How to Build a Chicken Coop – Keeping Your Costs Down

How to Build a Chicken CoopIn the last post in the series, How to Build a Chicken Coop, I talked about the different factors you should think about when trying to determine the type of chicken coop you want to build.  This is important because, before you go ahead with the building process, you will want to be sure you’re getting some key factors right so you build what is required to meet your needs.

Today I’d like to talk a little more specifically about the building materials for your chicken coop and ways of keeping your costs down.  This is going to make a big impact on how much money you spend on the chicken coop in total so understanding the different types of materials will be vital to making an informed decision. 

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How to Build a Chicken Coop – Choosing What Type of Coop You Require

How to Build a Chicken CoopHow to build a chicken coop is a question that gets asked a lot around the internet these days in part, because of the high cost of buying eggs in the grocery store, and partly because people just seem to like having chickens around. I think it’s a reminder of the good old days when life was a lot slower paced.

In this series of posts, we’ll look into this question and present you with some viable solutions to solve you chicken housing situation. Before you can build a chicken coop, you first have to make several very crucial decisions.

Choosing What Type of Coop You Require
Probably one of the decisions you’re struggling with right now at this point is determining which type of chicken coop you need. There are a variety of different chicken coops Continue reading

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Building Stairs-How to Cut a Stair Stringer

Building StairsIn the last post in this series, I explained the different terms associated with building stairs. In today’s post, I’ll show you how to get the measurements necessary to layout the stringers that will support our stairs.

The first measurement we need is the rise. As you recall from our last post, the rise is the vertical distance from the top of our deck to the ground. To get the rise, we take a tape measure and measure the height from the ground to the top of the deck or landing the stairs will attach to. Let’s say for example our deck is 42-3/4″ high. In order to get the run measurement, Continue reading

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Building Stairs

Building StairsIn today’s post, I’m going to talk about building stairs. Before we can build stairs, there are a few terms that you must know and understand. We’ll talk about those terms first and then get into the design and construction of stairs.

  1. Stair Treads-The portion of the stairs that you step on when you go up or down the stairs.
  2. Risers-This is the vertical spacing between each of the stair treads. The risers can be either open or closed, but in this discussion, I’ll only be talking about open risers.
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Woodworking Plans

Have you ever started projects, spent hundreds of dollars, and had to quit on those projects because you couldn’t figure out the correct measurements because you had no woodworking plans? Do you have a strong desire to build things, but can’t come up with the ideas or plans yourself? Have you ever needed a workbench for your shop, but just didn’t know where to start? Well here’s my list of 3 of the best resources for plans on the net. Continue reading

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Web Hosting

Arvixe Web HostingI’m going to stray a little from my normal mode of posting today and talk a little about my hosting service. I started this blog back in September in an attempt to help my readers become more proficient at their craft.

I searched the web for several weeks searching for a web hosting company that could meet the needs of my website. I basically had two criteria at that point. The first was reliability. The hosting service had to be realiable Continue reading

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How to Repair a Door That Won’t Latch

In today’s post, I’m going to talk about how to repair a door that won’t latch. This stems from a call I recently received from a customer complaining that her kitchen door would not latch when closed. I went out to take a look and see what I would need to get their problem solved. Upon arrival, I found that the striker plate was 1/4″ too high for the bolt of the lockset to enter the opening so the door could not latch. The customer had been using only the deadbolt for sometime to keep the door closed and was ready to get the problem corrected.

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10 Steps to a Beautiful Wood Finish

When you have built a piece of furniture yourself and have gotten to the part of the project when it’s time to apply the wood finish, you really need to know what you’re doing or you could completely spoil all the work you’ve done up to this point.

I want to quickly walk you through the process of varnishing that wood project. Whether it’s a small lamp table or a huge entertainment center, the finishing steps Continue reading

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The Best Finish for Kitchen Cabinet Doors

A couple of years ago, I completely remodeled a kitchen which consisted of custom built cabinets and doors. During the planning stage for the remodel, the question came up about the best type of finish to use on the kitchen cabinet doors.

The doors were constructed using 3/4″ thick medium density fiberboard (mdf). When the machining processes were complete, the doors were primed with three coats of white primer. The primer was sanded lightly between each coat. The doors were then painted with five coats of flat white paint sprayed on with a texturing gun.

The finish coat was a sprayed coat of Continue reading

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5 Gifts Guys Want For Christmas – or Any Holiday

I thought since today was Christmas, I would give those people looking for very late Christmas gift ideas some suggestions. Here is my list of the 5 most wanted items for my shop. Continue reading

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