by Paul | May 26, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
Like many of my viewers, I too happen to watch quite a few YouTube videos. In a couple of videos I watched, a pneumatic nail removal tool was employed to very quickly extract nails from pallet wood and other wood pieces being reclaimed or reused. I thought that was...
by Paul | Apr 19, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Promotions, Tools & Equipment
The folks at Saker sent me an email, asking if I would try their new Painter’s Accessory Tool and record a video while trying it out if they sent me their product. I agreed and here is the video! I was not paid a fee or stipend of any kind to do this. Here is the link...
by Paul | Apr 15, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Promotions, Tools & Equipment
We just purchased a new clamp-on snow blade and a pair of clamp-on forklift tines from Earth & Turf Attachments, LLC in Pennsylvania! These items have been in great need here at Downeast Thunder Farm in Milbridge, Maine for quite a long time. I made the purchase...
by Paul | Mar 25, 2022 | Fabrication, Farm & Homestead, Promotions
This video shows you how I repaired huge cracks in the floor of a fiberglass shower stall. Repair seemed to be the way to go because a replacements start at around $1300.00 (US) and go up from there. There would also be the work of ripping out surrounding wall tile...
by Paul | Dec 17, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
A few weeks ago, I featured a couple of videos where I overhauled my old midi-wood lathe and renewed all the bearings. I then made a video where I made a wood mallet with the lathe, but the lathe sat temporarily on my outside work bench. In this video, I reinstall the...
by Paul | Dec 9, 2021 | Arts & Crafts, Farm & Homestead
Once again, we are plunging forward into the deep freeze of another long, Downeast Maine winter. It becomes too cold to work outside or even accomplish anything in the shop as it is uninsulated and unheated. This is the time of year when I get into my “artsy-fartsy”...
