New Testingstan

So there's been a gay marriage in Texas. I haven't heard anyone talk about it, but reading the comments in the news from the wonderful men who were elected to run this state in response to the wedding makes me so proud to be a Texan.

And of course by proud I mean ashamed.

Yeah... these guys aren't tradesman per se. They're licensed and bonded by the state, but they're "handymen" rather than a specific trade, i.e. they didn't go to trade school. So it's not like I'm hiring, say, an electrician to bring my house up to current code (or what have you). That, I ...

So, I'm trying to move so that I can cut my commute down (2+ hours in my car every damn day). To do that I have to sell my house. To do that I have to get my house ready to sell. There's little things here and there that need fixing, most of the rooms needed to be repainted (because of tiny, nail ho...

The sides of that shelf I mentioned: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6822_zps8b16615e.jpg I hand cut the dovetails and mortises (aka the slots for the shelves) Next step is to cut the pins for the top to fit into the dovetails and the tenons into the shelves to fit into the ...

So I haven't been posting much lately because I haven't been making as much as I might have in the past. I'm working on a book shelf, but it's not ready yet. I also brewed a rye oatmeal double brown ale tonight. It'll be a close to a month before it's ready though. I also have a dunkelweizen in the ...

Mom's Christmas Present: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/20141223_123955_zpsf50906ba.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/20141223_124011_zps791359c9.jpg It's a candle box with integral candle holders. The top and bottom are walnut and the sides are figured m...

Tebow... fanboys... suck.

Dude wrote:Better call the electrician.

This. This. This.

I bet you already know this, but I'll say it anyways: 240V is nothing to screw around with unless you really, really know what you're doing.

Stofsk, are you saying that Ghostbusters is a Lovecraftian comedy?

I try to approach it as though I were still 10, in so far as that's possible for a man in his mid-thirties.

But the assholes make it harder and harder every year...

I'm from Texas so I just shoot everyone.

Problem solved, you palm-fucking, donkey rapists.

Tray added to toolchest for layout and measurement tools: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6819_zps867edc9d.jpg Supports: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6820_zpsdfb98595.jpg I also have a new batch of holiday ale in the fermenter, but it's not the us...

Drill Press Table done:

I may have to adjust the fence since it gets in the way of the feed handles if the table is really close to the drill, but we'll see after I use it awhile and what kind of work I end up doing.

It is very top heavy, as drill presses tend to be, but if you look close you can see that I've bolted it to the wood which in turn is attached to the base with screws and extra wide washers through the front, sides and back. I deliberately shook it once I had it attached to the base and it always we...

New drill press with added mobile base and (in progress) auxiliary table: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6815_zpsd03f4261.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6816_zps907bfc78.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6817_zps07dd1...

Ah, gotcha.

I didn't know all that and was picturing a rather... sudsy bus ride.

Who what now?

Homemade Paste Wax: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6811_zps26662367.jpg (Hot) http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6812_zpsb470c3a0.jpg (Cooled) Tung oil, carnauba wax and beeswax. I tried adding orange oil to make it smell citrusy, but the nuttiness of ...

Added pulls to the drop fronts on my toolchest to make them easier to open. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6807_zps05726c5e.jpg I'm also going to take another stab at the walnut side table I was working on back in May. I couldn't get the top to work out right so I'm going t...

You're trying to explain headshrinking to an engineer!?

To the mines with you!!!

I know. There's just not enough bombs.

Would it make you feel better if we dropped a bomb on them?

Filled with tools:


It's a bit of a jumbled mess at the moment. Space ran out fast. There's also some wasted space, vertically, in the top.

I'll have to spend some time working out the best way to store everything.

Hinges fit:

Handles fit:


Now to fill it with my tools!

Two coats of red and a coat of polyurethane: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6794_zpsfc3d1e3a.jpg First coat of blue: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_6795_zps44e293f2.jpg Third coat of blue: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/m_spartan1979/IMG_68...