When we bought our house in June of 2015, we knew there were several thing which needed to be done to make the place livable. One of those was to fix the leak around the chimney into the fireplace area in the living room. The leak was bad enough to cause discoloration, mold and mushrooms to grow. It required pulling down some 50 year old Douglas Fir paneling and finding a replacement. Here are some photos with dates to show how the project proceeded.
This week Becky and I started looking for projector. Here are the requirements we found​
Some of the models we looked at are:
For the un informed (like I was), there was some good reading at the following websites:
I wonder if I should become a pollen station reporter...
I was looking here at pollen stations:
http://www.aaaai.org/global/nab-pollen-counts/counting-stations/become-a-counter.aspx
http://www.aaaai.org/global/nab-pollen-counts/counting-stations.aspx
http://pollen.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm?p=allergenreport&stationid=1&datecount=10%2F14%2F2015
http://www.aaaai.org/global/nab-pollen-counts/counting-stations/start-a-station.aspx
So here is a list of things I am learning about house building:
Window Putty is not caulk.
Cinderblock is not solid. Mounting fireplace mantels as a floating shelf to cinderblock is a challenge.
All things considered Jerry's is a better hardware store than Home Depot or Lowes. Platt Eletric is often cheaper than Home Depot.
Oscillating Multi-Tools are pretty much awesome.
Not all 3-way or 4-way switches are wired the same. (http://www.buildmyowncabin.com/electrical/how-to-wire-4-way-switch-diagram.pdf)
Old circuits might contain two power cables and a single return... as a black and a red and a white.
So, if I am going to do a shed in the front yard, then a playground should fit there too.
What kind of plans or ideas are out there, that I can draw from?
Here is a list of links with some helpful materials:
http://www.detailedplay.com/SwingsetPlans.htm
25 Free Backyard Playground Plans for Kids: Playsets, Swingsets, Teeter Totters and More!
http://www.totalplaygrounds.com/blog/28-free-diy-playset-plans/#diy
http://www.moneycrashers.com/build-wooden-outdoor-kids-playground-equipment/
http://www.ericsoutdoorfurniture.com/705-princes-exercise-station-play-set
http://www.maeshedandplayground.com/collections/accessories/products/air-pogo
http://lasgd.blogspot.com/2015/02/10-x-8-pent-shed-plans-gable-roof.html
Shed:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/garden-yard/garden-shed-plans-zm0z11zgri.aspx
http://www.thegreenden.co.uk/products/playground-storage-shed/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/how-to/a178/1276536/
http://www.todaysplans.net/free-storage-shed-plans.html
http://www.shed-plans.biz/
http://freebies.about.com/od/homegardenfreebies/tp/free-shed-plans.htm
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?search=FREE%2010%20X%2012%20SHED%20PLANS
http://shedas.blogspot.com/2015/03/5x7-shed-plan-info.html
I went to Glasgow, Scotland this summer.
While I couldn't go to Edinburgh, it inspired me to do some more research on my family tree.
While it might just be kids clothes,
I wonder, the super villain who rivals Hitler seems to be the one on children’s clothes now. 
Is Darth Vader The image of a man that we want our kids to pretend to be?
I started looking at some homemade shop-vac projects.First I did some googling, then I searched YouTube.
I found that there are different ideas and terms covering the shop-vac solution space.
The two most informative videos I found were:
Some of the basic questions I am asking are: which shop-vac should I get and how should I evaluate other options? There are people who do review shop-vacs. And I found that C.F.M. measures are really the most important. I also learned that if one adds a cyclone dust separator to the shop-vac that the filter stays much cleaner. The next question is how should I make a cyclone dust separator?
There are several interesting projects which I found. The guys in the video had some really good solutions too, including a $15 cyclone, and blast gates which can be purchase on Amazon.com. I also found the following interesting homemade solutions:
Blast Gates:
Silence: around the shop-vac
A Noise block around the vacuum.
The potential to build my own wooden trains as recently been observed. That is, the idea does not seem soooo far fetched any more now that I own a router and a router table. Towards that end I have started to amass some ideas and some links. Some additional thoughts are that I could use a CNC machine. I would like to make my own CNC machine. To that end I have started another post about ideas for building my own CNC machine.
A second way to approach this would be to use a tool like a CNC Shark. This has a lot of appeal for replication of items. However, at nearly $4K (at Rockler) that is a lot to start out with. Better to get some experience first. Learn where I can source my supplies from etc.
I attended a brewing workshop, mostly about mead but my interest are broad. Some things I didn’t know.
Mead
Do not boil mead. Destroys honey flavor
Without grains add neutrians.
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