In their heated man cave on Week 24, Saturday, November 16, eight volunteers were happily engaged in trimming the center's interior - using biscuits. Shut in from the outside world with sounds of pleasant music playing in the background, they were constructing and adding molding for baseboards and chair rails, ledge caps and window sills - using the technique of biscuit joinery. The main ingredients for this include lots of glue, wood, of course, a biscuit joiner, a mitering machine for sawing, and dozens of biscuits (for other novices out there like myself, they are pieces of thin, oval shaped compressed wood used to join two pieces of wood together - also known as plates).
Amidst a whole lot of sawdust and hammering, I felt an atmosphere of camaraderie like I do on all of my visits. It's from people who might not have known each other before, working side by side, connected by a common goal. Blessed be the tie that binds.
