Watching a Fine Homebuilding video of a professional trim carpenter installing a modern oak panel wall. The number of actionable tips-per-minute is off the charts. I'm picking up so many good techniques. Here's one: use a pin nailer to tack a door jamb before pre-drilling and screwing. This ensures there's no shifting while tightening it all up.

free text version of the article: https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2025/01/17/that-modern-look

paywalled video: https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2025/06/02/making-and-installing-wood-wall-paneling

Me: I'll just build some removable fences I can put on top of my garden beds to keep the critters out. Shouldn't be too bad and I can reuse all this extra wood and chicken wire I have..
Many days and trips to the hardware store later: I AM DONE!!!

Spoiler: I wasn't able to reuse the wood or chicken wire.

A little window detailing today. These windows are pretty big, the sill is only about 16" above the floor. These "nickle gap" boards will be used in a few select places around the house, like the front entry. New window sill is an inch and a half deeper, which the cats will appreciate.

Three #carpentry businesses in Bern show how the #timber sector can be sustainably transformed: they valorise regional raw materials in #fringe regions and offer forward-looking #workingmodels. This shows a research project by the Economic Geography group at #unibern: https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/modern_timber_industry_in_the_bern_region/index_eng.html

I don't know why, but this is always satisfying.

Snuck in some time to finish my little closet molding project this afternoon. Locked it all together with some domino tenons and glue, so things will stay tight and square.

Working on the cedar bench element of my raised-bed/pond combo this morning. Scrap paper planning here as I figure out the deets.

The persistence of imperial units in our construction supplies necessitates its continued use in our lives. I often employ metric where I can, but the imperial bits mean regular practice with fractions and related arithmetic. Sometimes decimal approaches are quick in there too though.

It's wet outside, so am doing inside work today. Have been in need of a BBQ table, so finally gathering scrap wood to build it.

A postage-stamp-sized plan/sketch will ensure I get there without changing my mind too much along the way.

Let's see what I end up with.

Amazing house renovation by this Japanese carpenter. The first thing he does is level the floor, so that any subsequent work can rely on it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1sIykF0NemY

Progress on the library project. One more wall to go and then some fine tuning and drywall touch up. I think my client already has enough books to fill all 3 walls and then some. #carpentry #renovation

This is why I still slum it on Facebook. 14 clamps for $45
#carpentry #woodworking

Half of the boards for the shelving build. So lucky to have a carport to work in. Knocking down mill scale with 220 grit and then prep with 400 grit. Sealing with Daly's Ship n Shore (my personal fav). #carpentry

Chop saw recos: I was thinking of getting a DeWalt sliding compound miter saw with a stand. The only downside is it’s deep AF when fully deployed. It would be nice to have the deeper cut capacity since I don’t (yet) have a table saw. Thoughts / comments / experience welcome. Thanks!
#carpentry #woodworking #tools #lazyweb