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I grew up in what used to be a small rural town. Life was simple and good. I hunted and fished. The only thing that really made me unusual then was that I also Fenced Epee. I was ranked 2nd for two years and first for one year in the under 19 age catagory and qualified for the Junior Olympics three times. I was able to afford to go the last time but I only made it into the quarter finals. I ended up in the US Navy and spent 10 years in the nuclear power program. I was a machinist mate and was submarine qualified. I served on the USS City of Corpus Christi for 4 years and 14 days, roughly 76% of that time was spent away from home port. During one deployment we were submerged for 89 days straight. Shortly after I got out of the service I meet the woman that would become my wife. Barb and I have been married since 1993. I became an instant dad to three wonderful kids and we added one more to the bunch so that we would be an even half dozen. I've ran boilers for a roofing and a candy factory and I've worked at an oil refinery since I left the Navy but for the last 9 years I've been an operator at a small combined cycle power plant that recovers methane gas from a landfill for it's fuel. It's a nice small group of people, like all places their are negatives but overall I'm happy to be there.
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Installing a dust jacket protective cover

Okay this has nothing to do with book slipcases or boxes but it does have to do with protecting your book. So watch it if you are at all frustrated with putting on dust jacket protectors.
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:28:00 GMT

Couple new Slipcases

I've gotten a bit behind on posting cases I make. I do have a couple pics of two I finshed recently. The rest were also just plain slipcases. The dual slipcase is for Tod and goes with the other dual ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:55:00 GMT

Secret Santa Gift

I messed up. On the Shocklines.com Message Board I joined a Secret Santa gift exchange. When I got my person (Chris) I emailed some people to find out about him. Matt from Shocklines suggested ma...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:29:00 GMT

When is a box more then just a box?

I just finished a Christmas gift for one of my Sister-in-Laws. We draw names each year and I got my wifes sister Sue. I can post this without much fear of her seeing it because I really haven't shared...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:52:00 GMT

The Abandoned interior dust jacket

I just finshed a slipcase for my copy of The Abandoned by Douglas Clegg. I like how it turned out but I screwed up a measurment and didn't catch it. Looking back I now know what I did wrong but I stil...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:57:00 GMT

This one is MINE, ALL MINE!

I have a video you can watch and after I have a couple of links below it if you would like to get the book I made the box for. This is for the S/L http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/beby...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:23:00 GMT

Quietly in Bonded Leather

I got my hands on some bonded leather and made a couple of slipcases for Quietly Now published by Borderlands Press. For those that don't know here is a quick lesson on Bonded Leather, everyone else c...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:39:00 GMT

Latest Project is Done!

I'm going to try something new here. My digital camera can do short movies. I thought I'd try and post one on the box I just finished. One note about the box. The art you see is mine. The person I mad...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:39:00 GMT

GOAT DANCE Lettered Edition Clamshell

The photos at the end of this blog may look a bit familiar it's for Goat Dance and I have some like it pictured in an earlier blog. I cut the boards and made the inside boxes for this last year b...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:51:00 GMT

Redesigned 4X4 Display Box

Hi everyone. I've been flying pretty low on the radar for a while but I'm somewhat back in action. I've been having some troubles with an eye condition I have but I am now back to being able to read a...
Posted by on Mon, 29 May 2006 18:20:00 GMT