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  1. Nightstand

    This was built for my grandson who was into dinosaurs at the time. This project had a coupe of firsts for me, one was the stain. My daughter said that everything in my grandsons bedroom was dark and so she wanted a dark stain. I found an ebony stain and figured it doesn't get any darker than...
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    HUGE Eucalyptus score Sheesh. Good thing I have a truck now. I saw a note on craigslist today (online classifieds) that a guy had put "10 to 15 more" eucalyptus logs out in the alleyway behind his house. LA is all blocks split in half by access alleys big enough to drive 2 cars through...
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    The Beginning - Getting Dirty It has only been four short years since I bought my first house. At the time I had no handyman skills to speak of; heck I didn't even know how to use a drill without obliterating the screw heads. What can I say, I've been a bit sheltered, but life is good, and I...
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    Salvaged Mystery Wood Hi Wood lovers - I came upon some "trash" wood with some casters attached (not sure what it once was) discarded in a dumpster behind a renovator's shop destined for the landfill, but fate would have other plans for it. The wood seemed in great shape with some good...
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    Lets get started Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again. Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I...
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    House Demolition by Hand Hello All, My wife and I bought the neighboring house. It was built in 1875, and had been abandoned for a year and a half. We wanted to expand our yard and use the building timbers to make other things with - new garage, lumber storage racks, bench swing, etc. It is...
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    Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Here's a good one for you home re-modelers out there. My Son recently talked to a friend of his from Minneapolis. He bought a fixer upper home that he planned on reselling. He invested a lot of his sweat, time, and money into it. He had recently sold the home, and...
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    House Demolition FINALE Hello Alll, I have been tearing down an old house since last October. Today the basement got bulldozed in. Imagine my satisfaction!
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    Recovering wood from discarded pallets LOML asked me to make a pallet wood accent wall in our kitchen. I set to task of recovering boards from discarded pallets. I searched around and didn't find any definitive information on the best way to disassemble the pallets. I did some trial and...
  10. Safety in the Woodworking Shop
    Hi all, I am removing a wall in my 1909 four square. I was surprised when I hammered on the wall, to find no lath, but plasterboard. It is like this throughout the entire house. I didn't know they had that ind of stuff back then. Anyway, I'm now worried about asbestos. I cannot find anything...
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