Noah B Woodworks

A woodworking page for the free time foot soldier

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Hello there! My name is Noah Budd and I am a woodworker from southeast Michigan. I hail from a small set of towns in the Upper Peninsula called Houghton/Hancock. I lived there for 24 of my 31 years, and graduated from Michigan Tech in 2019 in audio production.

In my free time I am a dad first and hobbyist second. I make music, read books, smoke pipes, and kayak fish. I am a broadcast engineer in my professional life, working an early morning 3:30 – 11:30 am shift. The early bird has most definitely gotten a worm or two.

Thanks for stopping by my site and feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @noahbwoodworks or via the email found on the contact page

-Noah

    Regrouping

    I went through a bit of a literary phase a few weeks ago which prompted me to start writing these blog posts. It’s been just over a month and I’ve stayed disciplined to write these, which is good, but I haven’t stayed disciplined about continuing the habit of reading. It seems as though screens are dominating my life again, and unfortunately I’ve lost some fervor for the books I started reading a while ago. I made it all the way through The Hobbit, part of the way through The Stand by Stephen King and part of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien.

    Its a habits thing. I slowly stopped reading and was unable to discipline myself to continue. I fell out of the habit and it has had an effect on my day to day. Books sharpen the mind, so I have most definitely been feeling dull lately. I’ve also started playing chess again which is a terrible distraction and terrible for my mental health. It’s so fun though. It’s winter, so I haven’t been fishing in a while too so I can feel my patience growing shorter and shorter. Patience is a skill that needs practice.

    Alright so back to the woodworking. I’ve got some projects coming up. The ornaments for Christmas are coming along well. The ones for my co workers are almost done. I need to sand the epoxy away, sand and re route the edges, and finish them. I’m thinking I’ll use Osmo for the finish, but it’s tricky because it is winter time. Varnish infused finishes don’t play well in the cold. I’d prefer not to do any finishing in the house because it smells terrible, so I may resort to linseed oil for these. I might just let them soak for a while in a linseed oil bath, and that should do the trick. Linseed oil is Christmassy right?

    Once the Christmas season is over, I will be trying to finish at least one of the boxes for my brother’s sound system. I’ve got a ton of huge miters to do that have been causing me to drag my heels for a very long time on this project. Also, I need to glue together the black walnut face plate and re make the backing plate. Once those are done it should be fairly straight forward, just some mitered, rabbeted, and dadoed joinery, solder together the crossover, mount the speakers and it’ll be ready.

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