Heating, A/C & Ventilation
Lighting an Anthracite Heating Stove
Published on March 5th, 2024
My oldest son, Robert, heats his small place with a unique stove made especially to burn anthracite coal The stove...Continue Reading
Plumbing
DEEP WELL HAND PUMP: Watch The Installation We Did At Ou...
Updated on March 6th, 2024
There's something special about getting your water from a hand pump Somehow water tastes a little bit better when it...Continue Reading
Welding & Metalworking
SETTING UP A MIG WELDER: See The Simplest, Easiest Weldi...
Updated on March 6th, 2024
Have you ever wanted to weld It's a powerful home workshop skill and MIG welding is the simplest of all welding...Continue Reading
Woodworking & Cabinetmaking
THICKNESS PLANERS: Tips for Choosing & Maintaining ...
Updated on March 6th, 2024
There are big reasons a woodworking thickness planer is so useful in the home shop Not to be confused with a jointer,...Continue Reading
Home Exteriors
STONEWORKING VIDEO: See How I Build an Arch With Natural...
Updated on April 3rd, 2024
Building with the natural limestone of Manitoulin Island, Canada is one of the things I've learned to do in my decades...Continue Reading
Woodworking & Cabinetmaking
WOOD CARVING CLASSIC: How to Carve Incised Letters &...
Published on March 1st, 2024
It’s funny what sticks with you from childhood One of my earliest woodworking memories is of my grandfather using a...Continue Reading
Forests, Lumber & Firewood
EXTENDING CHAINSAW LIFE: Watch & Learn the Tips Tha...
Published on March 1st, 2024
Want your chainsaw to last a long, long time Watch my video tutorial below, along with my 30+ year-old chainsaw that...Continue Reading
Woodworking & Cabinetmaking
BUILD YOUR OWN CLASSIC CABINETS: Learn How With My Onlin...
Published on March 1st, 2024
If you'd like to save money and have a great time building your own amazing kitchen cabinets, built-ins or perhaps a...Continue Reading
Finishing
COLOURED OIL FINISHES: See Why This Under-Rated Approach...
Published on March 1st, 2024
Coloured wood finishing oils are beautiful and repairable, and that's why they work exceptionally well on surfaces that...Continue Reading
Autos & Machinery
Three Tricks for Driveway Autobody Work
Published on February 27th, 2024
If you’re interested in reducing the cost of owning a vehicle, then learning to do basic paint repairs and autobody...Continue Reading
Workshop
Making Shoes the Old Fashioned Way
Published on February 27th, 2024
My oldest daughter, Katherine, has the hands-on creative bug like me, and in her case it shows up in her interest in...Continue Reading
Outdoors
VIDEO: First Ice Fishing Adventure
Published on February 23rd, 2024
Join my son Robert, daugher-in-law Edyta and granddaughter Lily as the try ice fishing for the first time as a family...Continue Reading