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Category Archives: Building things
A long visit to the DMV
and traveling to Burning Man
This is Part 4 of a series of stories about designing and building a trailer to hold a generator for Burning Man. To read the previous story, please click here. I had the trailer, minus its load, ready to be … Continue reading
A tale of trailer wiring
This is Part 3 of a multi-part story about making a trailer for carrying a generator to Burning Man. To read the previous episode, please click here. The trailer is ready for licensing, so I have gathered the necessary paperwork, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Building things, Gadgets
Tagged Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, building a trailer, Burning Man, generator, trailer design, trailer wiring
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Trailering the generator
I left my detailed plans for the generator trailer with my friend Hank Van Gaale, who is the best welder in the universe. Then I flew to France, and went on to Switzerland and Germany for four weeks. While I … Continue reading
Adirondack chairs – delivered!
Late last year I decided to make a couple of Adirondack chairs for our upstairs balcony. These were designed to replace two chairs that we bought at a garden store. Those chairs, while quite nice, succumbed to the elements and … Continue reading
Posted in Building things, Woodworking
Tagged Adirondack chair, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Cypress, Varathane finish, woodworking
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Chair-man of the board
This is part 2 of a series on my new Adirondack chairs. Click here to read the first part. After a month in the kiln, I picked up my Monterey Cypress lumber at the mill in Paso Robles and drove … Continue reading
Posted in Building things, Woodworking
Tagged Adirondack chair, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, The Blognosticator, wood shop, woodworking
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A new Adirondack chair for 2023
In the summer of 2014 I built a couple of Adirondack chairs for our back deck. I wrote about it here. These were made of oak, painted with primer, then assembled and painted again to make them as weatherproof as … Continue reading
Posted in Building things, Woodworking
Tagged Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, CNC cutting, furniture, woodworking
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