The unemployment rate is the most important indicator for people who are believers in the Phillips Curve. Phillips Curvers believe that there is a trade-off between unemployment and inflation. The less slack in the labor markets (lower unemployment rate) the more inflation there will be as labor can bargain for higher wages and this, in turn, can lead to increased demand via more purchasing power and correspondingly higher prices absent more supply. That seems to be the key assumption: Supply doesn't keep up with demand. When looking at the unemployment rate in the following chart, one can clearly see that it has dropped significantly over the last six years to a very low level.
And yet, the Fed's favorite inflation measure, Core PCE, which strips out food and energy due to their volatility, has remained quite low.
And even putting food and energy back in it's still below 2% and has been on a downward trajectory.
And all other indicators of inflation are dropping as well as the following chart shows.
Declining inflation rates isn't just a U.S. phenomenon, it's global as well as the following chart shows.
So why are we seeing such low inflation readings in the face of low unemployment?
Perhaps it's because we have experienced such a muted recovery in terms of growth as the following chart shows.
The manufacturing sector has recovered nicely since the downturn and has grown slowly but steadily over the last five years as the following chart shows.
And even in the manufacturing sector wage growth has not been very strong despite employers expressing some concerns about finding qualified labor.
And on a more widespread basis, wage growth seems to be decelerating.
From an apartment owner's standpoint, however, the age cohort with the highest propensity to rent, 20 to 34-year-olds, is showing accelerating wage growth which is a good sign. Older Americans, on the other hand, are seeing their wage growth compress.
So why haven't the adherents to the Phillips Curve seen higher wages in the face of what looks like very low unemployment? Gary Shilling has been someone I have followed over the years and he has done a good job pointing out fallacies in the consensus and where risks and opportunities may lie for investors. He recently wrote a two piece series on why the unemployment rate is misleading on Bloomberg.
He gave the following six reasons for this.
Global supply chains make a number of American workers having to compete with labor from overseas. And when automation is added in, there are labor saving options for employers which can continue to keep the bargaining edge with firms over workers. Despite lower headline productivity growth, there is no doubt that more technology is being created that over time should be adopted in many industries which will lessen the need for certain categories of labor.
The Fed has telegraphed the potential for one more interest rate increase this year but the market is skeptical due to weak inflation numbers and wage growth. The following chart shows that investors are assigning a 38.7% chance of a December rate hike.
Of course, the odds can change quickly but I would argue there are some headwinds the Fed will have to contend with before pulling the trigger. The first is the implementation of starting to wind down its balance sheet by not reinvesting the repayment of maturing Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities up to $50 billion per month. No one knows what that will do to interest rates and financial conditions. There's an argument that it could actually lead to looser financial conditions while Fed Governor Lael Brainard is in the camp of waiting to see the effects of balance sheet reduction before increasing short-term rates again.
The more on the ground challenges relate to a slowing in the economy as measured by a few different indicators.
The automobile sector is hitting the brakes as vehicle sales are dropping and profitability is being maintained higher than it otherwise would be due to the growing share of SUVs and trucks being sold.
This has led to a slow rate of growth among banks with regard to auto loans.
Credit card loan growth is slowing materially as well.
I would expect this slowdown to continue as credit card losses have been increasing for banks which should probably lead to tighter credit going forward.
The service sector is softening a bit based on the latest reading from ISM. This is a headline from Marketwatch on August 3rd.
The last domestic chart I'm going to show is one I found to be quite telling. It tracks the growth rate in federal government receipts. Notice how closely they seem to correlate with the business cycle, which of course makes sense. When there are more profits and personal income due to more employment and/or wage growth, this should flow into the Treasury's coffers in the form of higher income, payroll, and corporate taxes. We have already gone slightly negative with the trajectory now slightly positive. If history is any guide, then we should already be in a recession by now. On the other hand, this has been an unusual cycle in that the length of it has been quite long while the cumulative growth quite small. As a result, we don't have the excesses built up like we have had in other business cycles so maybe this one can keep going a while more despite very slow growth in federal government receipts.
