Made by John

I've found lots of artifacts and other evidence about the history of our house as I've opened various walls and poked around in dark...

After the inspector visited and told me I could do what I wanted as long as I didn't mess with any of the structural members, I got to ...

Despite reading Christopher Schwarz's new book where he espouses a minimal set of tools, I've been on a bit of a bender over the las...

Some time around 2003, our house received a cleanup and utilities upgrade.  Part of that was a layer of blown-in cellulose insulation in the...

Our "spare" bedroom is going to become a baby's room in another six months, so the lack of insulation, old and insufficient wi...

I recently patched a bit of the subfloor in our kitchen.  To level the repair, I spread some putty, and needed to quickly sand it flat befo...

I wanted to make a transition fitting for my dust collector, that would go from 10" diameter at the top to 4" diameter at the bott...