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Yeah, that's very nice. Beautiful to look at, and I'm sure you've spent time deciding what's best in terms of pickups, etc. How does the single "stacked" control knob work—with regards to 2 pickups, and tone control, volume control...?

Here's what I think, by analogy: if you've just got bees, but no flowers, you've got no honey. If you've just got flowers, but no bees, again you've got no honey. I've got a basically sandy mineral soil. The organic layers are essentially atop this sand underlayer, but because there've been...

Maybe you're right... i just posted in this "man cave" thread because my shop areas were the closest thing(s) I had to what the thread-starter posted about. But "playground" isn't quite right either, cause most of the time I'm doing something practical and needed, often something that saves us...

The dustiest work area I have is in our big shed, where my table saw is. The metal-working area, shown on the first page on this thread (scroll down) gets a shadow of steel dust from cutting & grinding. Yeah, I do clean those areas up, usually, after working in there for a day or two... or...

Crealbilly, do you feel like taking some pics of your workspace and posting them? I for one would like to see where you craft this great stuff. Don’t worry about messy… I’ve noticed that most of the truly utilised workshops are messy, and most kind of rarely get really tidied up. I posted...

Back to the original thread topic… Seems that with a lot of us living sufficiency lifestyles, we find our way to improvise for what conventional culture and toy manufacturers don’t provide to us. (Beekissed alluded to this previously in this thread.) So anyhoo, back to the regional thread...

Can't say for certain, but I'm not sure the black-plastic method would work if you've never seen any earthworms in the vicinity. But, Chic Rustler, I do think your layering of mulch (which will rot-in), and additions of manure, etc will result in a living soil. It'll get deeper and deeper with...

Just a couple thoughts, and I'm not sure what they're worth really. Our gardens have essentially sandy soil, but both the people who owned this land before us and we ourselves have amended the soil worked toward developing a reasonable topsoil. So I assume this history goes back to the mid...

This morning I filled the tank and then detached it from the big tank of my compressor. I attached a hose and the tacker, and made a test. Worked great. So I look forward to my first job with it.

Yes, I've got numerous pneumatic hoses, so I can always attach one to this tank. It won't require a compressor of its own, and hence won't need an electrical cord connection. When the pressure in the little red guy gets too low, I'll take it back to the big tank to refill. And, sure, it'll be...

Here’s my freebie air tank, all outfitted for doing tasks. My neighbor/friend helped me get the small parts brazed together. This actually occurred a while ago, but I've been too busy to take pictures until today. Being a brass musical instrument repairman, my friend uses small torches much...

Oh yeah, wait a week at least. Turning it is to get air into it, and to mix the outer edges more into the middle. As the pile naturally compacts, due to gravity, the lower levels in it can wind up with too little air space to be ideal. If you're in a dry climate, you may also want to spray a...

I've found that grass-only compost piles (made with green grass) heat up very nicely—and quickly! It cooks down a lot, in terms of mass. After the hot phase, it cools out. And then I find that in my piles made that way, I soon see a lot of red-wiggler worms. So if I leave them undisturbed...

Yeah... Where's our avid and skilled young friend BarredBuff? (Maybe most recent post back in late July 2017.) He seemed well prepared for "suffcientself" living. Maybe somebody here has a sense of what his trajectory was. Any idea?

I think a hand-cranked winch should also have a lot of pulling power ("mechanical advantage"). So as far as I can see, it would come down to: which would you personally prefer? how available is one or the other? and, what's the relative affordability?

You'd have to play that with a slide, right?

Look around. There may be better deals than that Amazon price. Of course it's always a matter of time, place, and good fortune. But knowing the usefulness of certain tools and equipment is what's needed to find the truly useful 2nd-hand bargains at yard sales, flea markets, pawn shops, etc.

Okay, general ideas... (Putting your little system together will depend on specific factors in your situation. That's where your imagination comes into play.) For a puller, I’d forget the small block & tackle idea if you can afford an inexpensive “come along”. Such as...

Whoa! Tall order, Bee. o_O :sick If I think of something, or come across something, I'll post. I'm sure others here will too. :caf

I like all the pictures you post, Chic Rustler. I applaud your dedication & industriousness. That's the way to do it. :)