Projects

Installing The Ceramic Tile Tub Surround – My Old House

The new washroom has to be fully functional before I can start demolition on the old one, and that means it has to have a working ...
Making Window Trim – My Old House

In order to make the new washroom fully functional, I’ll have to get the ceramic tile installed around the new bathtub. Sinc...
Installing And Finishing Plywood Flooring

This is my third time using plywood for a finished floor and I thought I would go into more detail this time than I did before. Fi...
My Big Kitchen Renovation

It wasn’t long after buying this house in 2005 that I began renovations on various parts of it. The kitchen was at the top o...
How To Make A Handrail

With just a few small details left to wrap up in my house renovation, the largest of these was to put a railing on the stairway th...
How To Make a Sump Pit

by Don Heisz So, it’s been raining. Pretty much every day, some rain falls. It’s been a far wetter year than any I hav...
Installing Decorative Glass In Cabinet Doors

One of the things that needed attention in my house when I bought it was the dated, worn out kitchen. Shortly after moving in, I s...
Complete Bathroom Renovation

This is a project that had been ongoing for more than a year. Having just finished it, I thought I would show some of the more unc...
Refacing Basement Stairs

I have to be honest: at this point in my never ending home renovations, I’m not putting out my best work. I just want to get...
How to Make Stackable Storage Trays

I’m currently doing a major renovation on my house and, as usual, I’m doing most of the work myself. Managing all of t...
A Plane Christmas Gift for John

by Don Heisz A few months ago, I was in a second-hand shop. On a shelf behind the counter was what looked like an old hand-plane, ...
Old Chisel New Handle

by Don Heisz I had high hopes for this chisel when I saw it. Where did I get such a thing? Well, since I am very rough on my tools...
Fixing Up An Old Handsaw

This project happened spur of the moment as a result of an extended power outage after a storm. The lights were off for a little o...
Worm Gear Drive Experiment

Making a worm gear drive presents some new challenges. The first is how to create the worm gear itself, and this was covered in th...
Cutting Wooden Threads

I’ll admit, I have been a bit obsessed with cutting threads. I have tried two different methods to do it: one was a stand al...
How to Make a Wooden Nut

Occasionally, I get a little overwhelmed by all of the things that I could be doing and, as a result, don’t get anything don...
Making A Wooden Damascus “Steel” Knife

This one started on a whim, just to test out the idea of making something that looks like damascus steel from thin layers of wood....
Wood Trimmed Keyboard

My computer setup for everything I do is different from most, in that I do everything from a reclining easy chair using a wireless...
Do It Yourself Waterfall

A Project By April Wilkerson What would you make if you were given a 2.5′ x 2.5′ piece of glass with your company logo...