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Light!!!!
A coworker recommended a company to me a while back, knowing my love of flashlights. Hold on, let’s start here: one of my favorite paintings at the Buffalo AKG Museum. Nice, huh? I like the suggested motion in the dog’s … Continue reading
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Gettin’ jiggy
So one of my bosses asked me if I could cut a buffalo out of a piece of wood with a jigsaw. I said, “I dunno, I can give it a shot!” I then gave a bit of caution, because … Continue reading
From the Books: “Measure Twice, Cut Once”
I saw a news item the other day that carpenter Norm Abram is retiring from his decades-long job on the teevee show This Old House, which he has been on for over 40 years. I haven’t watched a lot of This Old … Continue reading
Shiny!
Let’s talk about flashlights! I’ve written before–wow, that post is more than ten years old–about flashlights that I use regularly at work and such. And all of those flashlights from that post are still around, except, sadly, the one with … Continue reading
On Car Repair and Duct Tape
It’s always struck me as strange that a lot of folks will, when they learn that my day job involves fixing stuff, make some remark about how I must use a lot of duct tape. I also get a particular … Continue reading
Screws fall out all the time, the world’s an imperfect place.
xkcd nails it on screws! In my day job I see a lot of different screws. There are way more screws out there in the wonderful world of mechanical fasteners than Randall Munroe even bothered to depict here, but the reactions to … Continue reading
All the tools in all the world….
This is truly astonishing. With exactly two tools, this guy carves a block of wood into a beautiful chess piece. Watch. It’s amazing. (via)
I am Locutus!
Locutus, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. You will service me. All your power tools will be added to my own! I bought a Brinkmann LED headlamp the other day, for use when I’m on the scissor-lift at work — oft times … Continue reading
Carpenterizin’
Occasionally at work I get to do some carpentry by myself. Now, I’m really pretty green as far as carpentry goes, but I’m learning as quickly as I can given that my only real opportunities to practice come at work … Continue reading