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About a month ago, I showed you this rendering of a tool island I meant to build. I built it. Or, rather, I’ve built much of it. The tool dock shelves are pending, as is the dust collection shroud. But it is coming along nicely. Already it is helping make space in the workshop and … Continue reading Island, Saw, Fish, and Flue

While there’s a lot to be really concerned about regarding climate change, one thing that is handy about it is that unstable weather patterns also means sometimes it’s 50F in January here in the northeast. A week ago it was near zero. I took the opportunity to build the new flue supports and snow break … Continue reading Flue Fixing and a Snow Puppy

You might guess from this post’s title, along with the general notion that flues shouldn’t fly once they’re installed, that things didn’t end well with that snow-glacier on the workshop roof. If you guessed that, you’d be right. While I was not able to actually inspect the system except from ground level (it’s not safe … Continue reading Flying Flue, Frozen Floor Flow, Chocolate Cove

It’s back to the workshop to continue the long, slow task of framing and dressing the walls. Almost done! Here we are were we left off last time, in the back hall by what will become the Tidy Room. What’s missing here? Well, the upper course of framing is incomplete here (the hallway) and behind … Continue reading Last Walls, an Island, and Snoverhangs

Remember the heavier wire installed in the junction box by the solar array? Of course you do. Time to do the inside part of that, which happens in here: It’s only kinda crowded in those two wiring boxes, but definitely crowded enough to make this job harder than it would have been had I installed … Continue reading Electric Upgrade, A Door, and a Wall

When we last left our hero, the W.O.G. wood stove needed just a couple of things before it was ready to go – being affixed securely to the floor and some sealant between the flue collar and the flue. The stove had some pre-drilled holes in the pedestal for the floor-attachment (see blue screw set … Continue reading Getting Warmer / What I Saw

In late July of 2017, I lived in suburbia and one day this thing arrived in my driveway, where it would stay for a solid 4 years as it slowly took shape as my future home. By November of 2021, it was complete enough to move to what would become my remote mountain homestead. Before … Continue reading One Year Already

The last two things on my pre-winter checklist are getting some fire wood and installing a wood stove in the workshop so I can comfortably finish the interior and start using the space in the winter. Getting the wood was relatively easy… call around a bit and find someone who will deliver 2 cord of … Continue reading Wood & W.O.G. Wood Stove

It’s obvious enough that the sawmill is an outdoor machine, but at the same time, the engine, especially, should be protected from the weather. At least a little bit. And so it was, another quick post frame structure was built. I learned a few things from the wood shed, including that I thought its roof … Continue reading Another Post Frame

Winter comes early here and it lingers. If there are things I want to do before winter, I’d better get on them pronto. And thus it came to pass, my pre-winter checklist was born. What’s on it? Build/buy wood storage hutch Acquire cordwood for winter Prepare and plant the spring garden Install HomeBox flue stays … Continue reading Pre-Winter Checklist