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Project: Bunkbed Build — Part 2...

toolmonger.com - The road to bunkbed build completion was actually pretty quick on the carpentry side of things. Getting to this final stage of awesome completion did take a little in the way of staining, though. Okay, a load in the way of staining. But more...
Submitted to Projects 17 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Project: Bunkbed Build — Part 1...

toolmonger.com - When you have a hobby or a really cool toy you often find reasons to display its awesomeness, much like the guy with the fifty-thousand dollar pickup who begs to haul a few hundred pounds of stone when you’ve already loaded half of it into...
Submitted to Projects 30 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Project: Trash Heap Table Rescue, Part 3...

toolmonger.com - Some projects seem to defy all sense of reason. My trash heap table is just such a project. Though I had the best of intentions of this project being a “quick build,” it just kept getting put on the back burner — until now. Wit...
Submitted to Projects 94 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Turning Round: Delta Midi-Lathe, Part 2...

toolmonger.com - After reading a ton of stories about lathe accidents, horror stories of amateur woodtuners’ disfigurement, and the “reassurance” from friends and family, it’s easy to think of lathe work as the devil’s own. After ...
Submitted to Projects 94 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Project: Old But Still Rock’n, Part 1...

toolmonger.com - Wood is a curious medium. Some objects built from it don’t wind up lasting a long time, while others endure through the ages. Mostly it’s a revolving crap shoot of conditions, abuse, and maintenance. And sometimes it all comes toget...
Submitted to Projects 94 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Turning Round: Delta Midi-Lathe, Part 3...

toolmonger.com - With the first project effort behind me, I went looking for a second small craft item to turn on the Delta lathe. There are about a thousand great projects to do, but I was looking for something with a little flair. Luckily, a trip to the local ...
Submitted to Projects 94 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Homemade Event Signs...

toolmonger.com - Shortly after moving into my current house in 2003, I looked years ahead in the calendar and saw event after event that we’d be hosting at our home. These events ranged from garage sales to graduation parties to neighborhood events to per...
Submitted to Projects 162 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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Exterior Light Bulb Experiment...

toolmonger.com - I enjoy seeing what I’m looking at, particularly when I’m loading the car up in the pre-dawn hours for one of my son’s long-distance hockey games, unloading the car in the pitch black after coming home from the game, or shovel...
Submitted to Projects 179 days ago by Firewoodmaker
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