How to Make Replacement Scrabble Tiles

Lose a Scrabble tile? Don’t fret. Here’s a simple tutorial on how to make your own replacement tiles from scrap wood with basic hand tools.
For the love of Scrabble
We purchased the deluxe edition of Scrabble many years ago when we became Scrabble addicts mostly because the rotating tabletop makes it easy to play on the [...]

How to Clean Roof Gutters: Get Someone Else To Do It

This will be a short post, as it doesn’t take much to describe how to clean roof gutters to remove fallen leaves, pine needles, and the thick layer of leaf compost that builds up when you neglect this all-important fall-time task.
FOUR STEPS TO CLEAN ROOF GUTTERS:
Step One: Borrow a ladder from your neighbor. You only [...]

Weekndr Project: Front Door Cedar Awning

Mostly to keep the rain and snow from piling up in front of the front door, I got to work this past weekend building a wood awning over the entry to the house. It’s constructed entirely of cedar purchased at my local home center. The support brackets and header beam are 4×4 cedar posts. The [...]

In My Mind Everyone Loves the Wood Shop

As the sole man figure of the Weekndr household I’m usually outnumbered by the ladies of the house when it comes to deciding how we spend our free time.
If it were up to me, we’d be hanging out at the woodshop all day working on power tools and enjoying the aroma of fresh-sawn wood, then [...]

Things That are Round and Made of Wood

A collection of weekndr woodturning projects from the past decade:
A round mirror made of African mahogany with a carved diamond bead around the rim. A redwood burl platter with bark inclusion. A spalted sugar maple bowl with an abandoned maple syrup tap hole. A collection of small forms, and two small boxes, one in the [...]