Jack Of Trades

10/16/2026

TOOL FRIDAY: Eight foot Douglas Fir 2X4 - Tool used for levering crooked joists into alignment or prying a bumper off a hydraulic jack handle. Also useful for crumpling nearby sheet metal that looked "solider".

10/14/2026

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.".

10/10/2026

Because it can't always just be hammers and nails.

10/09/2026

TOOL FRIDAY: Framing Square – The largest member of its family, this tool holds square for roughly the same time as a new car holds value. Thrown, dropped, pinched, and kinked, they also serve as a handy guide for utility knives to fingertips.

10/08/2026

Nothing like a little early morning tractor therapy.

10/02/2026

TOOL FRIDAY: Pipe Wrench – Grabbing tool used to kink and gouge copper and chrome plumbing parts, alternately biting down harder the more you try to free it or spinning uselessly while refusing to grip stubborn bits at all. Also useful as a mallet to smash brittle flooring during bouts of frustration.

09/25/2026

TOOL FRIDAY: Reciprocating Saw (sawzall) - The ultimate cutting tool, able to reach into difficult areas and quickly gash jagged lines. Locates hidden water lines and utility cables with the precision of a heat-seeking missile while simultaneously consuming blades by bending them into interesting artistic shapes.

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09/19/2026

A little Saturday morning antiquing. The old barn desperately needed an update.

09/18/2026

TOOL FRIDAY (Ag edition): Bush Hog – A heavy-duty, tractor-pulled, pasture-clearing deck of destruction. PTO-driven metal blades slash helter skelter over all manner of field growth, creating a wake of shredded debris and flying shrapnel. Side benefit is the identification by vibration of every loose tractor bolt; shaken free, falling into tall cuttings never to be seen again.

09/16/2026

Redoing door frames with custom jamb extensions. If you can't buy it, make it.