21. Easy and fun, my kind of project!

IF you don't remember "The Board of EDUCATION", you are younger than I. This "board" was usually held by the principal just prior to applying it to your backside. Been there, done that, didn't care for it. The secret to the...

12/02/2008 | 237 Hits | Read more...

22. Salvage for dollars

The cost of lumber keeps rising and it is getting harder and harder to keep a project budget within reasonable terms. Enter the world of salvage wood. Not glamorous, not easy, and a lot of work, the redeeming value is wood for cheap or free. ...

04/02/2008 | 312 Hits | Read more...

23. A little bit of routing

If you've been down to your wood store looking for trim you probably came home either WAY lighter in the bank account or with the idea of making your own. Making your own trim is an option if you have a router and some bits for it. You can get...

13/11/2007 | 285 Hits | Read more...

24. CD holder with a twist

OK, its a tad early but I am sitting here at the computer and I happened to look over at a birdhouse a friend had given me. The birdhouse is sitting on a shelf and no, it has never been lived in. It is rustic and a bit beat up from being 'aged'...

10/10/2007 | 771 Hits | Read more...

25. Rosebush is NOT Rosewood

Out in the yard doing some trimming to keep unruly plants at bay, I clipped some good sized dead wood out of a rosebush. I immediately thought of how it was big enough to make a pen blank. I saved several pieces of this thorny stuff to dry in the...

27/08/2007 | 376 Hits | Read more...