It is interesting to see how far off receipts are from what was projected for individual and corporate income taxes while payroll taxes are doing better than projected. Are we now at the point where labor will claim a greater share of the economic output despite relatively subdued wage growth?
Finally, I often like to turn to Japan as the canary in the coal mine in terms of what it might be foreshadowing for the United States. The following chart shows how acute labor shortages are in the country and which industries are most challenged.
And yet, like the United States, it has no material inflation to speak of as the following chart shows.
So what gives? I think it comes down to demographics. The Japanese population is aging rapidly and its overall population has begun to shrink with the working age population shrinking even more rapidly as the following chart shows.
It's not surprising that labor shortages are materializing given the shrinking working age population. But with the country aging, older people tend to spend less money and save more with the exception of medical costs. The following chart shows private domestic consumption in Japan. On a nominal basis, spending has only grown by only 4% cumulatively over the past 20 years! It's been on a bit of an uptrend recently but demographic trends will be working against this going forward. This puts pressure on companies to constrain wage growth and to use automation and other labor-saving productivity enhancements to preserve its profitability and to contend with labor shortages.
If we turn back to the United States, we can see that the working age population trends are not very favorable either, albeit better than Japan's as we are still projected to grow.
Count me out of the camp of the Phillips Curve adherents. I still see interest rates staying lower for longer despite the unemployment rate being at historically very low levels.
In addition to Gary Shilling's and your well taken points, the "headline" unemployment rate ("U-3") is deceptive as it excludes discouraged job seekers and counts part timers as fully employed. "U-6" is more accurate and stands at 8.6% suggesting plenty of available workers (though many possessing mismatched skills one would assume).
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St Albans City's striker scrapheap gets another name
St Albans City's scrapheap of strikers - Credit: Archant
St Albans City's scrapheap of forgettable strikers just got a little bit bigger.
Elliott Buchanan, the former Bromley, Stevenage and Newport County front man, has joined Staines Town today, consigning his name to the long line of strikers – some promising, others not so much – to pass through Clarence Park without making an impact.
To say joint managers James Gray and Graham Golds have had bad luck in finding strikers would be an understatement.
Of course I'm discounting John Frendo from this. Signing the former Hitchin Town talisman was a master-stroke from Gray and Golds and he continued to be prolific in a City shirt last year, scoring over 40 goals in all competitions. And there's nothing to suggest he won't be again this season.
And a move to one striker with attacking midfielders, such as Sean Shields and Steve Wales, in support will undoubtedly yield goals.
But consider this: since taking the reins of the Saints, Gray and Golds have deployed Frendo, Greg Ngoyi, Elliot Bailey, Peter Dean, Mark Nwokeji, George Sykes, Jamal Lowe, Buchanan, Victor Osobu, Warren McBean, Loick Pires and Warren Whitely at the spearhead of their attack.
In fact, it could be argued that since Ngoyi was forced to leave for work commitments, City have not found a striker to play second fiddle to Frendo. Nwokeji was excellent in putting in the hard miles and running beyond the defence but three league goals is hardly the return that was expected.
Buchanan showed promise in pre-season, enough to earn a spot in the squad after impressing at a trialist. I even wrote that he deserved that spot after a two-goal performance against Dagenham and Redbridge.
But when the competitive matches rolled around his game tailed off. A goal against Ware in the Herts Charity Cup was the only time he found the net in three starts and two substitute appearances. It spoke volumes that Frendo was picked ahead of him for the Staines game despite barely featuring in pre-season.
So, Gray and Golds are back to square one, saying they don't want to rely on Frendo to score all the goals but unable to find another striker to help him out.
The Saints still have Loick Pires to call upon but since his goal-of-the-season contender against Ware he hasn't looked too threatening when coming off the bench. And, of course, Elliot Bailey is still around, although his chances to play will be limited by his inexperience.
And there is still a chance that Gray and Golds will bring in another striker.
Whether Pires and Bailey, or any new front man, can find the net consistently is yet to be seen. One thing is for certain, if they don't take their chances they will join the likes of 'what's his face' on City's scrapheap of forgettable strikers.

