2024 Archive - page 2

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

The 90° corners in the transition from the east-west path to Tigerton to the north-south path to Wittenberg are particularly fun. Evaluate each one carefully, though. Some are lazy sweepers, but others are sudden course corrections!

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

I've been sitting at a desk to write and edit video more often recently. Time to make a stand to get my screen up to eye level.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

I'll admit that I was rushing through Outagamie county a bit. It was October, though, and fall color was beginning to set it, so there were some gorgeous stands of trees.

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Monday, March 25, 2024

The dust collector never really liked the planer. So I built a chip separator. Version two started with a friend of mine calling to ask if I could use any of the large plastic drums the high school shop was throwing out.

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

The most obvious true thing is that no crosscut sled will be ideal for every task. But I was still looking for a general-purpose sled to handle a wider variety of cuts I make often.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

If you ever needed a literal demonstration of the phrase, “The map is not the territory,” Winnebago county's Rustic Roads are it.

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Friday, March 15, 2024

My table saw is one of the most important tools in my shop. That makes it a little surprising that, until now, the accessories that I use with it have been, at best, hung on a nail or screw sticking out of the wall nearby.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Just in case you were getting nervous about two videos in a row with completely paved Rustic Roads, this week I take you to Adams county, for two completely unpaved.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

It turned out to be a great introductory, get-comfortable-on-the-bike ride. Nothing really technical, and good visibility (at least at that time of year).

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Dunn county's Rustic Roads each come in two parts.

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