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Monday, February 16, 2015
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Friday, February 13, 2015
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Friday, February 6, 2015
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Things You Should Know In Regards To Mold Inspection Services
Many homes fall victim to an outbreak of mold, and there are some pretty bad health issues that can be directly tied to such a thing. This is the perfect reason for us to take a moment and discuss things to strongly consider about mold inspection.
There might be some people reading this who suffer from allergies on a daily basis. A mold outbreak will be the worst possible thing for a person like you. This particular type of mildew is completely full of various allergens. This is why some people who are not usually allergic develop quite negative reactions, after spending extended periods of time in an infected home.
When it comes to testing for this stuff, more and more people are looking online to find the type of kit that allows them to do their own testing. These can be found for decent prices, and as long as you get a qualified kit, it will display pretty accurate results. It never hurts to get a second opinion from a professional though, some people do not realize how important this can be.
Some people hire professionals to handle the actual testing aspect, you do not want a professional that is going to exaggerate the truth however. This refers to the fact that mold exists in most homes, but in smaller volumes. There are those professionals whose main concern is selling more services to you, so they show you that you tested positive, without mentioning the size of the infection is common.
If there is a pretty heavy amount of mildew present, you are going to want to remove the trouble area. As you might of guessed, there are pretty much two common options on the table. If you know a little about general carpentry, you might be able to do this yourself. If you don’t know much at all about carpentry, you are going to have to hire a contractor to remove your trouble area.
It is now hoped that the reader is able to gain a much better understanding behind mold inspection. Some clever home owners will call professionals seeking service that they do not intend to buy. This is so they can get answers to questions that they have.
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There might be some people reading this who suffer from allergies on a daily basis. A mold outbreak will be the worst possible thing for a person like you. This particular type of mildew is completely full of various allergens. This is why some people who are not usually allergic develop quite negative reactions, after spending extended periods of time in an infected home.
When it comes to testing for this stuff, more and more people are looking online to find the type of kit that allows them to do their own testing. These can be found for decent prices, and as long as you get a qualified kit, it will display pretty accurate results. It never hurts to get a second opinion from a professional though, some people do not realize how important this can be.
Some people hire professionals to handle the actual testing aspect, you do not want a professional that is going to exaggerate the truth however. This refers to the fact that mold exists in most homes, but in smaller volumes. There are those professionals whose main concern is selling more services to you, so they show you that you tested positive, without mentioning the size of the infection is common.
If there is a pretty heavy amount of mildew present, you are going to want to remove the trouble area. As you might of guessed, there are pretty much two common options on the table. If you know a little about general carpentry, you might be able to do this yourself. If you don’t know much at all about carpentry, you are going to have to hire a contractor to remove your trouble area.
It is now hoped that the reader is able to gain a much better understanding behind mold inspection. Some clever home owners will call professionals seeking service that they do not intend to buy. This is so they can get answers to questions that they have.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Meet the Modern Woodworkers Association at Woodworking in America
I usually limit most of my Online Woodworking Community discussion to the Modern Woodworkers Association site, podcast and organization I help run.
Please understand that the code has some implications on the use of early bird pricing, so before you run out and use it, please read the full post here, on the MWA blog.
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Today Im sharing some MWA news here also, because the news is big. Popular Woodworking Magazine has been kind enough to enter into a marketing agreement with the Modern Woodworkers Assocaition. In exchange for helping to promote Woodworking in America, the Modern Woodworkers Association will receive booth space at both the Pasadena and Cincinnati WIAs in 2012. They will also provide us with a small compensation for anyone who buys tickets to either WIA using our affiliate code: MODERNWW
Please understand that the code has some implications on the use of early bird pricing, so before you run out and use it, please read the full post here, on the MWA blog.
On behalf of the entire MWA, I thank you for your support and well see you at WIA.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Large Fretwork Stencil In Stock!
The large 32"x32" fretwork stencil is back in stock!
The stencil is half of one complete shape. You flip it around to complete the shape. The stencil is so large, its easier to handle this way.
I have 12 available now, more in stock after we move! If youre interested, use the buy it now button on the right sidebar where you will check out through Paypal. Its $45 + $7 US shipping only.
Happy stenciling!
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The stencil is half of one complete shape. You flip it around to complete the shape. The stencil is so large, its easier to handle this way.
An instruction sheet is also included!
Happy stenciling!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Finishing the built in part 2
The priming, resanding, and painting has been finished on the built in. Its nice and smooth! There is some other work to take place in the room, and then Ill be installing the crown molding and base trim to finish this project off.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
A House In The Trees Part XIII
Over the past two (2) weekends Ive been able to get back out to the tree house. Though Ive only been able to get half-days in, I have managed to just about finish the sheathing.
This shorter video shows an easier day of protecting the roof and sheathing the clearstory wall.
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| The tree house, as it stood before the last two weekends work. |
This video shows the sheathing of the gable ends, and all the frustration that entailed.This shorter video shows an easier day of protecting the roof and sheathing the clearstory wall.
The next step will be to install the clearstory windows. The next two (2) weekends are just about spoken for, but hopefully Ill sneak in some window time too.
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| The sample Kalwall panels Im making the clearstory windows from. |
Monday, January 27, 2014
Power In The Shop Only 5 Years Late
Long time readers may remember some of these photos.
It was in the summer of 2008 that I ripped out the sheet rock, insulation and electric from my shop. Though I had every intention of replacing them all quickly, it was not to be. For years I suffered through a shop that had no insulation and almost no electric. My only shop outlet was a single 15 amp outlet on a circuit shared with the shop lights and the hall in the house.
