DIY tagged - Breakfast in America

Furnace Closet refurb complete

Gary — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:47:00 +0000

Furnace Closet refurb complete — No more green paint, and the many years of scratches, scrapes and various holes drilled in the walls have been patched. 2

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What hole in the wall?

Gary — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:42:00 +0000

What hole? Four days later, and it's all fixed. I also patched the rest of the walls, the ceiling, and repainted the lot. 2

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Dyson vacuum cleaner battery & charger holder

Gary — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:26:00 +0000

Dyson battery & charger holder — It must be summer. Time for some work around the house. It's too hot and buggy to be outside. 3

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Back in the workshop

Gary — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:25:00 +0000

Back in the workshop — It must be summer. Unfortunately, it's now too hot and buggy for hiking or sitting around outside. Time for some work around the house.

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That escalated quickly

Gary — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:34:00 +0000

That escalated quickly — This started out as a three-hour job. I'll be lucky if I finish it in under a week.

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Finally Finished

Gary — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Finally finished — Two years later, I patched and repainted the wall. 1

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Cocking a snoot

Gary — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 14:29:00 +0000

Cocking a snoot — Actually, I was making a snoot to test out a hair light for Ginger's video setup in her office.

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Table saw cart — completed (for now)

Gary — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Table saw cart — completed (for now). That's another job finished. As I hoped, the dust collection seems to work well. I also made a zero clearance saw blade insert for the saw. 2

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Building my table saw cart

Gary — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:39:00 +0000

Building my table saw cart. One-minute read, +4

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New workbench storage

Gary — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:10:00 +0000

New workbench storage — I have finally updated the storage area above my workbench. There used to be five plastic cat litter boxes on the shelf. I made these five wood boxes in an afternoon, so the finish isn't furniture level, but they fit the space well and look much better. 2

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Set up for a quick test

Gary — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:35:00 +0000

Set up for a quick test — I used a small hand-held fill in light for the test pictures. It has finely adjustable color temperature and brightness.

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Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage Two

Gary — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:09:00 +0000

Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage Two, almost complete — Some final adjustments to the bottom doors to be made. There is still some minor work and finishing touches to be completed. Apart from that, all done. +5

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A costly mistake…

Gary — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:40:55 +0000

A costly mistake… At $70 per door, and I ruined two doors before I realized my error. I forgot to allow for the Inset panel (at 3/16-inch) when selecting screws to mount the doors on cross braces. That brings my 'Cock-up Account' up to $200 in a couple of months (don't ask).

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Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage One, almost complete

Gary — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:47:00 +0000

Sparkle Zone Storage Center, Stage One, almost complete. Now for the fiddly bit of the end panel and the 'fill-in' panels. That big gap — that's a special space, and will be Stage Two!

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It fits

Gary — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 19:06:00 +0000

It fits — Carcasses fitted to the wall, this, and fitting the doors is the easy bit.

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Will it work?

Gary — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:15:00 +0000

Will it work? Dry fit. Just eyeballing it to make sure we like the use of space, and checking I hadn't messed up my size calculations.

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Boxes

Gary — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:58:00 +0000

Boxes — I was going to custom build the Sparkle Zone Storage Center, but we realized we could save a lot of time (but not $$$ — the doors alone were nearly $700) by bringing in ready-made units.

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An empty wall equals storage potential

Gary — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:51:00 +0000

An empty wall equals storage potential. Recently we've been on the lookout for more storage space. We have also been looking for somewhere with space, that we can use for small product photography. The south facing windows of the 'Sparkle Zone' offer good light and, we realized, space for storage of our photography gear — and more.

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Doorstop

Gary — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:59:36 +0000

I finally found a use for one of the few small rock samples I have collected over the years. I also tried out some new (to me) technologies in creating this post.

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Morning sunlight in the workshop

Gary — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:41:00 +0000

Morning sunlight in the workshop. +1

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Workshop Bling

Gary — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:30:00 +0000

Workshop Bling — I finally got around to adding some drawer pulls onto the drawers in the workshop/garage.

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Cleaning & Reorganizing

Gary — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:42:00 +0000

Cleaning & Reorganizing — My biggest recent upgrade has been to plumb in compressed air lines so I don't trip over the airline snaking its way across the floor. I should have done it years ago. +1

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Hall Closet #2 finished

Gary — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 19:35:00 +0000

Hall Closet #2 finished — well, except the wall still needs patching and repainting.

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Stained, ready for varnishing

Gary — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:28:00 +0000

Stained, ready for varnishing.

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