Building code requires that all bathrooms be ventilated. There’s a good reason for this and it really doesn’t have anything to do with getting rid of the noxious odors sometimes found there. It’s actually to get rid of moist. Bathrooms are humid places, with the hot water in the shower and tub rapidly increasing the … Read more
Sewing is one of the oldest trades and usually the first sort of cottage industry to emerge in an industrializing society. We all need clothing, and the industry that makes that clothing is one of the more essential to society. Yet today, that work is carried out by major corporations, with most of the actual … Read more
Anyone who has ever had to cut plywood for a project has encountered the big problem of working with it: It chips and splinters along the cut edge, especially when cutting across the face grain of the sheet. This damage is commonly grouped together under the name “tear out,” although woodworkers use other terms to describe it as well. … Read more
Wood serving trays have been in use for thousands of years, ever since mankind started serving food on wood. While the style and material of those trays have changed considerably, modern wood trays still maintain the same sort of functionality as they did in ancient times, even though the shape may have changed. Modern trays … Read more
The idea of wood palisades is an ancient one, with historic evidence of them going back as far as ancient Greece and Rome. Originally intended to provide security for military camps, those palisades were made of wood stakes, rooted in the ground and tied together. The Greeks made the mistake of using larger diameter poles … Read more