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"The political biogeography of migratory marine predators" by Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Daniel Costa et al.
During their migrations, marine predators experience varying levels of protection and face many threats as they travel through multiple countries' jurisdictions and across ocean basins. Some populations are declining rapidly. Contributing to such declines is a failure of some international agreements to ensure effective cooperation by the stakeholders responsible for managing species throughout their ranges, including in the high seas, a global commons. Here we use biologging data from marine predators to provide quantitative measures with great potential to inform local, national and international management efforts in the Pacific Ocean. We synthesized a large tracking data set to show how the movements and migratory phenology of 1,648 individuals representing 14 species—from leatherback turtles to white sharks—relate to the geopolitical boundaries of the Pacific Ocean throughout species' annual cycles. Cumulatively, these species visited 86% of Pacific Ocean countries and some spent three-quarters of their annual cycles in the high seas. With our results, we offer answers to questions posed when designing international strategies for managing migratory species.
This is the Preprint of an article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, volume 2, pages 1571–1578 (2018). The Version of Record is available at this link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0646-8. SJSU users: use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases.


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El Estadio "Antiguo Canódromo" o Centro Deportivo Municipal "Antiguo Canódromo" es una instalación deportiva municipal con varios campos de fútbol de hierba artificial donde entrenan y juegan el Club Deportivo Nuevo Puerta Bonita y el  CD Betis San Isidro.

Ubicación

Hito urbano ubicado en la vía Carpetana, 67 c/v calle Zaida, 16 fronterizo entre los distritos de Latina y Carabanchel, aunque físicamente pertenece a Carabanchel (Madrid).

Está muy cerca del Parque Madrid Río, del río Manzanares, de la ermita de San Isidro o del Estadio Vicente Calderón.

Construcción
El actual Estadio "Antiguo Canódromo" no fue concebido como estadio de fútbol sino como canódromo para Madrid.

La construcción de la instalación fue promovida por la Sociedad Canódromo Madrileño.

Fue construido por José Ramón Azpiazu Ordóñez, Pedro Pinto Martínez, José Antonio Torroja Cavanillas (ingeniero), Florencio del Pozo Frutos (ingeniero) y Rafael López Palanco (ingeniero) entre 1960 y 1962.

Su frente principal muestra la osamenta estructural de una completa instalación recreativo-deportiva como legado evidente del experimentalismo de la escuela de Eduardo Torroja en el campo de las bóvedas laminares de hormigón.

Destacan las tribunas como elemento más representativo del conjunto, con cubiertas voladas de hormigón armado según láminas plegadas -cuyos nervios funcionan como elementos rigidizadores- que se posan sobre pórticos, también de hormigón, mediante unión articulada.

La elaboración de la estructura se efectuó desde posturas oscilantes entre el ensayo empírico y el rigor pragmático, desechándose la idea de cubrimiento a base de una membrana de paraboloides hiperbólicos, lejos por tanto del paradigmático y arriesgado Hipódromo de la Zarzuela.

La tribuna, más densa y pesada aquí que en el hipódromo y bajo cuyo graderío se organiza el programa según modelos canónicos, se muestra en la distancia metafóricamente como el inicio del vuelo de una bandada de aves.

Canódromo

Desde la finalización de las obras hasta muy avanzados los ochenta, el canódromo se llenaba de público todos los fines de semana que hacían apuestas sobre las distintas carreras de galgos. Entre muchas otras pruebas se disputaron diez ediciones del Campeonato de España (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1985 y 1987).

Con el paso de los años la afición va disminuyendo hasta acabar siendo minoritaria.
En 1989 el Canódromo de Madrid cerró sus instalaciones y la Sociedad Canódromo Madrileño vendió el inmueble al Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

Velódromo

En 1990 siendo Alcalde Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún y concejal del distrito Manuel Martínez Blanco se acordó que el abandonado canódromo se convirtiese en velódromo para lo cual se realizó un proyecto por los arquitectos Manuel Canalda Piñana, Carlos Revuelta Nohl, José Antonio Torroja Cavanillas (ingeniero) y Jaime Pérez Aciego-Mendoza.

Un proyecto, como todos los de aquellos días de esplendor, que costó más de seis millones de euros, con un importante coste de la madera traída de Camerún, de afzelia, con el objetivo no sólo de tener una superficie resistente –es una de las que mejor aguanta a la intemperie- sino de ser una de las más rápidas del mundo como se repitió hasta la saciedad en aquellos años. Todo ello acompañado por unas gradas capaces de acoger 5.000 espectadores.Sin embargo, la instalación nunca llegó a funcionar como velódromo. El Ayuntamiento de Madrid y su Alcalde José María Álvarez del Manzano, no obstante, intentaron que el velódromo llegara a funcionar y llegó a ser incluido como instalación deportiva en la fracasada candidatura de Madrid a los Juegos Olímpicos de 2012.

