Chad Ina
Pallets have a long history of helping man to move stuff from ship to shore and warehouse to door. Pallets go back as far as the ancient Egyptian times to the more common World War II wooden pallets we know today, which are still lifted via forklifts and similar machines. Pallets are a critical cog in … Read more
SketchUp is a 3-D modeling software application from Trimble, which acquired the software from Google in 2012. Used by many in the engineering, construction and product design industries, to name a few, SketchUp is free for non-commercial use (a pro version is available for about $500). And as Popular Woodworking Magazine puts it: The original developers … Read more
Forget the threat of malaria, encephalitis, Zika or West Nile… we just hate being bitten by them-there dadgum skeeters! And here in mosquito alley (that’s what I’m calling Florida), we need relief. So don’t mind us as we show a bit of enthusiasm for the new —great looking outdoor lights with built-in mosquito repellent. Oh yeah. The company … Read more
After living with an obnoxiously loud chain drive garage door opener for eight years, we just replaced our opener with an amazingly quiet belt drive. But wouldn’t ya’ know it… this thing comes out a month later, and I want one! Call it the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of garage door openers, the new RYOBI Garage Door … Read more
Working on the Jeep the other day, I had the radio on for about four hours. Of course, the battery died. Duh! I broke out the old jumper cables and jumped the Jeep with my wife’s car. No worries. But it got me thinking how that may have played out had I been out on … Read more
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m kind of a Jeep fanatic. I just dig everything Jeep and I’m sure at some point I’ll hear about it from our readers—”Why so much Jeep stuff?!?” Tough cookies. 😉 If you don’t know the full story of Jeep, it’s pretty fascinating and I encourage you to explore … Read more
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has introduced a new kind of bracket that should make cord, cable and hose management in the shop a lot easier. The Dust Right® Cord and Hose Hook can be permanently attached to a wall or stud with screws or hung from a nail or screw driven into an overhead support for … Read more
If you’ve ever read my bio on these posts (down below), you know that I’ve got a lot of interests. And while I never considered clock making all that interesting—only because I never put much thought into the subject—an Aussie named Chris has completely transformed me. Chris, who says he’s an amateur clockmaker and machinist, proves to be anything … Read more