got lots of things that need attending to that typically get pushed aside in warmer months.
One of those things is creating a new set of templates for the modified adirondack chair I mentioned in the last post. That won't take much time. I've also done a rough draft of an outdoor dining chair with flexible, laminated back slats. I need to slap together a prototype and tweak it. That'll take 2-3 days of steady work. Of course, winter is the best time to do this, especially when the shop isn't too cold.
Another little thing: I'm itching to do more design work--almost always a winter thing for me--but the mild weather around here has kept me outdoors and away from the computer. I've switched to design software after years with my faithful drafting board. With software, I can see the design in three-dimensions, see the design from any angle, and makes adjustments that suit my eye just sitting at a keyboard. I used to spend hours at the drafting board with an eraser close by, trying to get some idea of the final look from a 2-dimensional drawing, laying on a flat surface three feet off the ground. That's difficult to do! Now I'm looking to sell that drafting board.
The final thing I want to do is take some good photos of the larger dining table. That's been gnawing at me. I don't keep prototypes and didn't take any pics of the last one that went out. So, do me a favor and order one! : ) Then I'll have a fresh reason to take some decent digitals. Hopefully, I'll get the prototype of the dining chair completed before spring returns and can post at least a pic of the drawing on the website.
All for now!
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