Posteriormente, el Alcalde Alberto Ruiz Gallardón quitó el velódromo como instalación deportiva de cara a la candidatura olímpica de Madrid 2016 y la fantástica pista de madera sería desmontada en 2005 y guardada en contenedores para su posterior instalación en un pabellón prefabricado próximo al estadio olímpico. Sin embargo, tampoco esta vez Madrid sería la ciudad elegida para organizar los Juegos Olímpicos en 2016 y la pista permanecería guardada sine die.

Albergue

Siguieron quince años de abandono, en los que la madera permaneció a la intemperie. Y el Ayuntamiento no se acordó del velódromo hasta que la ciudad emprendió la carrera olímpica. Carabanchel iba a ser "sede de las pruebas de ciclismo en pista", auguraban los primeros proyectos. Pronto esta expectativa se esfumó, pues la candidatura prefirió incorporar el velódromo al anillo olímpico -en el entorno de La Peineta. Ningún destino parecía oportuno para el canódromo de Vía Carpetana.

Sin embargo, en el invierno de 2004-05, la Concejalía de Servicios al Ciudadano, dirigida Ana Botella, que sería futura alcaldesa, decidió instalar en este espacio un centro provisional para personas sin hogar, en el marco de la Campaña contra el frío. Fue este uso impropio el que concitó la protesta de los vecinos, quienes ya escarmentados, de haber tenido que convivir con la instalación de un poblado chabolista de casas prefabricadas  en el Cerro de la Mica por parte del Ayuntamiento en los años 90 y del tráfico de drogas, no iban a permitir un desagravio más, por lo que se movilizaron para evitar la instalación de barracones prefabricados dentro del recinto del canódromo, tras reunirse más de mil personas en la entrada, la concejala de servicios al ciudadano, organizó un despliegue policial de más de un centenar de agentes, algo nunca visto en la capital, a fin de permitir el paso de los camiones municipales, que trajo como consecuencia la reacción de los vecinos con continuas manifestaciones y cortes diarios de la calle Vía Carpetana y aledañas, colapsando el tráfico en hora punta. Lo que motivo el consiguiente debate respecto al futuro del recinto. En un barrio con notables carencias de espacios culturales y deportivos, contemplar cómo un velódromo que iba a ser olímpico terminaba convertido en solar para un albergue resultó excesivo.

Estadio de fútbol del Club Deportivo Puerta Bonita

Esto hizo que el antiguo canódromo quedara sin ningún tipo de proyecto y siguiera en un estado de abandono y de deterioro.

A todo esto hay que añadir que además en el año 2004, durante la campaña de frío, la concejala de Servicios Sociales Ana Botella propuso que se acogiera en su seno un albergue temporal para indigentes lo que provocó un fuerte rechazo vecinal.

Ante esta situación el concejal del distrito Carlos Izquierdo propuso a Manuel Campa, Presidente del Club Deportivo Puerta Bonita la construcción de un estadio de fútbol con el campo de césped artificial siempre y cuando se trasladaran de su actual campo, "El Hogar" a esta nueva instalación, lo que además iba a permitir al Club Deportivo Puerta Bonita dar un salto cualitativo muy importante en cuanto a sus instalaciones y a su futuro.

El proyecto del nuevo Centro Deportivo Municipal "Antiguo Canódromo" lo llevó a cabo Jaime Pérez Aciego-Mendoza en 2007. Y consistió en la remodelación de la marquesina, la impermeabilización de los graderíos y la instalación bajo las gradas de una zona de vestuarios, así como la acogida de un campo de fútbol profesional y otros de entrenamiento.

El estadio "Antiguo Canódromo" se inauguró el 15 de mayo de 2007 con la presencia del concejal Carlos Izquierdo con un partido contra el Real Madrid Castilla entrenado por Míchel González.

Centro Deportivo Municipal Antiguo Canódromo

En 2016 el Ayuntamiento de Madrid detectó unas deficiencias estructurales y decretó su cierre para acometer las reformas necesarias en las gradas y marquesinas.

En mayo de 2018 se decidió el cambio de modelo a una gestión municipal directa por parte del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, con la cesión de espacios deportivos para partidos y entrenamientos a los clubes Club Deportivo Nuevo Puerta Bonita, y CD Betis San Isidro.

