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I replaced an old, unusable door to my shop with a newer one of similar style. The old door was solid wood of a 2 panel craftsman style with 9 smaller panes at the top. Being me, I decided to see what I could salvage out of the door. The construction was all pine with no nails used in the...

Was going to title this “Another Thing I’ll Never Make a Living At”. Prior to adding a dividing wall to my shop to separate the “clean area” I removed the loose plaster from the brick in the 1880’s portion of my shop. I found two 2x4 laid length wise in two runs of the brick, something had not...

Decided I had to get rid of a lot of old rotten nail ridden porch trim previous owners had kept. I cut short pattern pieces and burned the rest. The wood was a mix of poplar and pine. Thought I would show the difference between some “old pine” and new pine. The piece of railing appears original...