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Author :: Dave Markel  |
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| Article Title :: Wood Panels and Humidity |
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Coping with wood movement
All wood workers need to be aware of wood movement when building
furniture projects. Failure to consider this important factor
can cause wood panels to crack or split.
My high school biology teacher compared the structure of a piece
of wood with a bundle of straws. The straws represent the cells
and capillaries of the wood. When a tree is growing water and
food are transferred up through the cells and are carried
throughout the tree.
Once a tree is fell the free water in the wood is lost rather
quickly but the bound water trapped in the straw like cell is
slower to dissipate. As the level of bound water is reduced
these straw like cells get narrower in diameter (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Lon Strickler |
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| Article Title :: Autograph Collecting: More Questions and Answers |
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Autograph collecting terminology and common sense are vital for
the hobbyist in order to make informed purchase decisions.
Question: What advantages does autograph collecting offer as
compared to other collectibles?
Answer: Autographs have been called “frozen moments in time.”
Autograph collectors are curators of history. The most personal
item that one person can give is his or her signature. Anything
that can be signed can be considered collectible…letters,
documents, photographs, books, memorabilia, etc. Few objects
give a collector the opportunity to own a unique or
one-of-a-kind item that is actually part of someone who is known
by millions of people. That is the main reason wh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Daniel J. Goevert |
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| Article Title :: The Top Five Morgan Silver Dollars |
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Why waste everyone’s time? Let’s skip the appetizers and get to
the meaty stuff right now: The Morgan silver dollars poised to
increase the most in value in the years ahead are the 1895,
1892-CC, 1894, 1878-CC, and the 1883-CC. Pretty bold prediction,
eh? At this point, the reader now has three options: (1) Stop
reading and act upon this information, (2) Stop reading and get
on with life, or (3) Continue on, evaluate the analytical
approach to identify the “Top Five” Morgan dollars, and then
implement a variation of (1) or (2) above. If you’ve gotten this
far, we encourage you to continue on with option (3).
First, a little background info on the Morgan silver dollar…
The Mo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Sharon Lauer |
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| Article Title :: From Immigrant to American Toy Producing Leader- The Gund Story |
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For over 100 years the name Gund has been synonomous with
quality, baby-safe plush products. The oldest and leading soft
toy manufacturer in the United States, the Gund story is one of
a family owned-business leading the industry in quality, safety
and unique design.
The Gund company was founded by German immigrant Adolph Gund in
Norwalk, Connecticut in 1898. The company was one of the first
to design and produce teddy bears in the early 1900's.
In 1907 Russian immigrant Jacob Swedlin began working at Gund.
In 1925 Adolph Gund retired. Not having children of his own, he
sold the company to Swedlin for a token sum with the
understanding that the name would always remain Gund. Swedlin
ran t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Murray Hughes |
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| Article Title :: Rare Depression Glass Pieces |
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Depression Glass - The Rare Pieces
Did you know that if you happen to have a crystal (clear) and
pink Depression Glass refrigerator bowl in the Crisscross
pattern in good condition and with its original cover, that it’s
valued at between $300 and $335? Or that Shirley Temple cream
pitcher your grandmother keeps in the back of her upper cabinet
could bring up to $1,250 at auction? If you didn’t, then you’ve
been in the dark about rare Depression Glass pieces and their
values! Here are a few pieces for which knowledgeable Depression
Glass collectors stay on constant lookout:
The Ruby Red Aladdin Beehive Lamp
Made for only six months during 1937, this lamp currently brings
anywhere fr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Murray Hughes |
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| Article Title :: Depression Glass Companies |
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Depression Glass Companies
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, more than a
hundred companies manufactured glassware in the United States.
At the end of the Depression, fewer than fifty percent of these
companies remained in business. Of these companies, seven became
major players in the production of Depression glass, and these
seven companies utilized a little more than 90 patterns to
decorate their wares. Indiana Glass, Hocking, Federal, U.S.
Glass, Jeanette Glass, MacBeth-Evans, and Hazel-Atlas
manufactured hundreds of thousands of pieces of this popular and
inexpensive glass, creating a bright spot in the lives of
everyday, working-class people during a grim epoch of Americ (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Jon Gammon |
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| Article Title :: The Successful Coin Collector |
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So you want to become a successful coin collector. Well you
have some simple concepts that you must learn in order for you
to become a good coin collector, and let’s face it, if you don't
learn some key rules for collecting coins, you are not going to
enjoy collecting coins. •Well I would say that EDUCATION would
be the most important factor for anyone to be a successful coin
collector. Learn as much as you can about this wonderful hobby.
Buy as many books and reading material on all aspects of coin
collecting that you can get your hands on. This may even include
subscribing to a few coin collecting magazines like Coin World.
There are many online organizations, some listed on this sit (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Jon Gammon |
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| Article Title :: Why Collect Coins? |
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So why collect coins? Answer is simple really. Coin Collectors,
sometimes called Numismatists, enjoy collecting coins on various
levels. Some collect coins for their rarity, some collect coins
in the hope that one day their collection will be worth a value.
Some just do it for the sure pleasure of having a hobby that is
easy to do. Doing a little research and starting off small is
the greatest way to get started in this hobby. Learn all you can
about coin collecting basics. There are many Coin collecting books and
websites (like this one) out there, that will try to put a
clearer understanding of what coin collecting is all about, and
we are hear to teach you what you need to know about co (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Jon Gammon |
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| Article Title :: Interesting Coin Facts |
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Here you can find some interesting coin facts, from how they
were made, to what they are made of. United States coins have
been around since the late 1700's, and they have made dramatic
changes from then to now. The United States Mint is the largest
manufacturer of currency in the world, and since its creation in
1792, they have become a very large entity with the production
of not only United States coins, but the coins of other
countries as well. One interesting coin fact is, How are coins
made ? A design of a coin is made and lots of test models go
into making a coin. Once a design is approved for minting, a
plaster model of the coin is made. When the plaster model is
finished, an exact (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Jon Gammon |
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| Article Title :: 1944 Steel Penny |
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In 1943, copper to a hard hit due to the war and the government
decides to use steel in its production of pennies. Well this
only lasted a year because they found that steel didn't work
very well and resorted back to using copper. Well during the
production of both the 1943 copper penny and the 1944 steel
penny, some of the blanks used to strike the coins got mixed in
with the dates. The rare finds are the 1943 copper penny (not
steel) and the 1944 steel penny ( not copper).
A 1944 Steel Penny
has been found!!! That's Right 1944 was the correct date. It was
speculated that a 1944 Steel Penny could have existed, but there
have not been many found. Or it could be that people may not be
wil (read full article) |
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