Hello….hope everyone had a great week and an awesome Saturday. It was an incredible day here both weather wise and at the shop. It was mid to upper 70’s with a nice breeze all day and very little humidity. Again this week I wasn’t able to work on any of my homework for the week…too many summer things to do.

Today was an important day in Wilckens Woodworking history. Today is the day WWW moved into the next phase of it’s existence and longevity. I sensed it last week but I felt it fully this week…..the entire shop buzzed with the energy from it. I know Dad felt it too because when I looked over at his picture he was smiling. Kyle started his new clock today. He did an amazing job and got a lot of it cut out…..but we will talk about that in a bit. He has been doing some design work this last week as well….he thinks outside of the box like I do….so look out!     🙂
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Hello….hope everyone had a great week and a good Saturday. It was a warm week here and I didn’t feel the best on and off…leading to very little homework being finished this week. I made 2 cuts. But I did get the lighthouse finished up. The flocking went well and looks good. The sage green was the perfect color. One of the most key things with the flocking is a good masking job. A little extra time here will save you grief down the road. I started by putting masking tape in bordering the outside of what I wanted to mask around my door area. Once I got this I put the internal pieces of tape in, trimmed it out and removed the outer guide pieces. Then I masked the lower hole under the floor and around the top of the box. I won’t get into the details of the flocking process here but if you have questions about it I will be more than happy to walk you through it. I took it in to work this week and it seemed to be a big hit with everyone who saw it. I have a few changes to make to the pattern and then it will be available….roughly 2 weeks.
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Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th Holiday and your weekend is off to a good start. We had a wonderful day with family, fun, grilling and fireworks. I would like to have a 100th of what was spent in our neighborhood alone! I hope everyone took a minute to appreciate the reason for the holiday and everyone over the years that allow us to enjoy it. THANKS GUYS!!!!

Whew….what a day! It was warm here with temps in the low 90’s and the fans struggled today. Glad Mom went out early and got things opened up. Thanks Mom. Got all my homework done this week….which was to finish the tower rock overlays (sure glad I stack cut) and all the fencing. The fencing was a lot of fun to cut out and went real quick.
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