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Butcher Block Kitchen Countertops
A butcher block countertop made of rock maple in the modern or vintage kitchen combines beauty, functionality, and durability. Maintain it with oil and bee's wax.
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Wood Joinery with a Box Joint
Make drawers, cabinets, and more with box joint wood joinery. How to make a tablesaw jig to make accurate joints. Cut, dry fit, glue up, clamp, sand, and you're done!
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18th Century American Furniture Styles
The furniture styles of the 18th Century were a reflection of the changing world at the time and were considered more as an art than a craft.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS-Part 2
List of some 19th century and early 20th century African American inventors. Many of their inventions are earlier versions of products in use today.
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Gilbert Rohde's Modern & Art Deco Furniture
Rohde's successful career included designs for Herman Miller, Heywood-Wakefield, and John Widdicomb that collectors still love more than sixty years later.
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Australia's Labour Movement Begins
A background on the beginning of the labour movement in Australia, including the strikes in the 1800s, Australia's first Trade Union Act, and the right to vote for women.
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Other Ripley Homes That Served as Stations
Again we return to Ripley, Ohio, and its Underground Railroad movement. This article features some homes known to have served as stations but which I can find little information at this time. If I discover more, I can certainly write more later. But I want you to see how broad the "railroad" was.
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New York's Oldest Frame House
The Thomas Halsey Home in Southampton is New York's oldest frame house. Built by the 1660s, it has gone through cycles of neglect but is now restored and protected.
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No Old Wive's Tale, this Horsetail
How can a two million year old herb clean your cabinets, polish your pewter and help what ails you at the same time? Only one can, and that's Horsetail... Read on to see how and why!
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The Sewing Machine's Early History
The sewing machine is one of the most important machines ever devised. Its early history involves the contributions made by myriad of inventors.
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The Versatile Benchtop Table Saw
This article outlines the characteristics and what to look for in the benchtop table saw. This is a portable, highly accurate, and affordable power tool.
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History of the Sewing Machine
History of the sewing machine, the longest invention in development time, from the first mechanical patent, to Howe's struggles, to Singer's Sewing Machine.
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Pens and Pencils Inventions
Insights into the pioneers of writing instruments - pen and pencil - their inventions, discoveries and evolving improvements.
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Types of Woodworking Glue
Each DIY project has its own adhesive requirement: contact cement for Formica, hide glue for antiques, Titebond for waterproofing, or Gorilla Grip for strength.
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North Columbia River Communities
There are a lot of little communities in the area around the northern Columbia River in northeast Washington. I took a little drive to visit some of them and see area new to me. Some local history flavored the ride.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
Although Thomas Edison's childhood is fascinating and fun to read about, I am sure that he was the bane of his mother. Today he might have been classified as hyperactive and given drugs to slow him down. Then, fortunately, he was allowed to develop into the inventor who, as an adult, won--on the average--a patent every two weeks.
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Working The Revolution
This article gives attention to the labor aspects of the American Revolution, focusing on the contribution of urban workers, farmers, slaves, and women to the Revolutionary cause.
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