The Home Board

Well, Mom’s house sold last Thursday. Turns out the real estate market was changing locally as we were preparing the house for sale—the interest rates, economy, and some young peoples’ desire to not want to do much work on their own really slowed up sales of existing houses here…slowed up, almost to...

I guess the gunsmith really did like my gun because he finished it in 2 weeks instead of his promised 2-6 MONTHS. So I picked it up yesterday, and really like what he did with it. He basically lightly blued where all of my hand-wear and rust was so it fades into the original blue that was still ther...

Gene, glad to see you checking in finally! Sorry things are so rough for you right now, hope everything smooths out soon. You're right on the other thread, though, about "farm paid for, lots of wild game, good spring...we'll survive." We're in the same boat, except for the spring. We do ha...

Hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving, spent whatever way you enjoy it. If you have a moment to spare, please let folks here know what you are doing (or did), and if you have 2 moments, what you are grateful for. We’re meeting friends today at a diner for dinner. Our family, kids grandkids and...

When you say you "rolled it"...do you have an English wheel, or shape it some other way? That's another tool that intrigues me.

...I'll probably wind up selling it for less than I have invested in it when I'm all done. That's entertainment! Looks like a perfect winter project. My version is similar, the thing I was doing with the antique clocks. I'd pick up broken antique clocks "cheap," spend a lot of hours and s...

My bird gun is a Model 12 pump in 16 gauge made in 1948 that I picked up used about 15 years ago—only shotgun I can hit much of anything with. Since then, it has shot over a thousand live birds, countless clays, and many more clean misses (I am still a hopeless shotgun shot!). When it isn’t in the f...

Wow, nice project and great post and pictures. Helpful to me as I contemplate a similar job here. I made a similar but simpler repair on my bush hog last year, but the metal is much thicker and easier for my skill level. But my wife’s mower is getting “tender” too and involves more curves. You’ve gi...

Patria,

I'm glad you've avoided the flu...but very sorry to hear about your Step Mom. Please accept my condolences, I pray for peace for her, and for you.

Tom A

I see there’s an early and already deadly flu outbreak in PR. Patria, how are things in your neighborhood?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/10/health/p ... index.html