Sawdust and Filings

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." Robert Anson Heinlein

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Franzinator Part III

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As I pondered which of the myriad projects I would tackle last weekend, the fact that I could not, in good conscience, check off the Franzin...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Franzinator Part II

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I have completed the Franzinator air dryer/water separator.  This was a lot of fun to build and seems to work, though I have yet to seriousl...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

Mr. Compressor Meets "The Franzinator"

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 Recently I became the caretaker of a cute little plasma cutter.  I have been wanting one of these for some time and was excited to foster i...

Swinging Lumber Rack

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Scraps of lumber are always tough to manage.  You constantly are sorting through, looking for the piece that will work for your current proj...

Katy Step Stool

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Whew, its been a busy winter, at least at home (the commercial construction business still limps along).  It seems like my treasured weekend...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Curved Stair Nosings Installed and Finished

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Well the church is finished just in time for Christmas service.  Below are a few pictures of the wood step nosings installed just prior to p...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Curved Stage Nosings

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I've been working on building a new church in my work life for the past year.  We are closing in on completion now.  The stage has a t...

Shop Vac Redemption

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Feeling more than a little foolish about the trash bag in the shop vac, I took another shot at the concept.  I imagined that if I had a bag ...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Shop Vac Redoux

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Update:  Plastic bag in shop vac = bad idea.  I don't know what I was thinking--I knew that the plastic bag would get sucked around the ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Shop Vac

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While I was working on a project this weekend (curved oak stair nosings for a church I am building--more o...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Pook Age 0 to 4

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Several years ago I was noodling around with a few gadgets I acquired over the years and ended up with a few musical compositions.  Using a ...
Monday, October 18, 2010

The Rock-Preamble

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Many years ago, I'm not sure how many, my uncle (the one who has the country place that no one knows about ) set about the daunting task...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Shootout/Pig Roast

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Well, its been a busy summer.  While the economy executed the innocent, those of us still on the chain gang found ourselves redefining  ...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Yoda Finishing

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Well.  Its been a bit since I posted, but I have been working on Yoda.  I have it assembled except for the fretboard.  I have it stained and...
Monday, June 7, 2010

Push Me Pull You

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When I was cleaning out my shop to make room for the lathe, which involved new tool chests, rearranging tools in the tool chests, and reorga...
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