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Eric, I talked to a friend (is a professional carver) the other day that sells Tupelo stump wood for carving. He goes out where they have logged Tupelo and cuts further down the bell area to be used specifically for decoy carving. He said the reason the loggers leave it is because it's softer...

Not much magic but a lot of patience since I don't have the equipment that is designed for this kind of work. Battery drill can make a nice lathe for little stuff, have used it for making bushings or small pins for different things. Chucked the fastener in the drill and used different files to...

Haven't done much wood working lately, but did make this miniature breaker bar and 5/32" socket from some fasteners I had laying around. Working on another one that's a little longer and will have a 1/8" socket as well. Would be fairly easy with a lathe but use what I got, not easy getting a...

I enjoy reading but find it hard to fit it in with having 3 kids and other hobbies. Also have a hard time putting a book down and end up staying awake to long which affects the next day so I do have a few books on my phone to read when I have time and doesn't require me carrying a book around...

Jode, how do you normally cook your rails? Every year my brother tells me to come out to a particular farm and shoot some rails that are in the field ditches he is mowing and just sent me a video of them today so I thought maybe Monday going out and trying a few.

Eric, Do you think the erosion is more severe due to people altering the shoreline from what it originally was? Like it used to be forest and shrubs that protected it and is now farm land or do you think it has always eroded? We have erosion problems here too on the rivers and a lot is either...

Welcome Wyatt, glad to see a fellow pre-thirty fella on here. Look forward to the added content you'll add.

We have found a 9mm smashed on the ramp where one of the coast guard planes were parked while doing a FOD (foreign object debris) walk. Imagine if there was training in schools that taught everyone sensible things like gun safety. Glad that a hole in the roof was the max of the problem. Crazy...

I was 3 years old....

Is a class of 2013 grad allowed to be here? My class let loose an alpaca in the school, but there were always shenanigans going on at the agricultural building though. I haven't had any drinks except by accident of a sip of rum punch at a buddies wedding. Knew several kids that did and...

Workbench for this month is clearing out stuff and burning boxes that have been stacked up in the way for too long.