All that’s left to do for finishing the stairwell is to cut a big hole in the floor, roughly sized to fit a staircase… Oh, and install the stairs, then more drywall. No big deal, right? You got it! Well I suppose I got this… Even though I’d been working for weeks up to this […]
DIY Pallet Sign
I was listening to the guys over at Made For Profit a while back and John Malecki cited a quote that just resonated with me. They were discussing how you can’t just do the minimum and expect to make any kind of real progress. To be successful, you have to “love the process.” I have […]
Building Upstairs Stairwell, Our Fix It Up House
With the basement portion of the stairwell and support built, it’s time to focus on building the upstairs section of our stairwell. The procedure for framing this portion is very similar to what took place in the previous post: Building Stairs, Framing, Our Fix It Up House but there’s a little added fun of installing a door, hanging drywall, […]
Building Stairs, Framing, Our Fix It Up House
To Build or Not To Build… There are a few things to figure out before I can begin the process of building stairs. The first thing was if I felt up to the task of not just building stairs, but cutting a few trusses in our basement and constructing the load bearing walls needed to properly support the surrounding […]
Improve Shop Organization With This Modular Lumber Rack
With my new shop space, I have a handful of things to organize before I can really call the space a “shop”. One big item on that list of to-dos is a lumber rack. There’s a spot in particular that just fit the bill for being an area for lumber storage, so I set out to […]
Rikon Bandsaw Blade Guide Retrofit, Up For Review!
My Rikon 10-325 bandsaw was the first piece of free standing machinery that I purchased new. It was my baby… And like all proud daddies, my baby could do no wrong 😉 See, isn’t it cute? Anyways, the one downside of this saw was the OEM blade guides. The original guides use rollerblade sized bearings […]
