The BEST solution for poultry mites!
Sulfur is a great way to kill off parasites for your poultry flock. In this video I’ll show you a basic recipe I use, roughly 8 parts sand to 1 part sulfur. Here is the …
Central Pneumatic Palm Nailer Review (unsponsored)
Interested in a Palm Nailer? Check out Central Pneumatic’s (Harbor Freight) economical palm nailer: Central Pneumatic Item#68027 …
Harbor Freight Electric Chainsaw Reviews! (unsponsored)
I wanted to do a video to show which Harbor Freight electric chainsaws are worth using and which ones to avoid. I’ve bought and used many electric chainsaws …
Antique 1930’s SawMaster Power Hacksaw Review
I received a free Miller Knuth Sawmaster power / automatic hacksaw tool from my dad recently. While investigating I found out that it was much older than I …
Snake eats a large CERAMIC egg!
I was moving my chickens from one coop to another for tractor ranging and I found a snake under one of the chickens! It was in the middle of eating a large …
Experiments with insulators and metal in the microwave!
I began investigating if microwaving tea bag staples would be a problem. This led me to try out methods of insulating a metal nail, washer, bolt, and aluminum …
Harbor Freight: Rivet Tool Review (unsponsored)
I was trying out this riveter tool and ran into some issues that I wanted to warn others about. You should definitely get a riveting tool, but maybe not this one!
ROI of a saw mill, building green, grading wood, and other thoughts
Cutting rough boards into finished dimensions, talking about return on investment (ROI) of the mill and time, and other moderately interesting stuff. I wanted to …
TIP! No more crusty/clogged wood glue bottles!
I came up with the idea of using a ketchup bottle for dispensing wood glue. After trying it out for a few months I can strongly recommend it. Of course when I went …
Tree to shelf finished product – part 2
From tree to shelf part 2! I’ll continue to show you the process of taking a rough milled tree and turning it into something spectacular, unique, and beautiful.
Making the BEEFCAKE bench!
I needed a really heavy duty bench for using with my anvil and vise. This bench probably weighs around 200lb. It’s made of 3
From tree in your backyard to shelf in your house – part 1
From tree to shelf! I’ll show you the process of taking a rough milled tree and turning it into something spectacular, unique, and beautiful. I’ll also show you how I …
Performance testing EV | adding hitch to modified lawn tractor
I’m fabricating and testing a new trailer / rope hitch I put together from junk in the woods and some spare parts. If you’re a welder and want to take a crack at why …
New EV motor | Fabricating new coupling and mounts | Lawn tractor to EV conversion p3
Tinker tinker, working on my EV conversion from gasoline Lawn Tractor again. I’ll show you how I fabricated a shaft coupling for a new 24v DC motor and how I …
Battery reconditioning and dash updates | Lawn Tractor to EV conversion part 2.5
This was just a quick video about battery reconditioning progress and installing a volt meter on the dashboard. I actually sort of forgot about this footage and so …
You can’t win!
Cutting down a tree and finding out our beer is now in the sun. Sometimes you just can’t win!
Sharpening a Harbor Freight Bandsaw mill blade (unsponsored)
The boring task of sharpening a bandsaw blade… a 12 FOOT ONE THAT IS! Do you have a bandsaw mill? If so, you may find this video helpful. Also good tips …
Tree Milling Season – part 1
Now that it has warmed up, it’s time to start cutting down some trees. Oh yeaahhhhh! But only the ones that deserve it. I don’t just go around cutting down trees …
Mowing the trees! DIY
I used newspaper to cover the weeds in my garden, but then they began to blow around. So, I needed some mulch to hold down newspaper and remembered a …
Sulfuric acid and 100 Peeps?
Can Sulfuric acid and Peeps have the same vigorous reaction it does with the granulated sugar demonstration that creates those
TIP: Using ethernet for general I/O connections
This is just a quick video I did because I thought some people might not consider using Cat5e cable for general purpose I/O connectors. Some advantages: …
Test driving EV from Lawn Tractor – part 2
I’m wrapping up the core of the electric vehicle from gas lawn tractor conversion. I skipped on the pulse width modulation and moved directly into testing.
