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Last note before I fly to Orange County.

I can make both straight and slanted cases. There are a couple options
- if you want a case kit, I can make the case with angle brackets so you
can put it together yourself. If you don't want to do that, I can make
the corners in three different ways - the simplest is by gluing the
panels together using my plate joiner and what are called "biscuits."
With the glues that are available now, this is pretty much as strong as
any of the other methods. The second way I make corners is with a
dovetail jig. Dovetails are a very traditional way of making joints,
and are the strongest joint you can make. I especially like to make
what are called "inlaid dovetails" where I make one dovetail joint with
a contrasting color wood, then move the jig slightly and make the final
joint. There's even a dovetail method called "corner post double
dovetail" that makes a symmetric dovetail joint instead of the
traditional style that looks one way on one side of the joint, but a
different way on the other. The third way I can make the corners is
with a box joint, which is basically interlocked alternating fingers.
When I have the time, I'll post pictures of what all these things look
like. There is a big difference in labor costs for the different
joints, so a case may range in price from $250 to $500. With all the
stuff I have going on at the moment, there will be a 2-3 month delivery
time for cases...

As for panels, I apologize for not having a shopping cart on the web
site - email orders have been keeping my work queue full. (I've been so
busy already that I worry that advertising is just going to create a
bigger backlog.) After I recover from the shop upgrade costs, I hope to
hire someone to help me out in the shop. For the moment though, I'd
rather stick with high quality rather than high quantity.

OK, time to head out for the marrow donation. I hope to be back online
Friday or over the weekend.

Doug