Slab-flattening router jig, glue-up board and mobile table saw out-feed table, extend-o-fence, Router table/box, down-draft sanding station.
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On the ole amazon I bought some essential fittings and hoses for a dust collection system. I enjoy Rockler and Woodcraft very much, don’t get me wrong, but I didn’t find it necessary to shell out the coin for their … Read the rest
Red, White, Blue and Black splatter paint for the new free lawn mower. Kinda clown-ish. Yes that is expanded steel welded onto the port side because it came with a rusted out hole in the deck. No I didn’t fully … Read the rest
We purchased the house with a “Greenhouse” but good Lord. Weak, shredded, photo-degraded plastic hanging from every square inch inside by staples; more spiderwebs and yellow-jacket nests than anything green, and the outside fiberglass panels were so old that no … Read the rest
Beverly loves her knives. Pocket knives, throwing knives, machetes, bowies… It is sort of her thing. So I made her a few from an old circular saw blade. Cut with a 4″ angle grinder, shaped and sanded, then I heat-treated … Read the rest
Patterned reclaimed plywood, resembling Michael Alm’s “Alpine Peak” pattern. Transparent layer of epoxy near the top, sanded and shaped down to 320 grit and finished with orange oil-beeswax to a nice, smooth luster. Currently available for sale in our … Read the rest
Slices of spalted driftwood from a creek near our old home, cut at an angle, drilled and sanded. Finished with sanding sealer and durable lacquer. Available now in our Etsy Shop.
Doug Fir patterned into hexagon triplets with a layer of cork underneath. Sanded to 220 grit, painted blue-green-grey on the vertical sides and finished with a layer of sanding sealer and three layers of satin lacquer. Put ’em together and … Read the rest
A gift for Beverly, these are made of patterned reclaimed plywood, glued together in a star pattern and filled with a walnut plug in the center. A layer of cork added to the bottom to minimize table scuffing, finished with … Read the rest
Figured Walnut, Maple, and River Driftwood that were way too beautiful to make it to the burn pile. Sanded to 220 grit and finished with orange oil/beeswax. A staple item in our Etsy Shop.
I like biochar to be crushed: from my reading and experience it is best to have it in relatively uniform pieces, sizes ranging from a dime to a grain of rice. So, I filled two sono-tubes with concrete and suspended … Read the rest
Biochar “kiln” made from an old 4’x12’x 3/16″ thick scrap steel tank, trailer axles, a few trunk jacks from the auto wreckers, and a new 2″ ball hitch receiver. Great for small-medium size production, just wheel the wagon up to … Read the rest
Decided to purchase a custom branding iron for my woodworks and I needed some sort of logo or signature. So I grabbed the straight-edge and started drawing out “JPJ” a bunch of different ways, and then threw the … Read the rest
First is our Avionics shop’s favorite variety of tequila label (we called it “War Chicken”), but rather than a skeleton with a sombrero and a spear, I drew a skeleton with a cranial (flight deck safety helmet) and the test … Read the rest
Christmas 2019. Bev’s family does an amazon wish list grab bag thing, where all of our names are randomized and distributed. I pulled Bev’s sister Caroline’s husband Daniel. I saw a dartboard cabinet on his wish list and knew right … Read the rest
