Radius Cutter/Scribe

Johnathan, recently posted on Woodnet his rendition of an inlay radius cutter. The design is one that Steve Latta showed in an article on Fine Woodworking. Lie-Nielsen sells one based on that design.

The tool is a very stable compass that can cut. My current need is one to mark a radius in steel. […]

July 21st, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | 2 comments

Making a Head Knife

Here is my endless loop. I make stuff to make stuff to make stuff. Seriously. I have a theory that a leather tool box might be ideal. In any case I want to experiment. One thing that I need for this is a few leather tools. A lot I have bought, but one of the […]

July 20th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Box, Tool Making, Tools | 12 comments

A Nice Rack!

Seriously, I love this tool rack system! It looks to be economical, flexible and functional. Plus the modular system allows you to rearrange things as you get more tools. The only real down side, is that tool storage systems that you can’t close are a bit more suseptible to dust and rust. If your […]

July 3rd, 2009 | Category: Tools | One comment

My new Tomato Friends!

Here are the tomato varieties that I will be trying from seed gathered at the Tomato Festival!

#1 Tipsy and #2 Green Giant x Yellow Submarine F1

#3 Dice’s Mystery Black

#4 Jaune Flamme a wonderful French heirloom tomato

#5 Sungold

#6 Purple Haze F1

#7 OSU Blue

#8 […]

June 29th, 2009 | Category: Gardening, Husbandry, Seed Saving | Leave a comment

Texas Cedar

When I started out exploring and sharing experiences on woodworking using the web, I took the handle ‘Cedar Slayer.’ Between allergies and my enjoying the smell of the wood, I was cutting and using a reasonable quantity of the stuff. I grew to love this wood, and was surprised at the variability of it. As […]

June 22nd, 2009 | Category: Environment, Husbandry | 9 comments
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