http://www.n5ebw.com Crazy thoughts, notions, and madness of a sleep deprived man. Enjoy! Sat, 22 May 2010 08:45:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you linked here directly, feel free to go back and read part 1 for background on this project, located here.  If you're still with us from Part 1, Thanks! Recently, I filled a 4 foot rolling rack with equipment.  A 4 core IBM eSeries server with 2 TB of ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-05/the-foldinghome-project-with-a-little-vmware-part-2/ Around this time last year, I made a post about helping the environment through a service called "Earth911" (See that post here).  This post isn't about the environment, nor is it about woodworking, electronics, weather, or any of the other weird stuff you've come to expect from my writings.  This ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-05/the-foldinghome-project-with-a-little-vmware-part-1/ Hey Everyone, thanks for visiting my site! If you linked here from "The Daily Matt" (I'm noticing A LOT of referrer traffic in my logs), let me be the first to welcome you on your arrival!  I have taken the liberty of organizing all of the hand planer restoration articles ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-02/welcome-visitors-from-the-daily-matt/ I've got some things that were from past projects that are up for sale.  Take a look at my sale page to see if any of it catches your fancy! http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-01/spring-is-coming-the-crazy-man-electronics-sale-is-here/ Wow, a tremendous response from some of you who are following my restoration articles! Thank you all for your kind words and support! For those of you just joining us, we've been discussing how to refurbish an old Stanley #4 hand plane that I inherited as a family heirloom. If you ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-11/refurbishing-old-hand-planes-pt4/ For those following along, welcome back! For those of you just joining us, we've been talking about how to restore an old Stanley #4 hand plane. If you'd like to catch up, feel free to check out part 1 and part 2 beforehand. We've got our sole flattened and ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-10/refurbishing-old-hand-planes-pt3/ Welcome back! If you're still with us after reading part 1, you are a most curious soul. I mean, how could you not be to withstand so much of my boring writing in the name of woodworking?! So now the sole of the plane is flat.  I would have ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-07/refurbishing-old-hand-planes-pt2-2/ A couple of weeks ago, I decided on a whim to refurbish a couple of the tools I inherited from my father-in-law: A Block Plane and a Stanley #4 hand plane.  Both had really bad surface rust, and were REALLY cupped from years of heavy use.  To give you an ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-07/refurbishing-old-hand-planes-pt1/ Hey everyone, a quick note that I have received a press release from Earth911.com and I am happy to report that they have a new mobile iPhone application called "iRecycle"!  The application allows you to pretty much do everything that you can do on their website search engine with some ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-05/earth911-releases-iphone-application-irecycle/ As we continue through Woodworkers Safety Week, many resources that were previously unknown to me have surfaced.  A new one, is Earth 911.com.  This was brought to my attention by The Woodwhisperer Woodworking Video podcast, Episode 88 - Safety Q&A.  (Before I forget, keep voting for Marc in the BHG ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2009-05/earth911com-the-hazardous-material-disposal-search-engine/