Lawn tractor to EV conversion (Electric Vehicle) – part 1
Another day another project. I’m turning a gas guzzling lawn tractor into an electric vehicle. This project is all about reuse and being cheap, as usual. I got 6x …
DIY Centrifuge from junk – part 4 (final)
I’m finally wrapping up this series. Believe it or not I’ve excluded several hours of footage. Yes, that’s how long it took for me to wrap this up, because I tried so …
Heat forming plastics in the toaster oven | DIY Centrifuge from junk – part 2.5
Here are some of my experiments with plastic forming to create the bowl I used in my centrifuge in part 3 of the build. Technically this is part 2.5, which I am …
DIY Centrifuge from junk – part 3
Another day, another exploding media cup! This time we use a head formed acrylic bowl to contain the media cups and add safety shielding to the increasingly …
DIY Centrifuge from junk – part 2
Back for more? Today we continue our quest for a centrifuge made from junk! This is part 2 in an unknown parts series. I’m guessing 3 parts based upon current …
DIY Centrifuge from junk – part 1
I needs me a centrifuge! Follow me as I tackle this mission using only junk that I have laying around (because I’m cheap). This is part 1 in an unknown parts …
Simple trick to increase poultry hatch rate | Incubating in the winter
I’m incubating in the winter and found a useful patent for treating eggs to increase hatchability using hydrogen peroxide in 3-7% concentrations. I have a link to …
Harbor Freight Carport Fix!
Ahh… fixing the Harbor Freight carport after a single snow storm caused all 5 to collapse. Totally lame. Buyer beware – these things do not do well with heavy …
DIY FREE Cat Litter: Update / QA
Here I am again, talking about the FREE DIY Cat Litter I use, answering some of your questions, and suggesting ways to get your hands on sawdust or wood …
Harbor Freight 36 inch Metal Brake review (unsponsored)
This is an unboxing, review, and techniques overview for the Harbor Freight 36 inch metal brake with stand. I hope you find it useful in your purchase decisions …
Winter cabinet design for chicks and broody hens
This video is about a brood cabinet design for poultry. It is insulated without insulation (using trapped air space). The design works well – without additional …
Automatic chicken doors & watering | Raspberry Pi2 + 2x Arduino Nano
Finally I’m wrapping up the electronics portion of my chicken coop automation project. This project got way out of hand with some second system syndrom.
Moving a building with Harbor Freight 10 inch pneumatic casters!
This is footage from 2012 and 2013 and a combination of two building moves using pneumatic casters from Harbor Freight. I remade this video mainly because …
Workshop was flooded with 200 gallons of water!
This happened in early January but I only got around to posting it now. Stay calm, my workshop has since dried out and I’m back to my usual shenanigans.
Using Freeze Distillation to Concentrate Juices
In this video I’ll demonstrate a method of freeze distillation by freezing and partially thawing some syrup extract from crab apples. You can also partially freeze …
Parting EVERYTHING from a Projection TV (tips & what to look out for)
In this video I’ll show you how I parted out a projection TV someone was giving away. The value of parts is easily over $100. This particular model probably had …
DIY Tankless Inline Water Heater from
In this video I’ll show you how to make a low power DIY tankless hot water heater. The underpowered nature is in order to use existing circuitry. The tankless/on …
DIY Deionized water filter | 18ppm reduction! | Make your own deionized laboratory water
In this video I’ll show you how to create a water deionization filter for about $2 of parts (2x 20oz soda bottles and some bits of sponge). The DI filter media is …
$20 Cloths Dryer = Ball Mill | Powderizing charcoal carbon structures
Here I’ll show you how I converted a cloths dryer I bought on Craigslist for $20 (broken heating element) into an effective ball mill. I’ll also wire charcoal to the …
Winter Woes: Harbor Freight carport FAIL!! | A string of
I’ve had a lot of bad things happen this winter due to unusual cold, snow storms, and animals being animals. This video is mostly just venting, and possibly a …
Antique 1950s Craftsman King Seeley bandsaw restoration / testing
This video is about restoring and calibrating a 1950s Craftsman King Seeley bandsaw I got from a friend. I was able to get it working pretty well by the end, but it …
Wacky inventions I created in the past!!
Inventions I created from 2006 to around 2012. I actually created a lot of others not in this video, but these were ones I found video and/or photos for off hand.
