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This Week in the Shop: The EZPass Bracket

Put up an instructable (finally). You can find it here. Meaning to get to this one. It’s a bracket for the EZpass on my bike. When I remove the tag itself, gives the bike a cafe-racer look. Pretty sweet.

Community Watch: ReUsed Houses in East Texas

I’m in the middle of a relaxing and surprisingly productive Christmas break and before I show my son’s second XMas gift, I’d like to share my last field trip of the year. I went to visit this guy, with two fellow teachers and ten kids. Dan Phillips is a self-taught house builder, plumber & electrician. Continue reading “Community Watch: ReUsed Houses in East Texas”

This Week in the Shop: Playhouse and How To Play in It

I just finished my son(s, I’m expecting another next month) Christmas gift: an outdoor playhouse. I used a router on table to create a half inch wide dado for the cedar edging. A cedar post with a deck cap from Lowes provides the stability. This project had some interesting design challenges. First, I couldn’t buildContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Playhouse and How To Play in It”

This Week in the Classroom: Mobile Base (The Volleyball Court)

Two weeks ago, my colleague and I had an interesting revelation. While installing a basketball hoop, we had extra cement. I had a shovel-ready stimulus bill waiting for him. It looked something like this: Which looks exactly like it is (brilliant statement there). It’s a empty tire (the rims lost to another project) with aContinue reading “This Week in the Classroom: Mobile Base (The Volleyball Court)”

This Week in the Classroom: The Endtable Project

This fall, I became a full-time woodshop-esque teacher in a private school for students with neurological differences. It’s been a wild ride. My first order of business has been to outfit and carve out a woodshop on the campus. As we don’t have much access to electricity, I’ve been concentrating on hand tool mastery andContinue reading “This Week in the Classroom: The Endtable Project”

A Statement to Begin

Howdy – I’m a mid-twenties, early-career, woodshop-esque teacher in an environmental science program in a very progressive therapeutic private school for students with neurological differences. My job involves a little of everything: lesson planning, curriculum building, community outreach, technology literacy (hence this blog), gardening, erecting permanent structures on campus, wearing a tool belt, generally beingContinue reading “A Statement to Begin”