El 27 de marzo de 2019, tras la finalización de las obras y trabajos para la rehabilitación del estadio, se reinició la actividad deportiva en esta instalación municipal.

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Enlaces externos

Estadios de fútbol de la Comunidad de Madrid
Estadios de fútbol inaugurados en 2007
Instalaciones deportivas de Madrid
Canódromos
Carabanchel

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Woodworking is a hobby often perceived as more appropriate for middle-aged men working long hours by themselves at their shed, but reality couldn't be more different. Woodworking can be done by entire families and, as long as children are properly supervised and don't go near any of the power tools frequently involved, it can be a very fun familiar time.
Building and painting a birdhouse is probably the first thing that comes to anyone's mind when trying to think about easy wood projects for kids. The kids gathered around a patio table, painting and assembling the pieces for a pretty birdhouse and the older ones even helping the adults to drive the nails in, is a very traditional image that anyone with kids has had in their mind at some point. It is a pretty unforgettable moment when the kids go out to the backyard and discover that the first bird has settled in the birdhouse they built.
A wood wagon is a very fun toy that little children find incredibly amusing. When they're little enough, they can sit inside and be pushed around the yard and, as they grow older and no longer fit inside, they can easily use it to transport their toys around the house. As far as simple wood projects for kids go, a wood wagon probably ranks among the simpler. Kids can help glue some of the parts together and paint it, and a responsible adult can safely attach the wheels to make sure no accident occurs.
With a little help from an adult when it comes to designing, measuring and cutting the individual pieces of wood required, kids around the age of 11-12 can find great pleasure in making a jewelry box as a gift for their mom. They can glue the parts together, screw the hinges in and decorate the finished jewelry box at the end to experiment the satisfaction of a personalized gift for someone they care about.
Picture frames are incredibly easy to make and make for a very enjoyable experience when the kids are done with them and they get to frame a family picture to be displayed somewhere in the house. Frames are simple to make because they are made from very thin wood, so with the constant and attentive supervision of an adult, the older kids can even get the chance to cut the pieces, something that is not possible with many projects for kids since thick wood is harder –and thus, more dangerous- to cut.
Making a wooden flag is a very creative and educational way to recycle wood you may have lying around the house with the help of your kids. You can use the time they take to glue together the wood boards and paint them as the national flag to teach them some simple lessons about your nation's flag, or you can encourage them to take interest in other countries and then go ahead and try to recreate said country's flag.
While this project requires a drill that absolutely shouldn't be handled by children, it is an incredibly cheap project that has also the advantage of being of some use to the children after they decorate it to their personal taste. All you need is a drill, a block of wood and some non-toxic paint to let your kids set their imagination free while decorating it.
Granted, this one also requires the help of an adult to cut the primarily shape of the coaster, but after you've done it, you can let your older kids sand it (using sanding paper, not a sanding belt) to give the coasters their final form and then let your younger kids paint them to make them stylish and fun.
So far, in this list of easy wood projects for kids, we have included several projects that absolutely rely on the supervision and help of an adult, due to the hazards related to sharp nails, power tools, heavy hammers, etc. But for kids around the age of 10, making three-dimensional geometric shapes can be an incredibly stimulating outlet for their creativity and energy, and they require almost no adult intervention whatsoever since all that is needed are pieces of wood and sanding paper. When they are done making cubes, pyramids, and spheres, they can always take their art project one step further by painting them and decorating them any way they want.
Requiring absolutely no tools at all –except for your children's imagination- and being extremely cheap, making pallet signs is one of the best projects for children. You just have to find some old pallets and let them draw or write on them. If you convince your kids to artistically portray your family name, you can even use one of their signs as a welcome sign for your front porch!
Woodworking projects for kids often revolve more around the decorating of the pieces than the actual fabrication. But for this project, if your kids are old and responsible enough, you can just hand them cylindrical pieces of wood and an awl and let them create their own wooden stamps. They can then use it on their notebooks and letters!
This is a very good way to teach all your childrens a woodwork that bring happieness to your life. There are plenty of resources, forums available on the internet which is useful to create a mind-blowing furniture. if you are an experienced carpenter, don't forget to check out this article.
Woodworking projects are a fun way to spend your time if you happen to be an enthusiast of the craft. But one huge upside of quality woodworking is that there are actually tons of woodworking projects that sell very easily. As they are handmade, they can make for the perfect gift someone would likely be willing to buy. If you also offer great quality and customization options, all of these wood projects that sell easily could earn you a few bucks while you enjoy your hobby. And, who knows? Maybe you can even start your small business if you get creative and have good managing skills.
Wooden stamps are probably among the easiest-to-make small woodworking projects that sell easily. It only takes small, cylindrical pieces of quality wood, a couple of awls in different sizes and a lot of imagination. You can certainly start by giving them away as gifts to your family and friends, asking them to recommend you to their friends if they like them. Offering customization options, like type of wood, size or number of words, can help to get your wooden stamp business to a whole new level.
