I have begun a months-long process attempting to make homemade vanilla extract. The instructions make it sound fairly simple. Cut up a bunch of vanilla beans and put them in vodka for a long time. The number of vanilla beans, the way you cut them, the length of time for steeping, and the amount of [...]
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29 Jul
How to Make a Ring from a Silver Coin
I added this article to WikiHow last year after I made my wife a birthday present. I’ll add in the pictures I took along the way. How to Make a Ring from a Silver Coin If you can spare the change and a little bit of time, you can create a simple ring from any [...]
25 May
More work on tree house
Despite feeling quite sick both Wednesday and Friday, I was perked up a bit today and got out around noon to do some more work on the tree house. The most important thing I decided on today was the access method. This set of semi-stairs/semi-ladder will work fine. I did not route out slots, I [...]
22 Apr
Charcoal grill frame becomes a table. Re-use!
So it’s Earth Day. Woo-hoo. I try to think like that most of the time, so it’s not really a once-a-year event for me. But I suddenly saw the irony of the date as I was loading up the station wagon with a load of junk that a friend offered to let me chuck into [...]
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