Monthly Archives: February 2014

Raising the comb on a 10/22 takedown

By | February 24, 2014

So a while back, I was watching this video of Ryan Cleckner setting up a scope on a Remington 700: I thought that was a neat trick with the wood cheek riser. It stuck with me. When I threw together the “assassins kit in pretty much every action movie in the 80s” as commenter Michael… Read More »

Bleg: Workshop Edition

By | February 22, 2014

This is the workshop that came with the house we bought last year. Is there any reason why I shouldn’t put plywood over the insulation on the ceiling and replace the hanging 8ft fluorescent fixtures with ceiling mounted 4ft ones?

Dust Collection for a Dewalt Miter Saw

By | February 19, 2014

I picked up a Dewalt DW715 12-Inch Compound Miter saw during a Black Friday sale. I’ve been doing some furniture building and figured it would come in handy. See that little bag on the back? That’s ostensibly for dust collection. I may have been expecting too much out of it, but after my first dozen… Read More »

Taking care of your knives.

By | February 13, 2014

Lokidude over at Erin’s new side project Blue Collar Prepping has a pretty good basic run down on keeping knives sharp.  It’s best to sharpen your knives long before you think they need it, but, unless you’re obsessive about it, this doesn’t always happen.  This is especially true of kitchen knives, which probably see more… Read More »

Overheard in our house

By | February 8, 2014

/me is watching Leverage on Netflix wearing headphones, while Naienko is watching the Olympics on the TV. me: Oh… of course he’s in this show for at least an episode Naienko: Mark Sheppard? me: yep! … me: Didn’t even have to look, did you? Naienko: nope! Who else would you be talking about? Seriously, that… Read More »