There is nothing classier than a high-quality wine bottle stand. When it comes to small woodworking projects that sell easily, you can never go wrong with a wooden wine bottle stand. There are tons of ideas available online and you can draw inspiration from all of them. You could even try different styles: classic, modern, minimalistic… the choice is yours. The great upside about this woodworking project is that wine enthusiasts are always willing to pay huge amounts of money for quality products that make their special bottles stand out of the crowd. So, after you get good at it, you could make this a serious business while still enjoying your hobby.
Woodworking projects that sell easily have almost always one thing in common: personalization options. You need to remember that potential customers choose homemade objects over factory-made ones when they want to differentiate themselves from the rest. And there is nothing that screams "different" than a quality wooden picture frame engraved with the initials or names of the people appearing in the photograph. If you learn basic wood-engraving techniques, you could easily sell picture frames for many times what you pay for the raw materials.
While coasters are pretty much present at every home and they are usually not so expensive, trendy people are always looking for common items fabricated in special or artisanal ways, and are willing to pay good money for them. Luxury wooden coasters might not be among the wood projects that sell that easily since the market is a little small, but they certainly are a project that, if made right, can be incredibly profitable. You just have to learn how to work with high-end woods and think of a design that will appeal to the upper classes and you are all set to go make some money.
If you are truly passionate about woodworking, have an eye for detail and are more patient than the average, you could try to take on a dollhouse project. They tend to take entire months to build, decorate and perfect, but if they are high quality, they can very easily sell for thousands of dollars to the appropriate collector. Always remember that collectors are willing to pay top dollar for artisanal objects they feel like they need for their collections.
When you have acquired a certain level of expertise when it comes to woodworking and you are confident that you can build durable, reliable furniture, you can always make a business out of your hobby and take on selling your handmade furniture online. Remember that just a chair or bench can go for hundreds of dollars!
Believe it or not, cigar ashtrays are usually pretty expensive, but there aren't as much designs available as you would think. If part of your woodworking hobby includes woodcarving, you could start your own business selling cigar ashtrays. As happens with other items in this list, cigar enthusiasts are often upper-class people who are willing to pay more money than usual for a quality product that they know none of their friends will ever have.
Pencil holders are incredibly easy and cheap to make and, if you find the right market –which shouldn't be that difficult since everyone uses pens and pencils-, you could sell them in bulk and make a pretty decent profit out of them.
Keychains are yet another example of easy-to-make, quick projects that can earn you some cash if you just learn how to market them right. Since the possibilities for key chains are endless, you just need some imagination and you will never run out of designs.
Wooden mugs are trending lately, since a lot of people believe that the choice of wood actually adds additional flavor to their coffee or tea. They are easy to make and, if you come up with a particularly clever design or offer personalization options, making and selling wooden mugs could become a serious business opportunity.
Woodworking is a pretty entertaining and rewarding hobby, since you always end up with a new beautiful and useful piece of art. While many people often assume that woodworking is a hobby reserved for those with immense amounts of free time, with lots of money to spare or with some inhuman skills, the truth is that there are lots of beginner woodworking projects that are suitable for anyone.
Besides, most of them require very little tools –requirement for expensive tools or machinery is often one of the most discouraging situations for beginners- and take almost no time at all. Check out these 10 cool wood projects for beginners!
Boxes are the first item in this list of wood projects for beginners since they pack two benefits in one. On one hand, they are versatile since they can be used for many different things, like holding magazines or as a storage place for whatever you can think of, they can be mounted on the wall and serve as a cool shelf or they can be used as little tables when flipped upside down. On the other hand, they are cool for first timers since joining the sides and the bottom helps the amateur woodworker learn and understand the basic principles of woodworking.
If you have already learned how to make a simple box, maybe it's time you take it up just one notch by making a chess/checkers board. As far as beginner woodworking projects go, this one is almost as simple as it can be. Virtually, you just follow the same instructions you would for making an open, little box, but then replace the regular bottom with a bi-colored one, and attach it to the outside structure. Of course, as you gain experience, you might want to try adding a drawer for the pieces –or maybe even make the pieces yourself-.
As you might be already noticing, most beginner woodworking projects are related to boxes, since they are really easy to make and have a lot of different applications. For making a jewelry box, you pretty much just have to follow the instructions for a small open box and add a lid and a couple hinges to the top. If you are an adventurous beginner, you could try to add a little drawer for necklaces as well. It's simpler than you would think!
Perhaps one of the easiest beginner woodworking projects is a bookshelf. Bookshelves provide an almost limitless variety of possible styles, materials, and designs. Ranging from the plain, uncolored and unvarnished flat piece of wood attached to a wall using a bracket for the absolute beginner, to the more complicated modular pieces that can attach or detach from each other to increase the size of the general bookshelf for the more daring beginner, bookshelves are a very entertaining way to learn and improve your woodworking skills.
A simple toolbox can be an easy and useful woodworking project to take on for beginners. Toolboxes require a little extra effort when being built since they need to be more resistant to rough handling than most beginner's projects, but with some patience, the right materials and maybe a little trial and error, every beginner can make a cool and useful toolbox in not much time. And who knows, maybe you'll even begin to use the toolbox both to store your little woodworking tools and as inspiration for taking on bigger and more complicated projects in the future.
