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Every lugged steel frame bicycle needs a leather saddle. For the most part these days that means you are buying a Brooks saddle and most likely the B17. These are great saddles but I wanted something custom and was willing to put in some work to make it happen. Let’s see how I made my…
Deciding how I wanted to protect the frame I just built and what color it would be was a deep process. I had considered having the bike powder coated, but then I couldn’t do the process myself. Only due to the fact that I don’t have a big enough oven to fit the bicycle. So…
I decided that I wanted to have another steel frame bicycle. The steel frame bike I currently own is a 1984 Raleigh Grand Prix, being that the bike occupies the bottom of the range from Raleigh it’s heavy and isn’t setup with nice components. I really want to ride one of the Eroica events be…
I finally got around to building the corner cabinet I promised my wife a year ago to build. I used a plan from Ana White again as I did with the Farmhouse Table I built. We really didn’t have a place to store our china that we received for our wedding. This solved that problem…
The day finally came to go camping in the teardrop trailer. I was invited out to a friend’s ranch a few hours away for a guys weekend. Obviously it was the perfect opportunity to bring the teardrop. Especially since there would be drinking involved. The trailer pulled perfectly behind my tow vehicle. It’s a 2016…
It’s time to start outfitting the trailer. It’s time to go camping. For christmas my parents bought us a queen size mattress. It is a Lucid 6″ memory foam mattress. For the kid’s bunks I used a 1 1/2″ king size mattress topper that I cut up to give them 3″ of padding. I covered…
Next on the agenda was building the galley hatch. The galley hatch was possibly the hardest part to build. This is because you need it to match the lines of the trailer perfectly and you need it to be watertight. While the weight of it wasn’t too bad, the size of it meant I always…
Next up was finishing the interior and the galley. I sanded the surfaces of the walls and bunks. Followed by the countertop, cabinets and drawers. They were all stained with Minwax Pecan to match the exterior, and given three coats of Minwax polyurethane. Overall I’m happy with the way it came out. As I did…
With the epoxy finally cured, it was time to do the finishing top coat. To prepare for this we needed to do a lot of sanding. I used Diablo sanding discs with my Dewalt orbital sander. The top coat I used is Minwax Spar Urethane. It is designed for outdoor use and it will protect…
After moving into our new house, we really needed a table for our dining room. My wife and I really like farmhouse tables, but didn’t want to pay out the nose for one. While searching for some ideas, I found Ana White’s website. More importantly I found this post: http://www.ana-white.com/2013/09/plans/4×4-truss-beam-table After getting the approval from the…