Feeding the birds | A day on the farm
I recorded my daily routine with my small hobby poultry farm. Do you like squawking birds? Rooster Crows? Come to the farm and see the world from the vision …
Seating Axle Bearing on Woods Finish Mower
In case you’ve had issues with seating the bearing on a woods finish mower, I did a little video of what worked for me. I used sand paper and eventually was …
Channel Disclaimer
I’m not here to show you how to do things – I’m here to show you how I do things, which is not necessarily the best or right way. With that said I hope that you …
Chicken Coop Automation: Part 3 Cheap DIY pressure tank / watering system
I created a cheap DIY pressure tank to ramp up the water for clearing out the watering bowls for the chickens automatically. The system will also be automated …
Moving big stumps with a tractor and a truck
This is a re-release of my moving stumps video. Because it had copyright music I changed songs and tightened the editing. I hope you enjoy! Music: Killers by …
Is it SAFE to reuse a pacifier? Culturing baby germs to find out!
Here I discover how gross babies are by culturing pacifiers, bottle nipples, and the baby’s mouth. The results are a little surprising in that the pacifier even after …
Reusing an old crib to make a drying rack for laundry
Reduce, reuse, and recycle folks! We had an extra crib that a friend gave to my wife, but my wife wanted a new crib anyway. So I reused it without much …
Chicken Coop Automation: Part 2 Tractor PTO Augering Holes!
Augering holes for water overflow. About 4 feet deep and 12 inches in diameter. I’ll show you some neat tractor augering footage using the dangerous yet useful …
How I dispose of dead Poultry (slightly graphic)
Around here to avoid feeding the predators I place the corpses of dead poultry in a steel can with a hole in the bottom to let water drain out. I have some quick …
Chicken Coop Automation: Part 1 Trenching
This is just a little video showing my process for trenching some utility lines for automating my chicken coops. I’m adding the ability for doors to open/close and a …
DIY Baby Gym | Wood Turning Project
For this project I turned some maple on the lathe to make a simple DIY baby gym. Our baby seems to like it so far! Dimensions: Each leg is about 18 inches.
DIY Cheap Trim | 160 feet for $30
Check out how I was able to make 160 feet of trim for about $30 dollars. You can too! I used a router, table saw, and some typical stud 2×4 boards. Enjoy!
Speed drawing a Specter / Ghost / Half life
I was trying out some water color pencils when I drew this. I think it looked better before painting it in water color, but it was an interesting project anyway.
Charge your car battery without losing your settings!
I’ll show you a trick to charge your car’s battery without losing your radio/clock settings. I’m using a second car battery in this video, but you can also use lower …
DE Sprayer for Poultry Mites
Simple diatomaceous earth sprayer invention using a computer fan to blow the powder after it clumps from being hydroscopic. You can throw this together with a …
Intro 2016
This is my channel introduction from 2016. It’s a compilation of some neat scenes from various videos and setups. Music: Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod is …
Thanksgiving Guinea Fowl Sketch – Art Giveaway!
I wanted to draw a picture and I decided to do a Guinea Fowl. I did this in time-lapse for your entertainment. If you leave a creative/interesting comment, I’ll select …
Review of Harbor Freight Carport | 1000sqft DIY Lumber Yard for $500
I’ll show you my economic lumber yard for seasoning wood. I have optimized the process of putting together the Harbor Freight car ports. I purchased 5 of the car …
Fruit Picking Time! Enjoy the outdoors with me for a while
Fall is here and it’s time to pick some crabby asian pears. I have a dozen or so of these trees and there is a lot of fruit on them. Join me for a little outdoor activity …
DIY FREE Cat Litter!
I do a lot of wood working and I’ve been buying pine/cedar/corn cat litter. It’s expensive though, so I decided to try making my own with sawdust using some …
DIY Professional Dental Night Guard for just $2.50
How to make a professional quality dental night / mouth guard for $2.50 per. This comes at a cost of $250 for 100 night guards. After that initial cost, it becomes …
Turning huge cedar Chess pieces on the lathe – easy and fun!
