Installing An Indoor Observation Beehive (Part IV- The Install)

Insulating A Vaulted Ceiling- From Dropped R-15 to Raised R-30

I'll get to writing up a synopsis as soon as I get back on the blog and do some editing.....stay tuned!

The WellHaus Barn Door Build Jason Michael Kotarski

Finally got some time to edit the WellHaus Barn Door Build! It was a really fun build and I hope to get the chance to do some more of these for customers!



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Spatial Recognition 

Finishing the Wood Carving Maple Root Bowl- Jason Michael Kotarski

The Big Leaf Maple Root Bowl is finished and ready to ship! It wad fun getting to finally use the branding iron my wife gifted to me for our "wood" anniversary. She just couldn't bring herself to find something in wood that I wouldn't say "I can make that", lol.

Check out the channel for more video as I hope to really expand the content during these rainy cold dark Pacific Northwest Winter days.

Jason Michael Kotarski- YouTube

Woodworking- Carving a Bowl from a Root with the Graff Speedcutter - Jas...

Update!!!! Check out the awesome grain on this finished bowl on my channel

Jason Michael Kotarski- YouTube

Found this piece of root wood and decided to try out the new Speedcutter disc from Graff. Ended up with a little bowl that would be a great presentation piece or centre table piece! I'll put it up on the Amazon Handmade store so someone can have a unique conversation piece for the holiday's!!!

Jason Michael Kotarski on Amazon Handmade

Graff Speedcutter Angle Grinder Blade

Permaculture Adding a Hop Trellis

Had a chance to put in our hop poles for the trellis. It's been a wet year so far so I didn't want to transplant them and have them rot in the ground. It looks like they are happy and getting ready to take off like a hop rocket!! Check out the video and subscribe for more updates. The permaculture project is coming along. We're entering Year 3 so there should be some harvest of the fruit trees, asparagus and more!!!








 

Part IV Installing Sapele on the Wood Accent Wall

Well, I'm finally getting some progress on the wood panel accent wall. I'm going to also link some of the tools I used in this project below if you want to check them out. The tools I use are the ones that I have found are the best bang for the buck. Are there better ones, yea for some of them, are there cheaper ones, of course, but I use these daily so I need them to give me the best performance at a reasonable price so that I can get the job done.











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Jason Michael Kotarski

Part III Wood Panel Accent Wall

Getting some panels on the wall and decided in order to stretch out the 1 x 10 Sapele boards so I can use the best ones and have left overs for smaller projects. Simple Board and Batten style panel and a handmade piece of trim from the router table. It all sits behind a black entertainment stand and stereo components. It's going to look pretty slick once the beautiful Mahonganhy like Sapele goes on top and the black flat screen is mounted to the wall. I'll come back and install the media boxes from the back side as the closet is the next to be redone! I added a layer of 1/2" sound board over the sheetrock so with 5/8" Gypsum, 1/2" fiber Soundboard, and 3/4" Sapele we should get get reflection from TV's rear speakers back into the viewing space while absorbing sound with the sound board and gypsum. And don't worry, when we redo the closet next we'll add Roxul Safe and Sound in the wall cavity, another layer of soundboard and GWB.



To be slick about it I used leftover 3/4" A/B Sanded cabinet grade plywood with 1/2" bead board. That made the 1/2" soundboard and 3/4 Sapele flush! More contemporary than I typically design but hey, something new!





Check out the 15 Gauge Nailer from Porter Cable