Well, I have been out backpacking with my brother and we climbed Mount Washington in New Hampshire to celebrate his 60th birthday. Its about a 4,500 ft climb, but we took the opportunity to stay at a couple of AMC huts along the way. They have bunks and feed you dinner and breakfast. A very …
I have been considering holding either on-site or YouTube/Rumble training classes on basic, hand-tool woodworking, something for people who want to get started in it, but who don’t have a dedicated space they can use (i.e. they don’t have a shop). I would set it up so they could use a kitchen or dining room …
I’ve spoken before about setting aside one weekend a month to do shop maintenance and improvement. Clean up the shop, fix up or sharpen tools and build jigs to make the work flow better. Its been something that I have enjoyed and a chance to “reset” my brain for the work. This month, I had …
Well, the doctor finally cleared me for “light duty” about five weeks after my operation. I still should not be lifting heavy objects, or lifting anything over my head (i.e. can’t raise the right arm above the shoulder level). My rehab is going very well, and I am a full month ahead in terms of …
With my shoulder laid up, I have been trying to do some limited shop maintenance that pretty much involves one arm. While I can manipulate the fingers and elbow, they don’t want me to pick stuff up or have my arm go above my shoulder. Needless to say, that limits what I can do. One …
Well, 61+ years have caught up to me. I injured my right shoulder about 15 years ago, and though I had rehab and continued to do the rehab exercises 2-3 times a week, eventually it caught up to me. After visiting my doctor in October, it turned out the strands holding my rotator cuff up …
Been busy with life and summer time tasks (mowing, outdoor maintenance, vacations, etc.) so haven’t spent that much time in the shop. Been selling fairly well at the markets I have attended, and I completed several commissions. So I needed to work on the items I feel (based on sales) that I will need to …
So my planer has been acting up lately, failing to start and losing power. After doing some evaluation and consulting folks on the internet and the company that made it (DeWalt) I determined that the probable issue was the brushes on the motor. This would be the first thing to replace and see if the …
I’ve spoken before about how I use one weekend a month to do shop improvements, to try to enhance the productivity and accuracy of my operations. So last weekend I set aside a full day to work on the shop. I sharpened and reset my shoulder planes. These are used to clean up tenons and …
Just got finished making a bunch of new product for the farmer’s markets, as sales have been pretty brisque on a lot of items. Finished a show on Saturday (26th) and while sales were very good, I still am in pretty good shape in terms of inventory. So its on to a project I’ve been …
