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Casting Tin Soldiers (and Ballerinas)

Prince August Toy Soldiers is a really *Neat* company that sells kits for learning how to cast your own metal toys. I found Prince August on Ebay — they are based in Ireland and their website is here: Prince August. … Continue reading

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Kitchen Plans

We are looking into ways of making our kitchen more comfortable. My son took measurements while I built a model of our kitchen in Google SketchUp. Here is the base model of our kitchen. It currently has a counter top … Continue reading

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LEGO, Social Justice and G.K. Chesterton

Fortunately, despite some schools outlawing dodge ball, tag and (in the near future) Lego, kids are pretty good at inventing new ways to disenfranchise each other. Continue reading

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Wedding Rings…

I never thought it would be possible to afford custom made jewelery. Micheal Zhorela and Cory Schullo studied my scribbles and listened to my hand waving description of how I made the original rings. Then they discussed several possible methods for creating the new rings…. Continue reading

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