Category: Power tools (Page 2 of 2)

While I’d managed not to melt the boat with my brazing experiment, I worried that painting would be a problem.

I can fake a rattle can touch up (like the one on the boat trailer) as well as the next person, but tend to get myself into trouble with more advanced finishes.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I bought a 12′ rowboat this summer.

It was a turnkey operation: in addition to the boat and trailer, the seller threw in a trolling motor, a couple of deep cycle batteries, a pair of oars with rowlocks, an anchor and line, a couple of Type II life vests, and some fishing equipment.

A smart man would’ve been happy with the setup as is.

Naturally, I immediately set about replacing EVERYTHING.

I’ve noticed my performance at “twitch” computer games has fallen off of late. Rather than blaming my aging eyesight and/or reflexes, I’ve singled out my old Razer 3lue Mazer gaming mouse as the likely culprit.

I recently bought a 12′ boat and trailer.

The boat’s a 1976 model: I plan to refurbish it when the weather cools down a little. The trailer, however, is from 2002 and appeared to be in good shape when I brought it home.

However, since my total experience with trailers up to that point had been living in a single-wide with my parents and brothers as a kid, my opinion of its condition really wasn’t worth much.

In the days and weeks to follow, I would learn more…much more…

I found this old Dake Model X arbor press online.

I hoped to use it as a pistol sight pusher in addition to the press/stamp/rivet operations it was actually designed for.

Some quick research revealed that these Dake presses last forever and are easy to refurbish, so I took the plunge.

A few years ago I ordered a bar for our front room: I wanted something massive, with a foot rail, where I could pretend I was in an old-timey western saloon.