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BOSCH
Offers Cool Power Handsaw
BOSCH
Power Tools, manufacturer of high-quality professional tools offers
a tool that will be an asset to your tool collection. The Finecut
power handsaw makes precision flush cuts, freehand cuts, and miter
cuts. It provides an exclusive combination of versatility, precision,
and convenience all in one saw. Great for shortening doorjams, cutting
PVC pipe, and hard-to-reach cuts. You can use this tool to cut wood,
composites, and plastic.
The ergonomic
design provides compact comfort, even in tight working areas. All
blades are reversible for left or right side cutting. The offset position
of the saw teeth from the blade guide and the variable speed control
make critical-fit flush-cutting easy. This tool can be purchased in
a kit with die-cast aluminum miter table, three blades, and three
clamps, and a carrying case. The handsaw can be purchased separately.
You can check out this tool at Chas. H. Day Co., Inc., 602 SE 11th
Ave., Portland, OR 97214, 503-232-1659, ask for Ken Clarke.
Web Pick
www.anc.gray-cells.com
Here’s
a site that is dedicated to the Arts & Crafts Movement. If you’re
new to this style or you just love to learn more about the movement,
visit this site. It offers information on the movers and shakers such
as: Frank Lloyd Wright, Greene & Greene, Charles Rennie Mackintosh,
Gustav Stickley, and William Morris, just to name a few. Also listed
are books that are available on the Arts & Crafts Movement and
personalities who inspired this art form.
You can
subscribe to a free monthly newsletter, shop the online store, and
print out articles from publications such as The Seattle Times. According
to Celeste Cummings of Gray Cells Technologies, ”Interest in
the Arts & Crafts Movement is growing, finding information can
be difficult. We do all the research so you don’t have to. On
this site you can also locate people and companies to help you remodel
your home.”
Gutter
Art?
This
year’s 27th Annual Home Improvement and Remodeling Show (2002)
offered an assortment of goods and services. One booth that caught
our eye was Decorative Gutters by Vladimir Sumchenko. Gutter art?
Well, we think so. If your tastes are open to applying his craft to
a utilitarian corner of your house, this is it. Vladimir claims that,
”All my designs show the great imagination of my customers.”
This artist grew up in the Ukraine and moved to the Northwest a few
years ago He now works out of his workshop in Clark County, WA.
Vladimir
can be contacted at 1-360-891-6540 or logon to www.artofrain.com
to see most of his unique designs and the other services he offers.
Faux
Classes
At Matthew’s
Main Street Paint Co.
Jennifer
and Don Campbell, owners of Life in Colour, Inc., will be conducting
a hands-on workshop on the basics of faux finishes. They have been
in business since 1995 and have created many subtle and sometimes
dramatic faux finishes throughout the Portland and Vancouver area.
Jennifer and Don have displayed their art at Street of Dreams, Street
of New Beginnings, and Vancouver Parade of Homes.
Each
one-day workshop is held at Matthews Main Street Paints, 12568 SW
Main Street in Tigard. Classes are limited to 10 people and require
advance registration. Contact Jennifer and Don Campbell for registration
information at 503-620-2739 or by email at lfnclr@aol.com.
The Basic
Faux Finishing Workshop teaches the proper techniques on how to prepare
and create beautiful faux finishes. All of the necessary tools for
the one-day workshop are provided. Just bring your imagination and
prepare to step into the world of creating faux finishes. Each student
creates 3 samples of finishes to take home (colorwashing, sponging,
and ragging) and works as a team on a classroom wall.
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