Chris Salzman

Category: diy

  • Two cutting boards

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    Selling these two cutting boards for $50 each. Both are finished with a mineral oil and beeswax blend. This one is oak, black walnut, and elm. Approximately 9.5″ by 12.5″ by 5/8″: And this one is elm and a very pale black walnut. 9.5″ by 13″ by 5/8″. A small knot was filled in with…

  • Marking Knife

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    Made a marking knife! Not pictured was pretending to be a blacksmith with a propane torch. The blade was shaped from a used jigsaw blade following the instructions on the Lost Art Press Blog. Walnut and cherry from Urbanwood. Epoxy to connect it all up and finished with shellac. It ain’t perfect. It’s serviceable though!…

  • Try Square

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    Made a try square based on plans from Rex Kruger. Shockingly, it’s pretty and pretty square! Walnut and cherry from Urbanwood. Aluminum rod for the pins from Home Depot, who looked at me like I was off my rocker for wanting brass rod. Epoxy to hold in the pins. Finished with shellac.

  • A door, a fix, some lessons

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    I dislike the doors in our house. I love the knobs though. The doors, however, have faults. They’re old and hollow, the veneer is peeling, the springs in the deadlatches don’t spring as much as they used to, and the regrettable decision by the previous owner to put carpet over the hardwood floors means that…

  • Christmas Dice Recipe

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    Dice are one of life’s simple pleasures. For less than the cost of many other much-worse-for-you vices you can get a set of dice in just about any color. You also always need another set of dice no matter how many you have. I recently published a Christmas themed one shot adventure called, “A Christmas…

  • Some Thoughts on Tools

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    Here is what I’ve been learning about tools: Become enamored with taking care of your tools not buying new ones. Buy the cheapest tool you need for a job. If it breaks or fails its intended purpose then buy a more expensive replacement. Completing a project from start to finish is the only way to…

  • DIY Discovery Tower for Under $50

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    One thing about toddlers is that they want to see whatever it is you’re doing up there. This leads to plaintive pleadings for “up, up, up, up, up” whenever we are doing anything in the kitchen. We needed a solution to this that didn’t devolve into ignoring her until we finally caved and picked her…

  • Refinishing Our Floors, a DIY Sanding Adventure

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    The past few days have been spent staring at the floor. Prepping them with the help of a friend (thanks, M!) and then so much sanding with another friend (thanks, K!). Here’s a portion of the floors before we did anything: What followed was a lot of prep. The previous owners had carpet everywhere which…