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This months web site should be right up most of our readers alley. We know that many of you enjoy our newsletter and web site because of our craft and woodworking projects. We have found a web site that covers just about any subject you are interested including home and garden projects and arts and crafts.

"Big Swing" features fourteen great swing songs from the 40's and 50's. If you love the old big band swing music we think you'll enjoy this CD. It's the kind of music that makes you just want to get up and dance, you do remember how to swing don't you?

The only place you can get this CD is from our web site. Go to www.thetempos.com and click on the "Click Here" at the top of the web page or click the album cover.

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If you'd like to get a taste of this CD just go to The Tempos web site. When you are at the Tempos web site click on the horn valve button that says "Hear our CD". Then click on the song titles to hear a little bit of each song.

The Tempos big swing band is available for hire. If you have a special event that could use the wonderful music of a classic sixteen piece big band be sure to contact kennyb@runnerduck.com. We perform all over the Seattle area for all sorts of events.

Album Pick of the Week

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"River: The Joni Letters"
Herbie Hancock 

Can we pick um or what? Last month we said that this album had been nominated for "Album of the Year" at the Grammy Awards. With a lineup like that this album should be a shoe in for the Grammy.

Well we were right! It's the first time a jazz album has won a Grammy in many years. If you haven't added this CD to your collection yet just click on the album picture above and get it today!

This came to us from The Tempos singer Diane.

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can't look that old!!! Well, you'll love this one.

My name is Alice Smith and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered that a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then?

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan ParkHigh School.

"Yes, I did! I'm a mustang," he gleamed with pride."

When did you graduate?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1975. Why do you ask?"

"You were in my class!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely. Then, that ugly, old, bald, wrinkled, fat, gray-haired, decrepit old wretch asked . . . . .

Meat Rolls 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lb. Ground Beef 
• 1/4 Cup Bread Crumbs 
• 2 Eggs, Hard Cooked and Chopped 
• 1 Egg
• 1/3 Cup Mayonnaise 
• 1/3 Cup Parmesan Cheese 
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt 
• 1/4 Cup Celery , chopped
• 2 Tablespoons Green Onions, chopped 
• 2 Cups Mashed Potatoes
• Salt and Pepper

Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to Marilyn at runnerduck.com. We'd be happy to post your favorite recipe on our Kitchen site or in our newsletter and give you credit.

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We're sure you'll like our burger recipe this month but just in case it's not gourmet enough for you we'd suggest trying one of these recipes.

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Recovery from a Design Change 

Have you ever had a project that changed direction once you got started on it? This is a story about one of those projects.

I designed and started building a new stand and cabinet for over the toilet. It will be featured in an future newsletter. After numerous changes to the design it was finally time to cut wood. I started with the legs, cut them to length, cut in the mortises and had put tenon's on the cross pieces. That's about the time Marilyn saw her sisters new toilet that was higher than a standard toilet. She thought it was great and asked if it would work with the new cabinet I was making. Of course it will work if I add 3 1/2" to the legs!

Since I had already spent a fair amount of time getting the legs to this point I really didn't want to start over so I added extensions to the legs. That is what this months project is all about, recovery!

The first thing I did was glue up some new wood for the extensions. The legs are 2" X 2" so I used 5/4 fir and glued them together.
I cut them a little over 3 1/2" so that I could exactly cut the total length of the legs later.
I decided to make a mortise in the extension and a tenon on the leg.

Next I marked the center of each piece using my handy dandy Steel Center that Marilyn got me for Christmas.

3" Steel Center Square

I laid out the 3/4" square for the mortise from the center of my previous mark using my Incra precision centering rule. This is a very handy tool. You line up the center and then measure out from each side of the center to make your mark through the rule.

INCRA Precision Centering Rule

I used a small square to draw the square for the mortise.

I set up my drill table to drill 3/4" holes 3/4" deep in the end of each leg extension.

>Using a 3/4" chisel clean out the corners following the lines that were drawn earlier.

Next I turned my attention to the tenon's. I needed to cut a 3/4" long tenon with a 3/4" center in the middle of each leg. Since the extensions were not exactly the same size as the legs this became a challenge. Also my drill centering was a tiny bit off from piece to piece so I needed to make each tenon a little different. I'll try to explain how I recovered below.
I knew each tenon was going to be 3/4" long so that was easy I set the stop on my miter to 3/4".

Since there was a tiny bit of difference for each leg extension I marked each matching leg and extension with chalk. I then set my blade height for each side to match the mortise of the extension by lining it up with the bottom of the mortise.

Next I needed to cut the cheeks for each side of the legs to match the mortise of each extension. I used calipers to measure each side.

I transferred that measurement to my tenoning jig, set the blade to 3/4" and cut the cheeks.

Heavy-Duty Tenoning Jig

I performed a fit check lining up the marks I'm made on each piece and they fit perfectly!

I decided to glue up all four legs at once since I don't have a whole lot of long clamps.

I dry-fit everything and had everything ready to go before I applied the glue. I quickly put the glue on each mortise and tenon and clamped it tight.

I put a piece of scrap wood between each leg so if there was any squeeze out of the glue they would not bond together. I also used scrap wood on each end and clamped it down with pipe clamps.

Sure-Foot Plus™ 3/4'' Pipe Clamp

These clamps were on sale as of last Thursday. You might check them out and see if they are still on sale, great price!

That's about it. We hope you liked this project. If you build it and your friends ask where you got such a clever idea, please tell them that you got it at RunnerDuck.com.