Offcuts By: Don Heisz
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Some time ago, I was walking through the various stands set up by people peddling all kinds of stuff at a street festival the next...
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Today is Mother’s Day. So, happy Mother’s Day to all people who are or have a mother. Of course, not when I was a kid....
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Do The Tools Make The Woodworker?
A few days ago at work, an electrician kept borrowing my hammer. “Please, please, just a second,” he’d say. With...
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A couple of months ago, John and I were walking through Big Orange Building Supply Store when I stopped and stared at something un...
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Sitting in a corner of my basement workshop, under enough dust to make an elephant sneeze, is an old portable tablesaw I bought to...
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So, I’ve been busy with work and various other things. Work, I don’t mind, but many of the various other things you ne...
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Did you ever get the feeling you seriously needed to pare down the artifacts of your life? That’s how I feel whenever I walk...
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It’s Christmas day. And this year, I had a great deal of difficulty dealing with gifts for my kids. It’s easy to get s...
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A few days ago, while at work, a guy was watching me use my new brushless cordless grinder. He came over and asked me how it was. ...
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Some years ago, after I moved into my own house, the house across the street was purchased by an elderly couple. Immediately, a ra...
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So, as some of you may know, I have recently set up my lathe. To recap, I already had a mini lathe that can hold pieces up to 13 i...
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Let’s face it, none of us are getting younger, and none of us are getting any smaller as we age. For the most part, we’...
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I’ve been using cordless tools for a long time, now. In fact, there was a time when I was using almost exclusively cordless ...
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I happened to mention to someone today that the humble wood lathe is perhaps the least useful machine in the shop. I’m willi...
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A few days ago, talking to the supervisor of a jobsite where I am currently doing some work, he asked me for my phone number. I to...
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So, I would like to find some dining room chair that doesn’t fall apart. I have never been someone who buys furniture sets. ...
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The Amazing Tomato Paste Can Wideangle Pinhole Camera
Everyone has hobbies. I imagine many people reading this have woodworking as a hobby. Perhaps some of you have collecting old tool...
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Forgotten Skills (or maybe never known)
They sure don’t make stuff like they used to. That’s the saying, isn’t it? That’s what people say whenever...
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So, it’s been very hot. This is supposed to be a northern country and not supposed to get that hot. That’s the rumour ...
