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Day 2 of House Painting July 30th, 2008 | Category: Do it Yourself In summation of the preceding exposition, “Day One of House portray,” after unsuccessfully attempting to match paint in my taupe-colored family room, I undertook the project of repainting the whole room.

Become a beekeeper July 25th, 2008 | Category: DIY It’s been all by the news for about six months now: there is a bee shortage. While that probably means catastrophic things for our planet in general terms, more specifically, it leaves us with a lack of honey for cooking and body care products,

Tote Trac: stealthy storage July 25th, 2008 | Category: Hardware During my altogether-too-infrequent decluttering rampages sessions, my first intuition is always to tuck miscellaneous junk and tools under or behind furniture to hide it all absent.

No nonsense source for wide pine flooring July 25th, 2008 | Category: Hardware One of the reasons I like widepineflooring.com is that there is no doubt what it is they are selling. Original post by Jefferson Kolle home improvement with tim allen diy kits home improvement direct diy do it

Pasta tree makes a rare centerpiece July 23rd, 2008 | Category: DIY Filed under: home decor, crafts, giftsOK, I normally don’t go for the “household item” craft projects… oftentimes, they look just like what they are.

Holy space: Smart and secret designs July 22nd, 2008 | Category: Hardware It takes a pretty ingenious design to get me as fired up as I am. I’m all excited considering I just came across a San Diego, California, based design firm that makes smart and appealing furnishings geared to maximize every inch of your living space.

As Toolmonger cyclists probably already know, a recumbent bicycle offers several advantages over the normal upright sort, but they’re generally rather pricey. We’ve recently posted on tube bending, mitering, and welding, and this project requires all those new tools you wish you had an excuse to pick up.

I brought my pal Monica Shinn for a day of welding. She’s much better at upside down welds than I am.  All the framing is in, and I just need to get a deck plate in place to get the welds up top where you see the c clamps holding two connections together. Here’s Monica, triumphant, with beer.

Been lax about posting, so there’s lots to show off.  Starting with pics from the 24 of April, here’s the rails that sit on the springs stood up on the deck plate.  It’s upside down. Then stopped that gazing at what might be and started welding up various frames Axle and tires waiting to be put into service.

I have a front axle from my F250 that has been damaged by a dry bearing. A new axle half will cost about $160 at the Ford dealer. I'd like to try to repair the old one. In the picture, the shiny spot with the gap under the ruler is worn about .035". I'd like to build up by welding, then turn it down on a lathe.