Category Archives: Woodshop
A Little Shop Time
I got some time out in the shop this evening after spending the better part of the day feeling low, and just kind of hanging out, and doing my laundry. I fooled around with that joint on the poplar top … Continue reading
All About Burning Out A Little
Today’s DoorDashing got to me after a few hours. I could have stayed and earned more, but sitting in the car, looking out at the same sort of view, maneuvering through traffic, dealing with all the people who are messing … Continue reading
Oh the Horrors!
I have been quiet lately because I have come back to the work-a-day life I was in 20 years ago and more. Once again, I find myself working day after day to make hardly enough money to get by on. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Earning Money for 2025
I am doing a lot of work for the money I am earning. I can go and spend loads of time in town just to scare up $100 in earnings for the day. A third of it goes right back … Continue reading
Driving, and Chainsaw Grinder Justification
I have not been at the keyboard for a bit because I have been at the wheel instead, delivering food to whomever required. It is a trip driving professionally again. I have got nothing to say about the food. I … Continue reading
Dreaming of Quitting the Road
There is a hole in Logan that the GPS can take a person to, but it is not where a person is meant to go. What is worse, I am programmed to follow the GPS no matter what. I got … Continue reading
Driving and Wood
I went into town and earned money today, but only after dropping Missus and the kids to do a market in Preston this morning. I am disappointed that the app keeps telling my I am not taking photos as I … Continue reading
Dashing Through Time
I got together a few of the smaller pieces of scrap from the walnut in the burn bucket in the shop and put them on the lathe. I was thinking of egg cups, but they were too small. I turned … Continue reading
What Do You Do?
Oh! I am glad you asked! I am a couple of things. First, I am a husband and a father. Nothing comes before those. I do delivery on the weekends to help make ends meet. I also catch a photo … Continue reading
A Blast of Warm Weather
Today was a day off, more or less. I did mess with the larger chainsaw and determined that the chain hit something metal, and it blunted the points of the cutters on the right side pretty severely. The left cutters … Continue reading