Its all Wood

While I was at my Uncle's cabin in Eagle River, WI, I went about making my first 100% wood construction piece of furniture. I used only an old 20ft. pine 2x6 that I found above my uncles garage and Titebond II wood glue. To school myself, I read Peter Korn's Woodworking Basics book. 

Tenon, cut by hand with a dovetail saw

Gluing pine boards together for the tabletop

The legs, put together with mortise and tenon joinery

The view from our workshop over Sunset Lake.

The legs, with mortises drilled and chiseled out. 

The table! I want to paint the bottom...

Beautiful!

The Magic Bus

 My friend & housemate Rachel introduced me to four of the coolest, ambitious and dedicated kids I've met in a long time. Reid, Dylan, Eliza and Ellen are four friends who know each other from attending high school together in Durham, NC. For years they have been talking about taking a trip around the country together, and they were about to actualize their dream around their shared interest: farming. To make the trip happen, they approached several businesses in their towns and also ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign and purchased a old Dartmouth Outing Club bus that runs on veggie oil. They tricked out the bus with beds and a small kitchen and even put a greenhouse in the back! It wasn't too hard to get myself over to Fishtown to see their project in Philadelphia and to lend them a hand.

Little Berlin Artist Collective in Fishtown, and their abandoned lot ready to be transformed

The Finished Garden!

Everyone lent a hand!

Dylan, Reid, and some rascals. Notice the rainwater harvesting system in the background