PEMDAS? Do you remember what that means? I’ll give you a second…. How about Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally? That’s the easy way to remember it. It’s actually the order of operations for algebra. Parentheses, Exponents, Multipl…
Read moreAfter a little more than three weeks, the tractor is operational once again. Well, it was always operational with movement and 3-point work. The loader is fixed, though. Finally, I can load some logs!
Read moreThe first project out of the new shop is a Chainsaw Chest for my four-wheeler. The corners are dovetailed. The lid is glued, nailed and screwed. The bottom is glued, nailed, and screwed. Yes, I broke woodworking rules with expansion and contraction, bu…
Read moreThe chainsaw chest is complete. I broke a lot of woodworking rules with the bottom and the lid. In this case, it works. That’s all it has to do. It just has to work. Cracks? Yeah, they will happen (already have). That’s not going to stop th…
Read moreA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I completed 30 days of “daily dovetails.” Go through your scrap bin and mill two boards that are around 4-5″ wide, 3/4″ thick, and a few feet long. Every day, use the boards to hand-cu…
Read more