Wooden coasters are a fabulous project for beginners still learning the basic principles for cutting curved shapes in wood. They are very cheap to make –so you don't have to worry if you make some mistakes- since they require very little wood, and they can end up looking incredibly nice when varnishing them properly.
While it may sound silly, the truth is that wooden dice are a pretty luxurious item and they often sell for unbelievable amounts of money online –for dice-. A project very suitable for gambling/board game enthusiasts, wooden dice can serve both as a very tasteful ornament for your dinner table or as a useful and cool item for your family's next board games night. Give them a try!
Lazy Susans are very useful on kitchen counters and dining tables, and the best part about them is that they are easier to make than you would think! Definitely a beginner-level woodworking project, you can make your own lazy Susan just by cutting and carving a piece of wood in a circular shape and attaching it to a fixed base with a pin that allows it to rotate over it. There are lots of tutorials online and making one doesn't take that much time.
It is important to mention that if you are a beginner and you decide to try and make furniture pieces, you probably should do your proper research or ask someone for help, since anything conceived for holding a person's weight should be more resistant that pieces with different purposes. Anyhow, you can always make a simple, three-legged stool for decorative purposes and you will find that it is a pretty easy and fun woodworking project.
This last project has the upside of being easy to make and really useful, but still letting you set your creativity free. Starting with a simple wood board and attaching to it the knobs for coats, you can decorate it any way you want and end up with an amazing, useful and decorative piece for your home that takes very little time, effort and money to make.
Experts woodworking projects, the highest form of woodworking, reserved only for those seasoned and passionate enthusiasts of the wood, those who have the time, skills and tools to bring to life a challenging yet satisfying piece of art.
Building a desk might seem easy at a first look, but the truth is that a desk is meant to endure hundreds of hours of work, plus the weight of books, computers, documents and every other kind of office supplies imaginable. While the main body should basically be just a robust box with functional drawers, when it comes to experts woodworking projects, we begin to think about hidden compartments, disguised cable passages, lockable drawers and more. The possibilities only end when your ambition does.
Beautiful and elegant, Adirondack chairs are essential when it comes to outside furniture. While their design could make you think that they shouldn't be included in the list of wood projects for experts, the reality is that they should support a constant and repeated weight of adults without falling apart. So, if you're looking for a challenge, you should browse the Internet, for there are tons of plans for Adirondack chairs lying around.
A magnificent addition for your backyard, a pergola is a challenge only the most seasoned woodworkers should take on. A pergola not only requires a huge amount of wood, design, planning and building time, but also, since it is meant to hang over your head, you should be incredibly careful and take every precaution pertinent before attempting to build a full-size pergola for your yard.
A motorboat is a perfect project for woodworkers who live near a lake, and it can prove to be a very fun packing project provided it is done the right way –and also it is considerably cheaper than buying your own motorboat-. This is an incredibly challenging project since stacks are very high, and making a mistake while building your own motorboat, could very easily end in disaster. This one is reserved for only the most experienced woodworkers.
This is yet another project that looks simple when looking at its design, but proves to be difficult when you take into account its purpose. While probably not that hazardous, nobody wants to wake up in the middle of the night because his or her homemade bed frame fell apart due to poor building. We recommend that you only try this project if you're confident you have the skills and tools necessary.
Closets are simple in principle and have the added benefit of being attached to the floor, ceiling, and walls, but when we take on them as an experts' project, the imagination can be set free and possibilities become infinite. The main advantage of building our own expert woodworker's closet is that we can adapt it exactly to how much space we need for clothes, jewelry, shoes or any other item we plan on putting inside.
A guitar is probably one of the must fun to build, yet difficult woodworking projects to take on. Curved surfaces are always best left to the experts when it comes to wood, and since there are several parts that need to be built separately and then attached together, building a guitar can prove to be a very challenging project.
This one is a project only for true artisans. Most of the other projects we've mentioned demand the appropriate tools, glue, wood and skills. Making wooden spoons demands inhumane patience, sense of artistry and dedication. Starting with a small piece of wood, wooden spoons need to be carved by hand until the design we initially had in our heads comes to life.
If you are looking for a once-in-a-lifetime challenge that you can always treasure as the greatest piece of art you have ever made, you might want to try and make your own grand piano. As if the musical part of a piano (the keys, strings and hammers) didn't seem impossible enough to make by yourself, the woodworking part of it can become a real nightmare. Piano strings tend apply a tremendous amount of pressure on the wood and the constant banging of the hammers requires an incredibly solid building. This is a project suited only for the ultimate woodworker.
A deck is an ultimate challenge for seasoned woodworkers. Building your own deck requires vast knowledge of woodworking, architecture, engineering and lots of other areas. Besides, you can never forget that wrongly building a deck could easily result in serious injuries or death of you or your loved ones. A deck is a project that only expert, seasoned and professional woodworkers should ever attempt.
Experts woodworking projects: an amazing way to invest your time and to challenge yourself, with the added benefit of improving your home or life with an artistic masterpiece build by yourself. What are you waiting to try these ones out?