Keep those bugs out of your closet with this fun little project that uses cedar. For this project I made a few huge chess pieces with some red cedar I cut down a …
Cutting down huge oak tree with Harbor Freight electric chainsaw
In this video I’m cutting down a huge oak tree with a little 14
Cutting trees with a Harbor Freight Bandsaw Mill
In this video I’m showing my process for cutting trees into boards with the Harbor Freight bandsaw mill. I’ve made a lot of modifications to the rails, but the core …
The story: Crazy woman pees on my deck and I have to call the police
In this video I explain the story behind the woman who showed up and peed on my deck. I had to call the police to resolve the situation. This happened back in …
Experimental homebrew beer
This video runs over my process for a typical beer brewing. There seems to be a lot of dogma about what should and should not be done while brewing. I tend to …
Using inert gas for killing poultry and DIY gas chamber considerations
This is an educational video that I put off creating for some months. I knew that before I could even talk about gas chamber design considerations, I would first …
Catching and investigating Bed Bugs or Bat Bugs (microscopy)
In 2013 I had purchased a house that was heavily neglected. One of the issues the inspector found was bat droppings in the attic. Sure enough, bats were still …
Why you need snow guards on a metal roof!
This video has been a long time coming. The footage is from the winter of 2014. The winter of 2015 wasn’t much better, so thankfully I had snow guards installed …
The Neighbor’s Burn Barrel from Hell
The neighbor was just showing off his prototype burn barrel for burning waste glycerol cleanly, since it’s a byproduct from his bio diesel production. When it has …
Interesting Bantam Hybrids
These are the full grown bantam chickens that I built incubators for. About half of them are offspring from a full size rooster, about 4x the size of a bantam, mating …
$20 DIY Work Bench
I’m uploading this to provide some project ideas for others. I used utility oak from lumber liquidators $0.80 per sq ft, and some 2
DIY Lumbermill Setup for cutting trees into boards
Here is an update video of my lumbermill setup. I’m using a bandsaw mill from Harbor Freight, and Cook saw blades. This setup seems to work really well.
TIP! How to drive ground rods by hand with a hammer
I’ve put 5 or more grounding rods in by hand, so I decided to do a video about it, with some tips. Being in North Carolina, the clay soil here has a lot of rocks and …
CEDAR + ANTS = WATERMELON
Here’s a gross video showing the great ant massacre of 2016. I had cut down and quartered a cedar tree, only to find it was infested with thousands of ants.
SIMPLE CHEAP wood storage shelf project
I needed to build a shelf for the laundry room so I browsed around for a while to see what other people did. I spent about 1 minute doing a Google image search …
Installing a Wood Stove, part 2: cement form, pouring cement, and final installation
Here is part two of installing the new wood stove. I created a form with laminated wood, then did the pour. I found out that I had an issue with
Building a new Well House, part 4: Sheathing and Covering
In this video I’m adding plywood sheathing and covering with foam board, tyvek, and vinyl siding.
Building a new Well House, part 5: Insulation, drywall, painting
Almost done with the new well house. In this video I explore the frustrations of leaving plywood outside so that it goes moldy, and how blown in cellulose …
Building a new Well House, part 3: Building a roof
Here is the third video of the well house construction. I’m building a roof in this video. It’s a steel galvalume roof with no venting.
Building a new well house, part 2: Cutting lumber, framing, studs, and rafters
I needed to build a new well house that is full sized, to hold my filtering equipment. I decided to do a short video series about how the project turned out. This part …
Installing a Wood Stove, part 1: demo, repair, and setup
I’m working on installing a new wood stove for the house. The previous fireplace had an insert which was installed incorrectly, so I wanted to upgrade the area to …
Pouring the slab for workshop ~time lapse~
Here is a time lapse I put together primarily to see how the process went. Did they do it right? Could it have been better? I think it could have been. I was in …
Chickens eating pumpkin pie – Happy Thanksgiving!
My chickens eating their first pumpkin pie!
Moving big stumps with a tractor and a truck
I had to move three stumps and my tractor just wasn’t enough. So we tied two cables to each stump and pulled them to the other side of the pasture.
Case 430 tractor new electronics and dashboard
I wanted some better lights (and working lights in general) on my old vintage tractor: CASE 430. I added 6 spotlights and some blinkers along with other goodies.