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Well it’s official out with the old

Stephen Lee — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:55:27 +0000

I have been in the VOIP field for probably on and off about 5 or 6 years.

As of yesterday, I finally took the plunge and have had my Bell PSTN line removed.

I have never been happy enough with the quality of server to actually commit to VOIP before now, but I have had 2 test accounts for a month now and short of some stupidity on my part I have had zero problems!

As a side benefit I also ended up with fax to email which hopefully we will be offering through UWho soon.

So now I have 2 DID’s one for work and one for home as well as dial around service for long distance and as you can see on the right of the screen fring for my mobile SIP needs.

Internet Phone Service

Stephen Lee — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:51:23 +0000

Well as always it has been a while, but I have an excuse this time.

Bit of a change from woodworking but I have been working hard on upgrading an internet phone service run by an old friend I met while working my last job.

I have been redoing the website and getting the ecommerce site up and running, as well has helping out on the back end servers.

If you want really good long distance rate and/or really good VOIP service then please check out uwhoomobile.com

A very cool thing we are working on at the moment is a mobile client that runs on almost ANY smartphone, self provisioning and has the ablitly to connect to SIP,AIM,MSN,YAHOO and GTalk.

Let me know what you think and make sure to tell all your friends and family about UWho !

Ciao for now!

Prototype for salad spoon and fork set

Stephen Lee — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:25:49 +0000

Hey all,

Been a while again, but here is the latest from the shop. This is a prototype for a salad fork and spoon that was requested. This is the first attempt at creating these carved items where we actually had to follow a design given to us.

The final product will be in walnut, so stay tuned we will post the finished items when they are complete.

In other news we have updated the site to be friendly with PDA’s and iPhones, so that those of you using mobile devices, PDA’s or iPhones should have a better vewing experience.

Ciao for now!

Cedar Serving Table

Stephen Lee — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:26:43 +0000

OK we hoped to post this a week or so ago. This cool little table is made from 4 cedar 5/4 by 6 foot long deck boards, we got a really good deal at our local wood supplier on the wood. It turns out this table is very popular. Several people we showed it too thought it was pretty cool and wanted one. So instead of getting the finish on the original one we ended up building a couple more. We have decided to sell these little 22 wide by 16 long by 17 height tables. For more info or if you are interested in buying one contact us .

For more images please click the picture below

Walnut, White Oak and Brazilian Cherry Jewelry Box

Stephen Lee — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:24 +0000

Chris was cleaning his room.. ya I was shocked too tough to get a teenager to do that. Anyway he came out and asked if I had an extra box in the shop to keep his wallet, keys and stuff in.

I didn’t have one kicking around, but I did have some leftover cutoffs from other projects , so I created this.

Click on the picture for more views

The top is made from white oak, the main box is walnut and the trim is done in brazilian cherry, it is then finished with 3 coats of BLO (boiled linseed oil) that has been diluted with paint thinner and then 3 coats of shellac were applied. It still needs a final buffing in a week or so, but overall I am quite happy with how it turned out.

Cherry Stirring spoon

Stephen Lee — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:19 +0000

I have an old stirring spoon that after being beaten on the side of the soup pot for years is about to break. Someone had given us some cherry cutoffs they had , so asked Pat to carve me up a new spoon.

This is what she came up with.. now I’m not sure I want to put it in a pot …

Replacement Cabinet Door

Stephen Lee — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:14 +0000

My neighbour has a TV stand and the door on one side got broken, so I was asked to see if I could fix it. The frame was pretty messed up so built a new frame, but was able to use the panel.

This was a quick and easy project and did not cost them much to have it done.

Been a while

Stephen Lee — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:33:21 +0000

Well seems like only yesterday but once again it has been a while since my last post. Finally getting some projects finished up and in the next couple days will be posting pictures of a very cool outdoor serving table, cross between a little side table and a serving tray.

In a couple of minutes I will be posting projects I have been working on that I remembered to take pictures of ….

Take care all and as always feel free to comment on any of our posts

Ciao for now

Picture frame Jig

Stephen Lee — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:49:48 +0000

Trying to glue up a frame or actually even a small box is a pain in the … well it is not easy.

I found a couple of jigs on the internet for picture frame jigs and this is what I came up with.

Jigsaw Jig

Stephen Lee — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:43:47 +0000

Pat was using the jigsaw for cutting blanks for her wooden spoons, not an easy task trying to figure out how to clamp it down. Yes I know a scroll saw or band saw is the answer.

I thought before we ran out and bought a scroll saw we should see how much we would actually use one. So I came up with this little table for the Jigsaw to turn it into a cheap scroll saw, seems to work pretty well.

Click on picture below for more pictures of the jigsaw table.

An update on this Pat hadn’t even seen it yet, when she calls me to tell me someone lent us a scroll saw . Aw well I already used the jigsaw table once and I’m sure we will use it again.