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Measuring and marking tools for everyone
The last in this short series, save for a few maintenance tools required to take care of some of your tools, sharpening and etc.Regardless of how you prefer to work, power tools or hand tools, these...
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And just in time for Christmas :-)
Cost breakdown of my suggested essential tool kit.See1- Handsaws 2- Chisels3- Planes4- Measuring & Marking25 essentials tools (I added one, at the bottom) that will become a good foundation tools...
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Garden gate part 3
Part 1Part 2 Since last time, gave my additional hardware a coat of paint on the show sides.  Had to go to the city, so since I was going that far, I stopped at a Home building supply house on my way...
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Fixing the Muskoka chair
 Muskoka chairs are like the Canadian equivalent of the infamous American Adirondack chairs.The biggest difference? Ours always had the back curved theirs were flat. So there you go, don't know who...
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Last smalls projects before we get married...
 Yes, you read that right, I kept busy till the end, needed the distractions.Because of last minutes paper work snafu, waited anxiously for some papers to arrived from Quebec, just to find out, need...
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Our wedding
 Yes, we finally got married despites all the evolving changes due to Covid-19 and last minutes paperwork's SNAFU. Which continued upon our return from our short honeymoon. Apparently we forgot to...
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RIP Lincoln MKZ June 2010-Oct 2020
I loved that car, paid just about twice as much as my last two cars combined, a Toyota 94 and a Nissan 02, but worth every penny.My ride for the last 10 yearsThis was our second Lincolns, having bought...
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The Metric system in Canada
 Being a Dominion of the British Empire, Canada took to using the Imperial measurement system.Map of the British empireThis is what I grew up with, feet, inches, pounds, miles per hour, gallons (which...
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The mighty plough plane
 Or plow plane in the US.Here is a tool that doesn't get much love anymore. True, some where rather showy and expensive, often used as presentation piece. But for the usual working man, they may not...
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China tool
Usually when we say Made in China, we are often implying, cheap knock offs. Funny thing is, I am old enough to remember when Made in Japan meant similar. Look at them now...Similarly, the first...
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Worksharp 3000
This is something I long put away purchasing but lately I decided that I needed reinforcements in my sharpening regiment.Full disclosures, I have two (2) hand grinders, two (2) 6 inches 3450 RPMs...
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It's a lovely day in the neighbourhood
 This is beginning to be an annoying day, but had worse :-)After a few days of mid teens C, woke up this morning to a white blanket of snow. Spring is not currently forecasted to resumed until Monday...
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My revised sharpening station
This so called shop project has been on and off for a few years now. Since then, I built an interim sharpening board to set up anywhere flat (yeah good luck, it's probably occupied by crapolla ). So...
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Table top rod hockey game
Recently during my everlasting shop clean ups I came across a bag of accessories for an old hockey game. A Canadian classic, called a table top rod hockey game.  A rod hockey game?? Yes as in the way...
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Of this and that
Well, we had been doing fine, but lately this third wave of COVID is really taking off, we spiked quickly at over 70 cases a day in Nova Scotia.  I know, it does not sound like much, but these latest...
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The drill post get some overdue attention
Continuing in my ever expanding scope Spring clean up, time to move the post drill out of the garage so I can uncover the Table saw. It has been sitting there since I got it a few years back. Always...
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Day 5 Dear dairy :-)
Dear dairyDay 5, I am getting confused. Me and Rudy are only allowed outside to the first tree by the garage to pee on. Me and Rudy were talking about it with the fridge later on and as usual, he...
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Day whatever...
 Yeah really who is counting at this point?? Still some idiots out there, not helping. Smart up!Today before lunch I had the tractor & trailer hitched, moved the pile of wood that was in my way...
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Today is the day
 That we both got vaccinated against big bad boy Covid.Care to guess which book I brought with me :-)Yes, a lot thicker than the Second Edition I had, this is the 4th, 2020 edition.In our age group...
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Figured out the return mechanism
I have been frankly scratching my bald spot for a while trying to figured out the lever activated return mechanism.  Judging by the amount of travel the lever did, there is no way I can see it...
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