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Kind of a crappy photo but it's nice grain.

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Go the rock wool route. Simple, cheap, and effective. Get decent closet doors too.

Way too many to count!

I need more wood scraps like I need a hole in the head, so of course I sent a PM.

This is what I use around my bench. The rest of the shop is bare concrete. It’s easier to keep clean.

While my favorite is the smoky taste of an open roast, I've enjoyed a variant on the theme where the cavity is stuffed with onions and sauerkraut and the hog is mummified in aluminum foil. It's then...

In the North we call it a hog roast. Never not yummy.

I have in the past. Once. I’m old and increasingly feeble. I use a band saw.

All of them. Seriously though, between 60k and 80k on the last few vehicles. When I was a kid it was every 20k. Of course when I was a kid a car with 80k miles was in the scrapyard (rust belt...

Will do, once I get some oil and wax on it.

I used to have a Keen Kutter version of the Stanley #12. I found it in "as new" condition at a church bazaar. It worked really well, but I never used it. A KK collector was happy to get it. At the...

As odd as it sounds, I read an article a few years back that spoke of creating a scraper plane doing just that. As I recall the author converted a beater #4 and made a dedicated scraper by grinding a...

I've had a number of #80 Cabinet Scrapers. When I was in rust hunt mode I'd find them all the time. I was up to four at one time but divested three during the great tool purge a few years ago,...

So buy a 5/8" brad point bit and use that instead of an auger. The ones I use are crazy accurate.

I would think so. My folks lived just North of you in Parker for a number of years. It was so dry they struggled to get anything to grow. They also had to supplement the soil with organic matter to...

These guys never disappoint! I especially like the troubleshooting photos.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/afd/veritas-classic-double-razor

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

Neither Roundup or Preen will cause problems in the future. A rock garden is the perfect spot for both.

Roundup works by being absorbed through the plant leaves. It has no impact on soil. The...

So are oxygen and salt. You could do what the Amish do around here, spend two hours a day weeding. Every day.

Roundup to kill, preen to prevent future seed germination.

Experiment complete. It’s hard as stone after 24 hours. I guess I just need to mix up 2 or 3 times the volume I need and stir it for a good long time.

I did the pour in stages. The first stage is hardened as expected, but it's been there for 6 weeks. The depth of the second pour is about 1/4" and well within the claimed limits of the epoxy. I'll...

I'm working on a desk for my wife that uses a big live edge walnut slab for the top. There's a big honking knothole that needs to be filled. No big deal. I've done epoxy fills before. It's always...

When I was refurbing old Stanleys I’d sand the knob and tote to remove the original finish. The next step was soaking in Watco Danish oil. After a three day cure I’d scuff with a Scotchbrite pad and...

Not a clue. I've slept since then ;).

When I made the box (2009) It seems I was experimenting with Mission style finishes. It could have been a Golden Oak or a Fruitwood, or a mix of both. I'd...