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DIY Sleep Pad Review

January 12, 2017

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It got cold...at least for Texas. I woke up to 22F. Quite chilly.

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DIY Playboard / Toybox Top

It is a simple board, but the boy loves it. I mean c'mon, give them a box and there are activities for days! I'll give you a quick rundown on the build, but you make the final as to how complex or simple you want to go. Materials Needed: 3/4 inch high grade plyboard (Cabinet grade) 1/4 inch panel board Router Jigsaw Drill bit (I used 1 inch hole saw bit) 1. Cut board to size to fit the top of the toy box. Then round the edges with your jigsaw. 2. For ease of flipping and holding, I drilled and jigsawed hand openings at each end. First I drilled two holes about 6 inches apart using my hole bit. Then using the jigsaw, I cut the remainder of the hole for the handle. 3. Using a straight bit for my router, I first cut the deeper part of the lake. Take your time and make sure you go against the rotation of your router. Then shorten your bit and finish the rest of your lake. 4. I then cut a few a few shapes to make hills. Start with the larger base

Radio Flyer Wagon Wheel Upgrade

This project began with me stating "I'll be damned if I pay $25 per wheel for an upgrade from Radio Flyer!". And down the rabbit hole I went! Materials Needed/Used: Beer Mallet 10 inch pneumatic tires WD-40 More Beer 5/8 (Outer Diameter) 7/16 (Inner Diameter) Vinyl tubing 7/16 Push Nuts Needle Nose Pliers Razor blade 1/2 inch PVC The short of it: Remove old tires, use the vinyl tubing as a spacer to fit the 10 tires onto a 7/16 axle. The Breakdown: Removing the old tires is easy. You can break the push nuts off or save them by twisting them as if you are unscrewing them. Saving them could save you the time of locating new ones and it one less thing to track down. Old & new Push Nut ~1/2 inch space where old spacer attached Spacer & Tire removed from back Once they are off you can start dealing with the mispaired axle size and tire bore. Although on the Radio Flyer website they are listed as 1/

How to Identify Poison Ivy

Well kids, it's that time of year again! Mosquitoes and Poison Ivy. Yes, I know, these guys are here in Texas year around. For us in the southern U.S. states, it's full blown summer, kids are out of school and its time to get out of the house and enjoy the weather before it becomes unbearable. So while out and about you must know your enemy. Can you identify poison ivy? It can be tricky for sure. If I learned anything from my Plant Taxonomy course it's you never pick a plant your professor tells you to pick up. Thanks, Dr. Williams. The second thing is that plants can look very different based on the amount of sunlight, soil, season and geographic location. I will be using examples I have come across here in Texas, most of these characters will be similar to other regions throughout. So here we go: First, should you even be worried? From the USDA, if you live in these states, then yes. But if you are in a white state, you don't get off that ea

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