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Mr. Heater Ventless Propane Heater

12/17/2018

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Mr. Heater Ventless Heater

Situation

Up until a few months ago, my attached garage was mostly unfinished.  There was drywall on the adjoining wall and the ceiling, but it was in terrible shape.  I started by removing the drywall from the ceiling, and replacing with new 5/8" thick drywall.  The saving grace was the drywall lift, which made a world of difference!  I had also added some R13 insulation to the walls in preparation for the addition of drywall.   
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After finishing up the ceiling, I threw up some 1/2" thick drywall on the walls, which went pretty quickly, compared to the ceiling.  I also added some insulation to the aluminum garage door.  This insulation came from kits I found at Menards. 
​Here's the link:
Menards Garage Door Insulation Kit
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All of this was done with my new Atlas 46 JourneyMESH Vest, and I couldn't have been happier with how it performed!  Check out Atlas46.com here!
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Atlas 46 JourneyMESH
After working in the garage last year during the Winter, I knew I was going to take some action and try to warm up the garage this year.  As the weather started to turn this year, I was ready!

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Refinishing our Deck

11/29/2018

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I had some vacation time schedule for the end of June this year, so what better to do than refinish our deck!  We had built the deck in early 2016, left it unfinished all Spring and Summer long, with a southern exposure, which baked the wood to needing stain rather quickly.  I used the water drop method to decide when the neck needed to be finished, and it was ready (Use a drop of water, if it beads up, then the original wood treatment is still working.  If the water soaks in, it's time for stain).  

At that time, we used a good (or so we thought) Olympic Elite Semi-Transparent stain to put down.  The stain went on well with a nice light coat.  The rest of the Fall the stain worked really well for us.  Then came Winter, and eventually Spring, which is when we realized we had made a mistake...  
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Deck Building Process

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2nd Cutting Board

2/17/2018

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After receiving the Ridgid table saw for Christmas, I knew I wanted to create something special for my parents.  You can check out the blog post here describing the table saw gift!  I decided to make them a cutting board from walnut, padauk, and purpleheart.  I have three kids, so I wanted three stripes in the board to symbolize my parent's grandchildren!  

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Hanging a New Microwave

12/21/2017

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So for quite some time, my wife had been trying to convince me that she needed more counter space and we needed to buy a new microwave and hang it above our range.  The overall goal was to get our old microwave off of the counter.  

I had been resistant to this change, seeing a little too much effort and too much tearing into the kitchen...  But I knew I was in trouble when my parents bought a new house, and ended up with a brand new microwave, that would fit our space.  The deal was struck and the microwave was going to get installed. 
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Beginning the install of a new LG microwave

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Lipsense Showcase Box

11/2/2017

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So my wife commissioned me to make a box for her to showcase her Lipsense products when she's going out on demo appointments.  She had another box that was the appropriate size for what she wanted, but there were a couple changes that needed made.  I grabbed the pencil and paper and got to work!  Below is what we came up with.
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My first cutting board

10/16/2017

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Even though this wasn’t my first real project, it almost felt like it. This was my first cutting board, my first glue up, my first that I needed to sand like crazy and the first I needed to oil. I was excited for the task and ready for the challenges (which were plenty).

What I started with

I started with a clean, fresh plank of curly maple. As you can see, it was 2.64 square feet of 3/4”. I spent the $47 and used 2/3 of the board, more on that later.
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I picked maple because of the look, the hardness, and the price. I was looking at some other more exotic woods, but landed on curly maple. Look at this grain! I loved the tiger like cross grain!

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