They say you can’t live without water. I’m betting I could live just fine with a little bit less. (more…)

I’m almost done with my storage shed and boy, have I learned a lot. Not about construction, but about myself. (more…)

Do-it-yourself. Easy-to-do. No experience required. These are all phrases commonly attached to home-improvement projects. They’re not outright lies, but they sure are relative. (more…)

Years of being in the woodworking publishing industry combined with years of being a woodworker have given me a good knowledge of tools. Almost. (more…)

They finally delivered my shed kit yesterday. It’s in the backyard right now, singing its siren song, tempting me to stop what I’m doing and come out and play. Unfortunately, I can’t. (more…)

What’s the best thing you’ve ever pulled out of the trash and turned into treasure? I’ve talked before about recycling and re-use of old woodworking stuff, using it for raw materials or turning it into something new and good. I’d like to take that theme a bit further and extend it to outright trash, stuff that someone has literally tossed out because it was, to them, garbage. (more…)

In what has become an impromptu safety week, I’ll again continue David DeCristoforo’s theme, this time from his blog for Thursday (9-25-08). As before, read his blog first. Go ahead; I’ll wait. (more…)

In David DeCristoforo’s blog for Monday (9-22-08), he discussed tool safety. I’m going to pick up on his thread, but I want you to go read his blog first. Go ahead; I’ll wait. (more…)

I hate the dentist. I’d rather eat dirt than go to the dentist. Of course, if I ate dirt, then I’d need to go to the dentist more often. It’s a vicious circle. (more…)

It’s been a long time since I last bought a kit of any kind – certainly a woodworking kit – but I’ve just done exactly that. (more…)