Hobby projects including cars, photography, woodworking, restoration, and many other things of interest.
Are you a collector of Bear Wallow books? It seems like a lot of people are collectors of these slim cookbooks. I have quite a few of them. I do not know the exact number, but I am guess that I have more than a dozen. My latest acquisition is …
What we have here is a blast from the past. In this case we are flipping the MG Midget body that is mounted on a rotisserie that I built. Some folks have been confused in that they thought the body-work was done ON the rotisserie. That is not correct. The …
Hmm, well, I finally broke down and purchased a new keyboard. Frankly, I went over the top and got a Corsair K95 mechanical keyboard. Those keyboards that come with a new computer have been getting cheaper and worse. I replaced my latest disaster with an older Microsoft keyboard I had …
In the previous post I mentioned that this not a “how-to” serious of posts. This is merely a “what I have been up to in the pandemic” discussion. Shopping The first thing on the shopping list was a speaker foam surround kit. I went to my usual source, SimplySpeakers.com, and …
The Things you find … Just to be clear, this is not a “how to” post. This is a “what I have been doing during the pandemic” post. Anyway, under the heading of “the things you find” are these Band & Olufsen Beovox S2200 loudspeakers. It has been said that …
I was poking around some boxes on a shelf and I found this gem from 1982. I was reading 4-Wheel & Off -Road magazine at the time and discovered they had a readers’ submissions section. My CJ5 at the time had a soft-top which was framed with metal rods. Jeep …
There I was, wandering around the Restore store on Fuller Road when I ran across this little gem. Mind, you, we are talking a 7-disc set here! Pretty good condition, over all, with a few minor oopsies but good. The stunning price, well, would you believe $1.99? Only thing is, …
Tacoma’s favorite band, The Ventures! Yep, I found this little gem at the 30th Anniversary Sale at The Last Vestige a couple of months back. As I am sure you know (just say “yes”, Ventures fans. You know you are.) this disc features their big hit, the Hawaii Five-0 theme. …
