As the head grill master in our family, I’ve been using a pig tail flipper for over two years now and absolutely love it. In my humble opinion, it’s much better than using tongs or metal forks. The sharp, curved (like a pig’s tail) metal tip allows me to easily grab meat, flip it, and…
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Handmade Ring Box
I recently built this handmade ring box for my wife. I used a few basic tools and no tricky woodworking techniques were required. A fun project that can be easily completed on a Saturday afternoon. First, let me confess. This was one of those projects where I kept running into glitches. Yes, it was frustrating….
How to Make an Antique Pepper Mill
I just love woodturning! There are a host of things you can make on a wood lathe, and today I want to share my latest woodturning project — How to Make an Antique Pepper Mill. I used my Jet mini lathe, the same one I use for making writing pens. I ordered the pepper mill…
Paracord Wine Bottle Bird Feeder
I’ve been eyeing several wine bottle bird feeder designs over the past few months, and I decided to come up with my own variation — the paracord wine bottle bird feeder. This is a combination wood and paracord project as you will see. Easy and lots of fun to make. It only requires a few…
Birdhouse Renovation – Making a Bird Happy Again
Hopefully you got a copy of my recent Bluebird house tutorial. In that tutorial I used an old dilapidated birdhouse as my model. In this post I will show you how I took that old Bluebird house and performed a total makeover. I hope you enjoy my birdhouse renovation. Tools and Materials I used for…