Have I ever mentioned how much I like my nail gun?
DIY
Making things and general household maintenance.
Uh-oh! It looks like we need more bookcases. 2 pictures
October 24, 2015 20:19
Back to the Bookcases – (See what I did there?) Today I got a chance to put the final coat of varnish on the backs of the bookcases. Then this evening I indulged myself with an orgy of nailing with the nail gun. It’s starting to look a lot like my plan. 2 pictures
October 23, 2015 22:31
Bookcases – First Fit – Now these are out of the workshop I have space to stain and varnish the backs. 3 pictures
October 19, 2015 22:15
Building an eight foot long, recessed bookcase for the hall. 4 pictures
September 27, 2015 22:43
Washer Repairs (Part II): Gary: 1. However, there is bound to be a re-match later. This is what $250 of washing machine parts looks like. 3 pictures
June 20, 2015 16:09
Washer Repairs (Part I) – Thursday night the washer started smoking. Obviously, that’s not a habit to be encouraged, so I took a quick look and determined that the transmission support bearing had broken up.
June 14, 2015 18:08
Making the bed – When Ginger said “Make the bed.” I’m pretty sure this is what she had in mind. One-minute read, 5 pictures
April 6, 2014 21:58
Making stuff (365:361) – Today I made myself useful by making stuff in the garage. 2 pictures
December 27, 2011 11:45
Washer repair man (365:339) – Turns out the water on the laundry floor wasn’t a backing up drain after all.
December 5, 2011 21:29
Making a spice rack for Ginger (365:217) – Well actually only the back of it. One-minute read, 3 pictures
August 5, 2011 19:28
Gary takes a break from other duties to repair the washing machine (365:206).
July 25, 2011 12:35
Clearing up the workshop (365:138) –
May 18, 2011 19:28
Repairing a kitchen drawer – Today I repaired a kitchen drawer and in the process learned two valuable safety lessons.
January 28, 2011 18:05
Drilling in the workshop (365: 28) – Today, I spent some time in the workshop.
January 28, 2011 17:26
No doubt Getzger is looking for snakes (don’t tell him but we found one in here when we cleared the garage out). Here’s how the work progressed … One-minute read, 4 pictures
June 16, 2010 21:00
Today I made a start on the new shelves for the garage.
May 22, 2010 14:02
Another pile of wood means… The start of Stage III of the Garage Remodel. We have to replace the window and frame too.
May 21, 2010 16:23
My new shelves all finished. 3 pictures
January 20, 2010 14:23
End of Day One – Almost Finished. 3 Pictures
January 19, 2010 21:12
Garage Project – Stage II. More shopping for lumber.
January 19, 2010 12:55
Honey-do List – This week I’ve been working on my ‘Honey-do’ list and managed to cross off four items: Fitted a new front door, replaced the broken light switch in the kitchen and replaced the light fitting in Alek’s room. This afternoon saw me working on the fourth project. One-minute read
December 5, 2009 17:27
Tra-la! – The almost completed workbench, Just the pegboard, and some more shelves to add and it is finished. 4 pictures
November 14, 2009 20:14
Glued and screwed – and checking if the bench legs fit as planned – they did. 2 pictures