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The Handy Rev
Really a Rev! Really Handy!
California Bread box
An email from the contact form came in asking if I could do a “rush job” for a bread box reproduction to ship to California. The next line contained all the motivation I really needed; this box was for a 5th grade class field trip to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. The teachers wanted [...]
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Civil War Footlocker
A friend is a Civil War reenactor. That means he spends his weekends putting on his Sargent’s uniform and going out to march, shoot, camp, and generally be miserable with his unit! You should check them out HERE. (If perhaps you don’t think these guys like being miserable, think about wearing all that wool for [...]
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Handy and Green
What do these pictures have in common? The hat racks on the left began life as the redwood stays in a market umbrella just like this one on the right. I hate – literally HATE – to waste good wood. I think it’s a sin for any wood with life left to be thrown away, [...]
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Undercroft
The client wanted to tastefully hide a storage area under the front porch – one where the builder didn’t quite have enough granite stone to completely cover all the foundation area. The solution was simple: match the lattice that was attached to the archways on the front side of the house with a latice wall [...]
As big as it gets
There’s a limit to what I do; I’m a handyman, not a contractor. Some jobs I can’t do; I’m not licensed for some work. Other jobs I just won’t do. For many that I could do I would have to hire at least one assistant – and the honest truth is I’m just not interested [...]
Auxiliary shop air filter
My wood shop is a dusty place. Even with two dust collectors and a HEPA air filter it still taxes the heat pump air handler when I’m in the middle of a project. I needed an auxiliary air filter like this one above right – I just didn’t have $350 plus to spend on one. [...]
