by Paul | Jun 11, 2021 | Boat Building, Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
This past week has been plagued with inclement weather! WE had a few days of remarkably high temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (a little over 37 degrees Celsius). The humidity was also exceptionally high and made working outside unbearable (especially...
by Paul | Jun 4, 2021 | Contests & Giveaways, Promotions
The results are in! Watch the video to find out if your name was pulled! The winner has 30 days from June 4th, 2021 to contact me with his U.S. mailing address or forfeit the giveaway item. Another milestone celebration will take place when DTC reaches 3800...
by Paul | Jun 3, 2021 | Boat Building
I am back from Ohio and my daughter’s college graduation ceremony. Now it is back to work on my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat. In this video episode, I’ll show you how I have prepared the hull for the rigging necessary to lift the hull from the strongback and then roll...
by Paul | May 13, 2021 | Contests & Giveaways, Farm & Homestead, On My Mind, Promotions
I worked on building my second gantry lift this past week but only made a little progress due to several days of rainy weather. I did not take any video of this as it is the same procedure as used to build the first gantry lift. There may not be any videos posted over...
by Paul | May 13, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, Furniture Designs
When my daughter was around 2 years old and we were living on Cape Cod, she accidentally knocked over an antique (family heirloom) spinning wheel which shattered apart while we were visiting my wife’s parents in Pennsylvania. Fast forward to the present: We have been...