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2015 looks to be a strong, supportive year for your relationships, Taurus. Most days, you should see eye-to-eye and find it easy to cooperate and make progress on those joint plans and efforts.
One possible challenging period could come in mid-February when Venus conjuncts Mars in fiery Aries. Tempers can flare and unreasonable passions can surface. You can sidestep this with patience and mutual efforts at cooperation. It won't last long, and you'll grow even closer as a result of it.
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Use this guide to remove and replace the sensor bar in the scanner bed of the Visioneer OneTouch 7400 USB.
Remove the screw holding the tension spring in place.
Use the plastic opening tool to lift up the tension spring.
Be careful. The spring will fly.
Remove the belt from the spool.
The spool is a loose piece; don't lose it.
Loosen the belt enough to turn over the sensor bar.
With the sensor bar turned upside down, remove the screw in the middle of the bar.
Lift off the metal plate if it does not come away with the screw.
Carefully lift the belt out of the groove in the sensor bar to remove.
With the sensor bar upside down, lift the metal tab near the center.
Slide the metal casing on top of the sensor bar to the left to disengage it from the plastic.
Use the spudger to pry loose the ribbon tab on the inside surface of the casement.
Detach the ribbon from the other end and pull the plastic tab from the ribbon.
Carefully peel the ribbon off of the casing. The ribbon is held with two-sided tape. Use the spudger to help as needed.
The ribbon goes under the metal bar. Gently pull the ribbon under the metal bar to remove it.
Lift the sensor bar from the scanner bed.
To finish removing the ribbon from the sensor bar, use the spudger to pry away the clear plastic piece securing the ribbon to the bar. Detach the ribbon from the sensor bar by peeling it away from the double-sided tape.
Slowly pull the ribbon end straight out to remove it from the sensor bar.


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