Continuing Efforts at Building a Shop

Continuing Efforts at Building a Shop

Our outbuilding, which I call the Barn solely because it's too big to call a shed and too car-less to call a garage, is frequently a place of quick projects.  I added electric last summer: And I've also been working on putting...

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When I was a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, I had a bedroom in the basement of my parent's house.  My Dad has a workshop in the basement, as well as a large closet for his workclothes, gloves, boots, shoes, etc.  He worked as a garbageman, and would often come home with wet boots.  In the winter, he'd place...

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Fencing Accident

Fencing Accident

I was almost crushed by a 2000 pound accident-prone dingo. First, the thing stopped working and I had a technician come out and tell me the engine was dying, so just run it full-open throttle or nothing.  Then, I'm following...

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