Why Every Tool on My Pegboard Has an Outline
There's a marker outline around every tool on my pegboard. It's not because I'm tidy. It's because of grandkids, Earl, and a coping saw that went missing for a month.
From the bench
Shop Notes
Stories from the shop, mostly true and mostly at my own expense. Hand tools, repairs, and what I learned the hard way so you don’t have to.
The Five-Minute Fix That Ate a Saturday
Linda's bathroom door was sticking. I told her it was a five-minute fix. I want to tell you how that went, and what I'd do differently.
The $8 Yard-Sale Plane That Earned Its Spot on the Wall
A rusty old smoothing plane, a Saturday morning, and the steps that turned it from a doorstop back into a tool.
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