My continued list of screw ups while learning woodworking. When applying epoxy, when you need to pee, remember not to walk across your garage floor because the bottoms of your feet have been standing in wet epoxy. And most of all, do not go into your house and down the hall to the bathroom. You’ll […]

Ready for another woodworking two-parter? It’s esoteric. I hope it translates. I kept a list of every woodworking screw up I made while applying epoxy resin to a redwood slab. Epoxy is thick liquid plastic that is poured on, not brushed on. My list was going to be for personal use. Why expose my mistakes? […]

My interest in wood finishes and overall preservation has grown and deserves a second episode. I guess this is what happens to a retired mind with free time. I latch onto a new interest, and I have the opportunity to dig deep and then torture you with it because writing helps me learn. I bought […]

That question has come up  too infrequently for me to become an authority, but I still need to know a lot about it. I’m not a woodworker, but I am a homeowner with fences, chairs, stairs, decks, railings, cabinets and retaining walls. Each different wood lives in different environments ranging from indoor cozy to outdoor […]