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Building a Simple Wooden Toolbox from Scrap Wood
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Ramblings Made at 173 One simple design, a few pieces of scrap wood, and three toolboxes built ov…
DIY Dining Room Built-In Bookcases with an Electric Fireplace
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Megapost Made at 173 How a pair of temporary bookcases became a custom dining room built-in with …
Made at 173: 45-Degree Marking Tool
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Still Laid Up Trying not to drone on about my back, but it's still out so there's still no …
Made at 173: Marking Gauge
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A Scrap Wood Project Mikhail Baryshnikov, that great ballet dancer from the 1970s, once said, "…
Made at 173: Center Line Scribe
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A Scrap Wood Project Why buy another workshop tool when a few scraps and a screw will do the job? …
Made at 173: Card Scraper Holder
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Workshop Therapy Betty Davis once said, "Getting old isn't for sissies." Boy isn…
Das Beisler Haus: Erweiterung! Pt 1
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A Two-Story Addition The Beisler house has embarked on a huge project, one that will change the hou…
812: The Home! - Taming the West Wind
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Percy Bysshe Shelley, you know - Mary Shelley of Frankenstein fame's husband, expressed it …
Snow Sled Rebuild - Finished!
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Finishing the Rebuild These kind of projects are so fun...in very little time something old and …
Snow Sled Rebuild - Part 1
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One Man's Treasure Back in 2017 my neighbor was tossing his old sled out to the trash. Havi…
Made at 173: Colonial Pipe Box Turned to Kitchen Utensil Box
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A Project From the Early Workshop Days Inspired by an old woodworking book, a traditional colonial …
Made at 173: Garden Hose Post
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Another Scrap Wood Project If you've followed 173 for any time at all, you know I always enjoy …
Das Beisler Haus Gets a New Roof - German Style!
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Nephew is on a tear, knocking out one project after another! Oh to be young again! First let me s…
Fixing the Hallway Clock: A Long-Overdue Repair
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Yard Sale Biedermeier (Style) A missing finial and loose clock face finally get attention after mor…
The Shed Rehab: Finished!
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It's Finally Done and Looks Great ! I think just about every project I lament my complete inabi…
The Shed Rehab: Finally Making Progress
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It Already Looks Better! Summer's always interesting for getting projects done. For one thing,…
A Storage Block for the Scroll Saw Blades
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Talk About the Simplest of Designs! A scrap of 2x4, a few drilled holes, and one small workshop…
Das Beisler Haus: Air Conditioning Install
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This week the entire Northeast is in a significant heatwave. But last month Europe was under the gr…
The Shed Rehab: All Primed Up!
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In the last post I pointed out all the reasons it was time to rehab the shed, including the old ba…
The Shed Rehab: Finally Doing It!
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Way Past Overdue Time to spruce up the ol' shed. I forget exactly when I built it, but it was …
Replacing the Old Kitchen Windows at House 173
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Windows Dirty Little Secrets at 173 Every old house has a few embarrassing corners. These drafty lo…
Das Beisler Grill House!
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Nephew sent a picture this weekend that, #1 - made me hungry and, #2 - made me jealous! I'll e…
Spring into Summer - 2019
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The Yard Transitions into Summer I haven't gotten much done yet this spring/summer. I think mo…
Early Spring 2019
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Coming Out of A Long Cold Winter A walk through the gardens as another long Northeast winter finall…
The Original House Plans - 1949
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Clearly I don't have any projects happening here at House 173 right now. I have three more wee…
House 173 Welcomes Das Beisler Haus
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So, this is a great honor! Much like my parents at 812-The Home , our nephew (whom we will continu…
Legacy Project: Shoe Rack for the Back Porch
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A Scrap Wood Build A handmade wooden shoe rack brings a little more order and character to the back…
Made at 173: Simple Shelf for the Kitchen
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A Very Early Project at 173 One board, two inherited brackets and a brand-new router made this simp…
Made at 173: A Little Accent Table Part 1
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Made Specifically for the Upstairs Hallway So, the class I'm in is winding up and I have a co…
The Radiator Cover - Finished (finally)
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The Reveal! At long last the radiator cover is finished! I started this project all the w…
Scrap Wood Gadgets for the Workshop
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Just Puttering The last few weeks, around the holidays, I've just been puttering around the wor…