Video 6: The Pie-Crust Table: Recovering From Mistakes

In this, Part Six of, "The Pie-Crust Table: The Never-Ending Project," I'll show you how I overcame a couple of issues. For one, rather than use solid thickness material for the legs, I chose to cheap it out and laminate two pieces of cherry. It all came out fine... but, there is a minute line … Continue reading Video 6: The Pie-Crust Table: Recovering From Mistakes

Video 4 – Pie-Crust Table: Cutting the Joinery on the Pedestal

In this video, I use a homemade jig to cut the joinery on the pedestal to attach the three legs. I have a router guide, but apparently by bits are too short to use in this instance, so I'll show you how I overcame that. Then, on to the dovetails, cut 120-degrees from each other. … Continue reading Video 4 – Pie-Crust Table: Cutting the Joinery on the Pedestal

The Submarine Drydocks of Aquataine

In my book, RAGING TORRENT, a good bit of the action takes place in and around the drydocks. Since the city of Aquataine is actually an underwater city beneath a dome, you might wonder how people get in and out of the city. That has to happen via submarine, of course, and when those submarines … Continue reading The Submarine Drydocks of Aquataine