Wood!
A good friend of mine had some maple trees taken down a while ago and he offered me the logs. Yesterday, with a 112 degree heat index, a friend and I loaded the...
Author: Timothy Foreman
Short Update – Many Changes
Well, it’s been a while since I last posted. The last post was about fixing an oil leak on one of my motorcycles. I’ll post a follow up or two in a ...
R100RS Oil Leak Remediation – Part 1
I decided it was time to start riding the 1982 BMW R100RS again, so I put it on the motorcycle lift to change the oil and filter first, since it’s been a ...
Basement Remodel – Part 4 – Floors
The floor in the basement is just a poured concrete floor. It’s in pretty good shape with only a few cracks. But it’s boring. So we decided to jazz ...
Basement Remodel – Part 3 – Ceilings
We decided that the simplest way to deal with the exposed beams in the basement was to cover them up with a suspended ceiling. I measured all the rooms and used...
Basement Remodel – Part 2 – Egress Windows
We thought it might be a good idea to have some egress windows installed – both from an emergency egress standpoint and also to let some more light into t...
Basement Remodel – Part 1 – Sheetrock
No idea how many parts I’m going to break this into. At least three. Anyway. We knew we wanted to finish out the basement in the new house. Someone had st...
Bought a New House
This is the first of several posts about the new house we just moved to. We bought a 1961 vintage rambler on about 2 acres just North of Stillwater, MN. The ups...
Blog is moving
I’m moving house and will no longer be self-hosting my blog. The new blog location will be https://www.anansi-web.com/ (Note: this link will not work for ...
Moto-Guzzi Rebuild Update 10
When we left off I needed to remove the base gasket from the cylinder. I hate removing gaskets, it’s always a huge pain in the ass. So I hit up my friend ...