I have a backlog of video footage (now that it’s not on film, should we say bittage?) that I was going to turn into full length You Tube masterpieces, but never did. However, now that I’ve forgotten what I was doing in the videos, I’ve decided to extract the unique ideas (if any) from all […]
A cautionary tale Sometimes a small job just wants to take over the world. This is a tale of putting new batteries in a carbon monoxide detector. Batteries installed in anything that makes a noise when they are getting low always fail in the middle of the night, in winter. They all sound the same, […]
The #50 power rod on my Bowflex snapped rather suddenly when I was doing a straight arm press and I had to replace it. I’d been lazy before and never installed the #10 power rod which broke last summer, even though I’d had the replacement for months. I was quite inventive in finding alternatives to […]
I finally decided to make a table saw sled. I was familiar with the five cut method from watching many YouTube videos, some several times. I was sure I had the knowledge to create a really accurate one. That is, until I found each iteration was making things worse… A table saw sled is a […]
I have a three page list of pre-winter tasks – which you’ll be happy to know I’m not going to share with you. I have a list because (a) I’m a bit obsessive that way (b) I like to tick things off a list and (c) I don’t trust my memory the way I used […]
This month was apparently the month chosen for tool breakdown. I had a compressor, air-nailer and belt sander go belly-up. The nailer just needed an o-ring, which got done, and the compressor apparently needs a regulator rebuild. Unfortunately, we were in the middle of a reno at my son’s home when the nailer failed, and […]
