The rocks for my garden retaining wall were delivered yesterday afternoon. Oddly enough three tons of limestone doesn’t actually take up that much space. It wasn’t even two full pallets. Today I moved all of them into the back yard four at a time with the wheelbarrow. So tired. Tomorrow and Friday will probably be [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Mar 23
le sigh
So there’s this old woodworking adage, “Measure twice, cut once.” That’s super. I did all my maths and then did them again and decided that the rabbet in the back of the bookshelves to accept the back sheet of plywood should be 3/8″ X 1/4″. That would allow the plywood to be recessed into the [...]
Mar 18
Is it furniture yet?
No. It is not. But I’m making progress. The bookshelf project has benefited from my sudden surplus of free time. All of the wood has been cut to size and the hardwood blanks got run through the jointer this afternoon to remove the saw marks and try to square them up a little. Pictures! I [...]
Mar 11
Wingsuit base jumping
Snowboarding is so last year. Next vacation? Wingsuit base jumping off cliffs in Norway. wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
Mar 07
The best business card
Found a link to a pretty cool business card a guy made. The how-to is here and there’s a video showing it in action too. Apparently you need a laser cutter so that’s a bit beyond reach but that doesn’t mean I don’t want one.