South East Texas Tomato Festival

This weekend, I traveled to Washington on the Brazos to see the South East Texas Tomato Festival!

The bridge was out, so we had to take a detour, but it was all worth it. The folk there are testing, and comparing heirloom and a bit more recent varieties of tomatoes.

They had a huge range […]

June 15th, 2009 | Category: Seed Saving, Tools, Woodworking | 10 comments

Working Hot Steel

I have been needing to shape and temper a bit of steel for quite some time, but have put it off with one thing or another. My belt grinder has been acting flakey, so I really need to put together a bunch of parts I have been collecting and make a better one. A couple […]

April 6th, 2009 | Category: Metalworking, Tool Making | 4 comments

Veritas AFD

Every year about this time, Lee Valley Tools shows us a unique new and functional tool, the likes of which has not been seen before.

Here is the list of these wonderful, functional devices.

This tool belt is my favorite. While you are there, scroll down and click on ‘View’ to see the president of […]

April 2nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Humor, Tools | Leave a comment

Giant Dibbler

Here is my giant dibbler. Made from a pine 4×4.

The cross bar is made from ash. The point has been shaped into a triangle.

This tool is pretty useful, it has even been borrowed by several people and returned damaged. It still works fine. You stick the point where you want to […]

March 31st, 2009 | Category: Gardening, TEOTWAWKI, Tools, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Jointmaker Pro, First Jig, First Review

I finally have the table set up for the Jointmaker Pro. So now comes the testing.

I decided to use a shaft of very tight grained ash. A vicious test for any saw. I am not going to go easy on the JMP.

First I took a section of ash, 1.3″ by 0.95″ I set […]

March 30th, 2009 | Category: Tools, Woodworking | 3 comments
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