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by Todd Walker My legs felt like a container of jello slithering down an aged washing board. I knelt in a non-human silhouette stalking in Ultra Slow Motion. A twig beneath my paw snarled and my prey jolted his head toward the din. I froze and hoped my screaming quadriceps is supportive of my motionless … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Carbonized dust shine from friction. Charcoal hurryings up just so amazing exothermic reaction of combustion. Align a convex lens vertical to full sunbathe on different non-charred tinder material. Smoke will rise in a minute. Do the same with charred substance and a rosy ember is birthed in seconds. Weak flint … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Cutting rounds for” burn and rake” spoons and bowls. Other research has indicated that working with our hands shapes our mentality happy. Cutting tree bark, bearing holes with an awl, and seaming areas to make a berry basket develops dexterity, a physical talent lacking in our smart-phone culture. Looking at … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND We mingled the mortar in a wheelbarrow. Before slapping any mortar in the gaps, I exercised my pneumatic framing handgun to drive claws 2-3 inches apart in all the crannies between the enters on the outside of the hovel. I discontinued the air pressure so an inch or so of … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Files, file placard, 220, 400, 600, 1,000 gumption sanders, and a skin strop impregnated with lettuce rubbing compound. My Field Tools Ax Puck: Medium and coarse struggle sided gumption Strop: Leather belt, leather ax sheath, or timber File: A tiny prick file DiY Fixin’ Wax Refer to the Ax Anatomy … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Inspection at school. ~ ATAGEND Boots still on the dirt in our outdoor classroom. American Made Craftsmanship I keep my working axes sharpened and shaving-sharp. The ax strike separated the inside advantage of my boot sole, surgically separating one stitch, and slicing the leather upper. I genuinely expected the contiguou … Read more
by Todd Walker Impact motorist and instruct … for driving nails and drilling pilot openings and line/ chain holes. Use appropriate sized instruct bits as needed. Size It Up When this project came to mind, I has no such real idea how massive a frame I needed. Then I remembered DRG’s breath mattress she bought … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND The swinging porch bunked. A entire brand-new how-to post is upcoming on this one. I built this red cedar rope sway to add to the cabin site. The aura mattress is queen size and genuinely too towering for the change. However, after lengthy testing, it makes just fine! ~ ATAGEND … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Just before The Crew evidenced up. Re-assembling the wall records was like a paint by numbers designated. Dianne had labeled the records before we made it down. It was just a matter of putting digits back where we attained them on the walls. ~ ATAGEND Two 21 paw plateful logs … Read more
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Many thanks to these fine friends on demolition epoch! Deja vu After the junk rectified, the job of rebuilding began. I figured reassembly would take little meter. I was right. Foundation I decided to go back with dry-stack stone wharves for the foundation. This would save money since the tract … Read more
