Good hot cup of Black coffee. Leaving for work while lights are still blinking. Sitting in quite peace before the world wakes up ..read more

I ran across this recently and thought I would share. This guy is an amazing talented woodworker. This is just one of the manu You tube thing he has on line. Enjoy ..read more

From "the guy the neighbors dogs bark at" to "The guy with cookies in his pocket". Yesterday, drove my quad up to chat with the neighbors and their dogs started eyeing me weird and barking, till they learned my pocket was stuffed with dog cookies.... Today, went back up for a minute, and they remembered, lol. Much cookie chomping ensued ..read more

Morning ! I don't know if you all are as beat up as I feel. Rigorous weekend in the Turkey woods. 1 bird for me two for my old hunting parter of 60 years. Instead of the weekend being a time to rest I'm back to work and finding it as a time to rest to support my weekends in the woods. Have a great week. A friend who is closer than a brother. Phil ..read more

Last week my friend at Solera Brewery messaged me to say that while the taster trays I made for them 13 years ago!!! were still working great (more a testament to how robust waterlox is than anything on my part..) they desperately needed more of them going into summer. I told him that I could squeeze it in but he was lucky he wasn't a week later cause it'd have been 2+ months before it would have been able to happen in that case. While they're just simple boards with holes in them... Read more ..read more

I'm sticking this under General Woodworking since it is pretty general in nature. I am taking up the time between big steps of my current project to make LOML happy. Part of a recent remodel is an increased size for the pantry. She wanted some corrals or organizers for the many random things that go into the staples of our food-making life. Te fixtures are scaled so that if there is ever a need, they can be lined up five fixtures wide. I'm sticking this under General Woodworking... Read more ..read more

In front of our house we have a little embankment about 100' long by about 15' wide at a 25 degree angle. Recently, something called dirtlocker came up on my facebook feed and it seems like it might be a good/easy way to terrace and landscape the hillside. Dirt Locker The cost for this system would be about 4k, not including extra fill dirt. Just wanted to what you guys thought about this idea. I really do need to do something, but I can't even imaging trying to do... Read more ..read more

Any thoughts on going from copper to pex using sharkbite fittings ..read more

Think it's safe to say we have a an idea of what a very wet winter means for unwanted moss cultivation. Another half day (some hopes) without rain may see us giving it best for a while. Not that we are too precious about the patches of grass but when the Lawn mower starts getting bogged up to its axles in a bouncy cushion folks start passing comments ..read more

While disassembling my lumber cart the other day I had plenty of time to wax philosophical and ponder the reason I had so much time. The lumber cart was one of the overly beastly monstrosities that never really offered the space saving joy and portable happiness I had envisioned when I built it some 15 years ago. I probably should have taken it apart long ago but never really got the motivation.. I also vastly overbuilt the thing. Hannibal could have marched his entire army across... Read more ..read more