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My lathe has been short a steady rest for as long as ive owned it, thoughts of building one had crossed my mind for a few years.....Untill @Tom Kitta posted one for sale that could be close enough to make work After confirming it wouldnt fit, it was off to the bandsaw for some hacking, then to...

Like the title says, marks has a store wide 25% off this weekend. Good time to grab some new boots if its that time.

Lets pile on one more project! The box for this little guy has been staring at me from under the mill for almost 2 years now (i bought it the same time i bought the #1 model engine kit), i figured with work being slow i should check things off the list, and this guy being already paid for AND...

Ive been using these cardboard boxes for years in my truck to organize anchors, they are convenient, the anchors come in them, and they are all the same size. But, they are cardboard, so they fall apart, ive thought about buying little plastic bins to replace them with...but i know they will...

Picked this projects up july 2023, I have finally started to work on it over the last month or so. Its a pretty old project, the logs i have state the original builder started it in 1992, then sold it to a guy in Hanna Alberta, again in 1992, that guy sold it to two brothers in calgary in...

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/880372534019266/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner 3k in calgary after some back and forth...i will come tonight....someone is comming tommorow......the typical "deposit" scam showed "it will be sold because...

The little vw suffered a prop strike, and for the cost of a vw crankshaft im not willing to chance it on a mag particle inspection......so off i go crankshaft shopping, Yey! Well, cranks are easy to get, a 4140 forged, balanced, counterweighted, nitrided, polished, shot peened and mag particle...

Oh summer in Calgary, apparently i still have work to do on the garage river problem. At least i have a much better idea of where exactly the water that floods the garage is coming from....the neighbors property, again!

While looking for a picture of my current garage with the boats, i came across the folder of photos when i built the deck i have on my current welding truck, and realized i never did a post on it (although i wasn't a member at the time) Times were slow and i had to get rid of the high high...

Finally making some progress on my garage awning (and now gantry crane), at least more than just collecting material Story goes, my garage is set back 7-8' from the property line/laneway, someone poured a nice pad/s back there that i use as an outdoor work space from time to time. The downside...