to look at what my health insurance company is doing with flex spending accounts and go, “hey, wait a second…” Here’s the deal. My wife and I both have flex spending accounts this year. Mine is significantly bigger than hers, as we’re anticipating some rather hefty medical-related bills for me this year. Teeth aren’t cheap. [...]

Why pay $200 – $300 for a benchtop 6″ jointer when I can use my router table, a straight bit, and these shims to get the same edge joining job done for dirt cheap? I don’t know. I have some sanding to finish up on the oak shelf between the great room and kitchen. Once [...]

I am truely amazed at the price of solid wood furniture. It’s incredible how expensive it is. A bookcase like this one sells on crazy discount for $285. Normally the thing is MSRP of $642. I’m no polished craftsman, but I feel very safe in saying that thing has no more than $80 worth of [...]

I took a few hours this evening to take some time and carefully assemble, clean, and then throughly play with a Christmas present I hadn’t even opened before tonight. My 13″ floor standing drill press! This thing is awesome. 5/8″ chuck, 16 speed, beast of a drill press. It purrs when it runs. I grabbed [...]