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...
Category: Hobbies
Building Earl’s Oil
I’ve started building some laser cut buildings for my model railroad. I figured that I could get a head start buy assembling some buildings in the winter,...
Built a Spray Booth
The best way to paint models, rail road or other, is with an air brush. Second best is to “rattle can” it with cans of spray paint. Neither of these...
Model Railroading – Time to Start Again
When I was a teen I was crazy about Model Railroading. I loved (and still do) steam engines and I started to build this huge layout in my bedroom.
Building Marceline the Vampire Queen’s Axe Bass
My friend VK approached me about helping her build a working bass as a prop for going to conventions as Marceline the Vampire Queen from Adventure Time. I had n...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – First Repair
I was hoping that moving to a newer car would allow me to avoid things breaking for a while, but apparently I was mistaken. A few days ago the passenger side wi...
Miata Mods and Updates – One
The Miata came with a factory radio that had a six disk CD changer built into it. Unfortunately it had two issues: There was no AUX in or Bluetooth. The CD play...
The BMW Wagen Has Left the Building, Enter the Miata
I just sold the 528i Wagen. It is a bitter-sweet feeling. I will miss it, but it was time for it to go. It was just becoming too much work. Don’t get me w...
Table Saw – Out With The Old, In With The Older
I know it’s supposed to be “in with the new”, but the replacement table saw is older than the one it’s replacing. I finally got tired of...
More Car Fun This Weekend
The drivers side strut in Der Wagen was leaking oil and the 05 Subie was feeling very bouncy so… This weekend I decided to replace the front struts in Der...