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More glacial progress...
On my boring till....Today, I worked a shift on the base at the Wood shop. So I brought along my dovetailed box, AKA the boring till, with the intentions of cutting the groove, glue the carcass and cut...
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Backyard gardening and projects
Something we long wanted to do here, is to grow our own vegetables.We never had the time, so the plan was always, once I retire....Well, I have been retired since 2013 and there is no more health...
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Progress under the sun
Boy is the sun ever out now...30 today. Phewww and came to find out that my car Air Conditioner is not keeping up. Humm it was last "fixed" late last summer, they claimed there was no leaks just...
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The rain barrel platform... in a day...
Today is another scorcher of a day, 37.5 by 1100 this AM... but at least there is a breeze keeping the damn little flyers out of the circuit... less bites that way :-)As I said earlier, said platform...
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Rain barrel project... Day 2
Day two started by a quick run to the nursery with the grand peanuts to go get some tomatoes plants.We put the netting on the trellis then as Jean planted the tomatoes, I started to cut a trench to...
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Barrel stand Day 3
It was definitely cooler last nite, not sure if we went down below 6C but the house was definitively cooler this AM, down to 67F. Furnace has been off for a few days, bonus.Started our day early to...
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Barrel stand Day 4
Day 4 started with me turning the furnace back on this morning... it's a tad cold.We were supposed to go back to the nursery this morning, but we waited for the temps to go up a bit.Apparently I have...
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Working with a Radial Arm Saw
First a confession: My first real stationary power tool was a Radial Arm Saw, A 1965 Craftsman model... The kind that got recalled in the early 2000 for a safety hazard with the guard. Apparently you...
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Barrel stand completed
I have not been working on it since Monday, it has been raining and I have catched a cold from Jean, who got it from her grand daughter... I was doomed from the start, and sure enough, I now have a...
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The tools inside my boring till, intro
My yard works projects are pretty well completed, time to go back and finish my boring till.Part of the task ahead is to finalize my holder boards for the tools I intend on putting inside.You may be...
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Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co (PEXTO) brace No 3410
This being the first installment of the tools in my boring till, I will go over what to look for in a brace, any brace, first...Despite the usefulness of corded and cordless (battery) drills...
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Small detour from my regular programming...
Thursday AM I went for a bread run in Bridgetown (love the bread from that little bakery, worth the run) and since I was not far from Annapolis Royal, I decided to go there with Rudy for my first...
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Stanley No 923-8 braces
This is the one you saw in a size comparison with the larger Pexto modelIt is a smaller 8 in sweep brace, a most useful size for most tasksThe Stanley No 923 was manufactured from 1905 until 1984.It...
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The gardening tool station
Another of my "quick" yard project in a day. Well actually that one was built in a day, Friday, except for installing the door, hardware and the protective finishing.So yeah, doable in a day.... if you...
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Build a chair in June...ish 3rd edition
My friend Brian Eve, currently over in Spain, is once again hosting a Build a chair in the month of June then blog about it, posting pics of progress and completed chairs.I kinda briefly entertained...
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Chair re-built day 1 or...
...What did I get myself into..??Its pretty hot today, 39C with Humidex, if this keeps up, soon I'll be able to grow my own Saguaro cactus.. :-)Yeah, dream on... So let's take an inventory of all the...
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A visit to Ross farm museum
My girlfriend Jean, drive a school bus, today she had a school trip to make to Ross Farm museum, so I joined her for a short while.No, that is not the bus she drive :-)But the kids are from her bus...
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Happy Birthday Rudy....:-)
Today, June the 15th, Rudy turn 2 years old... He is a big boy now...well :-)He had a long day, car rides, with me, with Jean, got to play, and licked :-), the grand kids etc..The birthday boyI'll just...
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An unknown maker's lathe (?)
A good friend of mine has been searching for a suitable wood lathe, something akin to my Rockwell-Beaver 3400 lathe. A solid, suitable way to get into wood turning without breaking the bank..Such...
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Maybe I was a bit too quick to Guesstimate...
In my last post, I said that unknown maker's lathe was probably a Delta/Rockwell/Beaver lathe, from their Homecraft hobbyist tool's line.Well.... I'm not so sure anymore, here's whyThat tool, because...
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