last summer, some long time friends closed their store in manchester
after 7 days a week for 38 years, and moved to an online version
at a newly constructed building at their house nearby.
while visiting Grant after some Achilles tendon surgery
he and Betsy mentioned that they felt that their new building was
'a little plain', and asked me 'what do you think?'
i had the same problem with a blank wall at my shop,
and over the years i have added some random elements
to 'spruce it up'
and a blade from a big crosscut saw ...
that seemed like enough, so i never added the cutter bar
that hung vertically off to the side there ...
i had some cherry on hand from a curved log i had sawed
about 10 or 15 years ago and, while i have some ideas,
i still have six or s even slabs left, plus another similar log.
we then did some noodling ...
and some mock ups
from the sign on their store ... i added the cutter bar ... BINGO!
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