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Brad Baker is Vice President of Operations at Miller Woodworking in the Los Angeles area, designers and builders of custom cabinetry and interior millwork for the rich and famous. They make the impossible, and their work has been featured in fancy schmantsy architectural glossies more than a few times. All that high end creative stuff aside, he maintains a strong spiritual belief that the real sign of a good woodworker is all 10 fingers. He and his wife Ann Baker co-write for HomeFixated. Ann is CEO of Publicity Pros, a firm that provides “All Things Publicity” services and training for small businesses. She’s a hopeless nerd who revels in anything and everything having to do with the technology of attracting attention. And, no joke, she loves to bake.

Building Materials, DIY Discussion, Woodworking

Wow ‘Em With Wooden Hinges

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that really make your day – like seeing the A-hole on the freeway who passed everyone on the shoulder getting a ticket – or just happening to stop …

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Written by: Brad

July 20, 2011

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Building Materials, DIY Discussion, Woodworking

Choose Your Glue Wisely – Woodworking Glue Basics

It’s a sticky business this glue stuff. Glue is, after all, just a bond. There’s the glue that holds your marriage together, and there’s the glue that holds your wood together. If you don’t know …

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Written by: Brad

July 6, 2011

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DIY Discussion, Hardware, Woodworking

Mortising Hinges – Templates or Chisel?

Hinge mortising for cabinets or standard doors does not have to be a daunting task. Nor does it have to be done old school with a hammer and chisel. No offense to those purists out …

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Written by: Brad

June 22, 2011

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Resources, Woodworking

Self Centering Jigs Make Doweling A Doable Job

Doweling pieces of wood together makes one of the strongest joints in woodworking. Drilling these holes by hand can leave the dowels off center and/or crooked at the same time. If you’re an “all natural” …

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Written by: Brad

June 14, 2011

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Bad cutting Boards

DIY Discussion, How To, Kitchen, Woodworking

How to Maintain Butcher Blocks and Cutting Boards – Give them the Viagra Treatment

All of us who enjoy working with wood have made cutting boards or butcher blocks that we’ve glued up from scraps. We couldn’t throw those great pieces away after a project was finished. Of course …

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Written by: Brad

June 7, 2011

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Resources, Tools

Essential Auction Tips for Scoring Killer Tool Deals – Part 2

So last month I was at the IRS auction for a cabinet shop that had gone under and I scored some cool stuff. But not without some luck. The auctioneer had rattled off the rules …

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Written by: Brad

May 24, 2011

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The Sand Devil

Tools, Woodworking

Sanding Your Project With the Heavenly Sand Devil

Woodworkers as a rule like to keep things simple. Ever heard the expression creatures of habit? We fall into that category more often than we care to admit. Still have that Yankee screwdriver? Cutting-edge at …

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Written by: Brad

May 17, 2011

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Decor, Hardware, Woodworking

Cutting Edge Cabinetry Trends – What’s Hot, Or Not

What’s hot is in the eye of the beholder, and since I live in Southern California, so does the beholder.  And it’s really a subjective thing, so what’s trendy in Beverly Hills may not be …

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Written by: Brad

May 10, 2011

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DIY Discussion, How To, Painting

Key Steps to a Killer Wood Finish

You’ve spent weeks planning that special project.  Endless hours went into drawing up plans and details.  Mountains of sawdust stand testimony to the sweat equity invested in milling, sawing, and planning.  Serious research went into …

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Written by: Brad

May 3, 2011

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How To, Resources, Tools

Essential Auction Tips for Scoring Killer Tool Deals

“OK, who’s going to give me five dollars?”  That’s how the bidding started at my first IRS auction.  A co-worker had told me about his old place of work whose tools, machinery, inventory and whatever …

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Written by: Brad

April 20, 2011

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