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 | Aug 9, 2019 | Tools & Equipment, Wood Turning
My old wood lathe has done well by me over the years but it’s too small and lacks many features I would now like to have for future projects. Simply put, I’ve outgrown my lathe and need a bigger one with more bells and whistles! This is a Reliant DD70 Midi lathe (made...
by Paul | Aug 2, 2019 | Building Projects, Fabrication, Furniture Designs, Tools & Equipment
My wife is in need of a “production bench” to suit her needs for assembling her felt bird and critter kits she sells on her web site: https://www.downeastthunderfarm.com and the bench had to be at a comfortable height for her, plus it had to offer storage for...
by Paul | Jul 13, 2019 | On My Mind, Promotions
I’m not referring to the Jimmy Buffet song in this video. I’m referring to major changes on how often I produce videos in the future, changes to the type of content, and various other considerations. Apart from a handful of regular viewers that typically comment,...
by Paul | Jul 4, 2019 | Boat Building, Contests & Giveaways, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
Completely Outrageous! I guess I must be totally losing it in my old age, but I’ve decided to release the plans (FREE) for my (once very popular in the 90’s) “Bootstrap Dinghy.” I sold thousands of plans, worldwide for this sailing dinghy model. Makes a great tender...
