OVER or UNDER?

This debate about whether the toilet paper should hang so the paper unrolls down the front or down the back has been going on since 1882 when toilet paper was first on the roll.

Repost: I had fun with this post when I first started my blog, many of you were not reading my blog then...


What's your opinion?










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Trust, Truth And Process ~ What's Needed!

The other day I emailed my public relations friend and fellow blogger "Vermont (VT) PR Guy " and asked him what he thought Toyota had to do to SAVE their brand!

Hopefully he will write an expanded post on this topic but here is a teaser.....

The bottom line for Toyota is trust.

When you have a crisis, there are three simple rules you must follow from a public relations perspective.

(1) Admit something went wrong; provide as much detail as possible
about how it happened.

(2) Tell people how you're going to fix the problem; provide as much
detail as possible and give people regular updates on your progress
toward the fix.

(3) Fix the problem and put processes in place to make sure it doesn't
happen again; tell people about the new processes so they can have
faith you won't repeat your mistakes.

Lastly, the most important thing any company (or anyone) can do in a
crisis is apologize - and really mean it.

The CEO of Toyota said "we're sorry." However, in Japan, there's some skepticism about how sincere he was about it. Given that his company is hemorrhaging right now, it would be a surprise if he didn't mean it.

You've got to do a great job of convincing others that your sorry. ~ Vermont PR Guy




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New And Improved Heated Canine Blanket!

Watching the Superbowl with two friends!



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Milescraft SignPro Giveaway WINNER!

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The winner of the Milescraft.com tool giveaway is "JAG"

Congratulations to JAG and thank you to everyone who participated!

Milescraft will be doing another giveaways next month. If you have a favorite tool you'd like to see featured in a tool review and blog giveaway please comment below.

Approximately 80 people participated in this contest for a total of 131 entries and extra entries. Random.org was used to pick the winner.

I have sent JVag an email and have given 48 hours for a response. If I do not receive a response back I will choose a second winner.

Milescraft will be mailing JVAG a SignPro #1212 which is an excellent sign making system that allows you to rout elegant wooden sign easily!

Stay tuned for my next tool giveaway . . . . . . . . . !






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Woodstock NH Ski House

My family and I spent the weekend with some good friends at their ski house in Woodstock NH.

Since I'm still technically recovering from rotator cuff surgery I did not want to risk falling and damaging the repair, while the wife and kids were skiing, I stayed back and did a little finish carpentry for my friends.

This was my view as I was setting up my tools. Tough huh?




Today's plan was to take some left over kitchen cabinet trim my friends had and make a light rail molding to finish off the cabinets' bottom edge.

The picture below is an example of the extra material they had. This trim is installed over the sink and is an example of the left over material that we had.

Using this material as the light rail is perfect since it matches the trim elsewhere exactly!



Having traveled with my hand tools only, I set up a work site with their tools.

"Putting it all on the table," took on a new meaning!

A little unorthodox I admit, but I set up their saw and saw dust vacuum on the kitchen table. I turned the vacuum on every time I cut to reduce saw dust.

Not a thing I normally do and something that most customers would kill me for if I did, but this is what we had to work with and they suggested it.



Before leaving my house in Concord I ripped the extra cabinet trim on my table saw to the profile below. This profile will allow the trim to fit under the cabinet and overlap the outside edge leaving no seam.

It will also finish off the bottom of the cabinet and help hide the under cabinet lighting.




Below the light rail molding is applied to the front face of the cabinets bottom.

Above the kitchen sink where the cabinets return back into the wall I needed to glue in 1/2" filler strips to accept the new molding.



Filler strips glued and clamped. To help hold the strips while the glue dried and to help me keep the project process moving I applied small brad nails, hidden from behind.



Front molding applied. Next is to install the return light rail molding.

Clamping miters can be tough. I wanted to avoid nailing this miter since it's very visible and at eye level. Kitchen cabinets and moldings always look better without nail holes.

I was fortunate to be able to grab this miter and clamp it, allowing the construction adhesive to do it's job.

It worked.



Return molding applied, filler strip is directly above it. The light molding gives these cabinets a nice termination point. Similar to a porch columns base.



Inside miter fits nice and snug. I use a small amount of construction adhesive along the molding where it meets the cabinet bottom as well as at all miters. Brad nails and finish nails hold the light rail [molding] in place.



The cabinets terminate at a window. Here I needed to return the molding back into itself to finish the molding properly. This is a tough spot since there is very little area to glue, fasten or clamp.

Finished look. I forgot to take a before picture, but you get the idea!

Angle showing return over sink, and left side inside corner.





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