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THESE ARE SOME OF MY ILLUSIONS/PUZZLES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY VARIOUS CUSTOMERS.SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL.THE ARROW THROUGH WASHER BOTTOM LEFT HAND –THE COKE COLA CAN  SENT TO HEAD [...]

Stanley Toolworks unveiled three new hand tools today at a press conference in New York City , two different kinds of chisels and a shoulder plane. I couldn’t attend the...

See hot pipe bending first hand.     Elegant Tabletop Fasteners.     Learn how to make perfectly fitting miter joints.     See how to build an easy-to-make [...]

This week Delta heard “Everybody into the pool,” and joined the fun. With all the recent tool news , General’s new distribution center, Grizzly’s Polar Bear Series and [...]

THIS IS A 25 MM DIAMETER WASHER WITH A 4 MM HOLE IN MIDDLE SOLID MILD STEEL. THE WOODEN ARROW IS 54 MM  INCH LONG THE ENDS ARE 12 MM EACH...

There are few “smoking gun” historical documents dating from the 18th century. Moxon’s “Mechanicks Exercises” was written in the late 17th century. Peter [...]

MORE FUN WITH A PACKET OF POLO MINTS. NOTICE I MADE THIS SO THERE IS LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH THE PACKET OF POLO MINTS .THE WOODEN ARROW WHICH IS SOLID AND...

People often divide our country into North and South using a variety of metrics. There’s the Mason-Dixon line, of course. The Barbecue Line (the word means “grilled meat” in the...

A PACKET OF POLO MINTS.I THINK YOU MAY GET THEM IN YOUR COUNTRY?AS ALWAYS SCRAP TIMBER PUT TO USE PLUS A PACKET OF POLO MINTS. I CUT THE TOP OF...

I love getting paid to read, so today was a nice day…at least for the few minutes it took me to read Mark Lovett Wells’, “Daddy, Can We Play in...

I love getting paid to read, so today was a nice day…at least for the few minutes it took me to read Mark Lovett Wells’, “Daddy, Can We Play in...

In the world of infill planes, there are several tools that stand out as iconic designs, including Karl Holtey’s “bad arse” A13 and his groundbreaking No. 98, which laid the...