Getting stone(d)

Shortly after we moved to the new house, I spotted this stone in the woods behind my house. Originally, I planned to haul it out of the woods when we replaced the fence, but since the fence was down for the mulberry tree, I moved up the time table.

It took me a few hours with the come-along to get this stone out of the woods, now I need to get it to the front yard

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Gutter cleaning tool

This didn’t work out as well as I hoped. I’ll probably end up modifying the design to improve the performance. It may also be that the gutters were too clogged and that this tool will work fine if it’s used on 4-6 months worth of debris as opposed to several years.

Gutter cleaning tool – there is a union so I can add or remove the middle ten foot section as needed.
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Birthday Chair for the Wife

Decided to make a nice chair for my wife to enjoy her garden. I did a google search for Adirondack chairs and asked her to pick the one she liked best. Thankfully she chose one that was within my abilities.

The fine folks at Lowe’s have the plans on their site.

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Driver’s side grab handle

The Excursion didn’t have a grab handle on the drivers side. Pulling oneself up bu the steering wheel or door is a sure way to damage the truck over time. I’m usually good about grabbing the pillar, but when it’s rainy, that metal is slippery, and now I’m at risk for hurting myself.

A bit of eBay shopping and I found a pair of pillar covers and handles in the right color, with bolts & bolt covers.

Before and after
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Chainsaw Caddy

When the tree came down into our backyard last month, it took too many trips to get all the chainsaw bits to from the garage to the yard before I was able to start working. And even more, it seemed, to put everything away.

I also know that I need to take the chainsaw to the old house soon & don’t want to forget anything.

Whipped this up this morning without leaving the garage.

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