As the removal of the insulation and electric was part of the first phase of my siding project, their replacement languished as the siding project devolved into a multi-year odyssey. It was my friend, +Aaron Marshall, who finally brought me back to the insulation and electric.
Woodworking in America 2011 occurred during the early days of the Wood Whisperer Guild Split-Top Roubo project. Aaron and I were excited about it and talking about workbenches. I explained to Aaron my intention to build a Roubo/21st Century Workbench hybrid from LVL’s and Timberstrand. Though the great hardware available from the WIA vendors was tempting, Aaron convinced me to make even that from LVL and make my own leg vise.
I left WIA excited about my bench and proceeded to begin work on it right away. I had finished the leg vise design by the time the temperature dipped - that’s when I knew the bench had to wait and I began rebuilding the wall.
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| My absolute favorite drill for roughing in electrical work. |
Though the rough in of the electric was the first phase, most of the electrical work had to wait until the walls were insulated and sheathed. The insulating work began just after Christmas 2011 and by April of 2012, I was able to begin sheathing the walls. Finally, by April of 2013, the insulation and sheathing work were done and I was able to begin wiring outlets.
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| Ready for sheathing. |
I completed the wiring of the 110V outlets on July 10, 2013. After thinking I was done, finding one I forgot, installing it and then connecting a ground that I’d failed to connect, all of the outlets were live and wired properly. I was even able to use the power detector I made in 7th grade technology to test the outlets.
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| Theres Power! |
Next time I’m in the shop I won’t be swapping plugs to switch tools or blindly feeling for the circuit breaker when the table saw or planer trips the fuse and the lights go out. I now have 3 dedicated 20V circuits with 16 double gang boxes and one single gang box to choose from.
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| So many nice outlets . . . |
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Its All In The Details Sans The Detail Planes That Is
Things are coming along with my wife’s plant shelving unit. Not as quickly as I would like it to, but at least things are heading in the right direction.
I now have both sides completed, and son-of-a-gun if they don’t match. I have always found this to be the hardest part of building anything; when you get one side done, you have to match it. I would save myself a lot of grief with this if I worked like Rob over on the woodbloke blog. He makes scale models and does tremendous research before he even buys the materials. Often, as with this project, I don’t work from a plan. I just come up with a concept and start at it. I know that if I spent a little time creating plans, I could cut all the pieces in one go and they would all be the same. Knowing and doing is two different things, though. I just think that working things through as I go along is a lot more fun. I work one side until I get it the way I want it, and then I shoot myself in the foot making the match.
The first order of business was dressing the stock. Using a scraper, I got rid of the squeezed out glue and realized that I would have to do very little planing. In fact, I only had to touch the plane to it in two or three places. The whole thing was cleaned up with a card scraper. I purchased a Veritas Scraper Set some time ago and I love the thing, especially the holder. I can take out a hunk of skin working with cotton balls, so anything that minimizes the chance of blood ending up on the wood is a good thing for me. While the set is a winner for me, the card holder is the bonus. It makes holding the scraper blade so much easier, especially for these large jobs.
Once I had the faces smooth, I cut the piece to length. The shelves are made from a glue-up of two 1” x 6” pieces, so the final width was 10 ¾”, which is the width I made the sides. As a result, I did not have to do any ripping on them.
I then shot the ends using my temporary shooting board with my 15” Veritas Low-Angle Jack. I have no idea how I lived without this appliance for so long, but I’m very happy to have it now. The dark areas in the image above are sweat stains, by the way.
I shot the long edges with a Stanley No.7, and I was ready to do the detail.
The detail on the shelf edge is a perfect example of why I don’t work with plans. In my drawing, I placed a three-bead reed along each edge of the shelves, but all the other details are single beads. As I looked among the Stanley No.66 Beader blades, I realized that the design would probably be more unified if the shelf edges matched the other shadow lines. I ended up putting the reeding blade back and using a single ¼” beading blade.
I started out adding a bead to the outer edges. I then wanted to remove the ¼” space between so I pulled out the little Veritas Miniature Shoulder Plane and the set of Veritas Detail Rabbet Planes. Now these little planes are really well made and I am sure in the hands of someone a heck of a lot more capable with tools than myself, they are probably an incredible advantage to a shop, but, man, I had a hell of a time with them.
The Miniature Shoulder has a blade adjuster on it, so setting the blade was very easy. Getting that blade to remove the oak in anything that resembled a reasonable amount of time, however, was another story. With a sole that is ¼” wide by 2 ½” long and only weighing in at 1.7 ounces, it was like trying to remove wood with a feather. I knew at the time I was asking a lot of this little plane. Maybe on a smaller project, one that does not involve hardwood, I might have stood a better chance. It didn’t take long to realize that there was no way the day was going to be long enough for me to plow out that space using that tool.
I then turned to the Veritas ¼” Detail Rabbet plane. At 3”, these planes are a little longer with a bit more heft to them, but they are awkward little buggers to hold. Because of their height, they are also difficult to keep square to the stock. Being a tad lighter than what was needed, it wasnt going to remove stock in a hurry either. The biggest issue I had with them, though, was setting up the blade. There is no adjustment and the only way to work it is to set it using two fingers and doing so by feel, not the easiest way for a raw amateur to set a plane blade. I also noticed that after two runs down the 52” length, the plane was uncomfortably warm in my hand, damn near hot, actually.
I said the heck with the lot of them (ok, so maybe a little stronger than that), and went to the Veritas Miniature Plow Plane, which is what I should have started with in the first place. It was much more controllable and removed what I wanted in about 4 minutes flat. I finished it all off with a quick sand and I was done for the day.
Thankfully, only two of the four shelves require this treatment, the other two having square faced edges.
Tomorrow, I’ll start trying to match it.
Peace,
Mitchell
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