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New Table Saw Revolutionizes Shop Safety
This new brand of table saw will be coming to my shop as soon as I can afford it. Amazing technology that ramps up the safety on what is perhaps the one, most dangerous tool in my shop. Watch the video – It’s amazing.
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, [...]
Not Glamorous But Necessary
Wood decks are everywhere in our area. And that means that they need to be cleaned and sealed every so often. And the truth is most of us don’t do this chore often enough. So when it comes time to call me, it’s usually a bigger job than folks have the time or energy to [...]
Use Pay Pal For Invoices
Since I bill by the hour (plus materials) for most jobs, I usually finalize and email my invoices. (That way, you know exactly what you are paying for.) Now you can use Pay Pal (or a credit card) to pay any invoice. Just click the link below (also in the sidebar) and it will take [...]
Knowing What to do and How to do it
A problem with RV faucets: The factory installed models are usually – to put it mildly – junk. But they are “RV” models – which usually means they are cheap plastic (the industry calls it “lightweight”), take odd connectors and parts, and usually when they break, can only be repaired with more “RV” parts. (That [...]
Why WordPress? Part 2
I did a tutorial with a new client the other night. He learned all he needs to know to maintain their site while we sat in the bar of a Holiday Inn in Barboursville, West Virginia. (That’s point number one. This is not difficult! A codicil to point 1 – a poorly maintained website is [...]
WordPress Themes – The Sky’s the Limit!
Whether it’s a simple blog or a complex magazine, you want your website to look the way you want it – not the way someone tells you that you want it. Lots of “designers” have “plans” where you choose a template and then your site ends up looking like so many others. With WordPress it’s [...]
Antique Chairs
A set of six antique chairs; 75 – 100 years old; three generations in the family… in poor shape from a previous repair. A non-flexible, epoxy-type glue used some years ago wouldn’t allow the flex and give that these old, poplar chairs need. The old glue had broken and in some places, actually cracked the [...]
Handy Tip of the Week
Unclog your own Sink Drain – don’t call a plumber and get ripped off if you don’t need one. A simple “snake” from Lowe’s and you can do the job yourself. If you’re really not sure about doing this yourself, call me and let me give you an hour tutorial; then you’ll never need me [...]
Common Sense in the Repair Business?
The problem: A water heater that keeps “tripping” the reset breaker on its upper thermostat. The breaker at the house panel is fine, but the heater intermittently turns off. Adding to the problem is the fact that this water heater is behind a panel in the master bedroom walk-in closet. Calling a plumber with a [...]
