by Paul | Aug 24, 2019 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Farm & Homestead
Setting up my portable boat shop! I need some sort of shelter from the elements to start building my new sailboat, and there just won’t be enough room in my shop any time soon. So, I’ve resurrected an old 10’ x 20’ temporary shelter frame and ordered a new tarp to...
by Paul | Aug 16, 2019 | Boat Building, Farm & Homestead, Sailing & Cruising
I came across this Alcort Sunfish in the local FB Marketplace today, advertised for free! It was located a couple of towns away and I contacted the owners as soon as I discovered it. The boat was still available, so I jumped in the truck and went right on over to pick...
by Paul | Aug 15, 2019 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Farm & Homestead
My shop is so packed full of stuff, I also used the back of my 1-ton diesel pick-up (plow truck) to store even more stuff. I decided to tackle the truck today in order to remove the drywall cart and use it in the shop for my plywood. In doing so, I was quite pleased...
by Paul | Aug 14, 2019 | Boat Building, Farm & Homestead
It’s been a long, arduous week of cleaning, sorting, and pitching stuff out of my shop, and it looks like I’ve hardly made a dent for my efforts! I’m ready to start building my sailboat, but I must square away the shop and get it ready first. I’d really prefer to...
by Paul | Jun 24, 2019 | Fabrication, Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
Here’s a simple project that will allow you to make your own steel, roll-away tool cabinet (for free in many cases). This is something I did a few years ago before I was making videos on YouTube, but I recently obtained another surplus steel government desk for free....
by Paul | May 30, 2019 | Building Projects, Fabrication, Farm & Homestead
Ayuh! I’m building boxes this week. In fact, I’m building 12 of them for a local non-profit fund raiser. The boxes will all go to local professional artists so they can create whatever works of art they wish on the bare, unfinished boxes. The boxes will then be...
