The Shop is our sanctuary, our playground, our laboratory. It’s where we turn raw materials into functional art, and where every tool has a story to tell. This category gives you a glimpse into the heart of Steelbak’s creative process.
It was a night and a morning of pain, so I ended up going to the chiro and hearing that I am way out of alignment and old, lol. My body is showing its age. No shoeing horses today. Of… Read More »Shoulder Pain & GoPro Hero 11 Black & Mini Launch
Its just a drawer right now, but its growing. Pretty close to the limit on this drawer. I keep investing. Eventually, this will be a packout and maybe separate automotive and household unites. We’ll see.
I’m pretty happy with how far my garage has come lately. I love that I can sit here and watch something or look stuff up while working on an engine or whatever. It’s starting to be a really nice spot… Read More »03-29-22: My Engine Building Setup
Believe it or not, this little space has come a long way. -> Will post about that soon. The goal is to continue to build out a fully functioning DIY homesteading, mechanic and custom fabrication shop. We will participate in… Read More »The Shop
This is one of those things that I fully intend to get real intimate with. I really love tuning two strokes and this is the not so secret weapon. Before I do get to port and polish all the two… Read More »02-14-22: Starting My Two Stroke Port and Polish Setup.
The collet was always wrong on this device. Now the porting mandrel is stuck enough that I give up on the thing. This is @william-gregory working on taking the thing apart. It’s not nearly as necessary in the garage now… Read More »11-19-21: Broken M12 Rotory
Now that I am nearing the end of buying one tool after the other to get what I need, here is a look into where I am with that. The biggest mission going forward is designing an organization scheme for… Read More »* Video * 07-27-21: Quick Tool Box Tour.
The girls went off to an early morning mass, so I was able to kick back and have my coffee and computer time. Lately, the thing that has mostly been on my mind is finishing our property so that we… Read More »10/31/20: Starting to think about a future shop.
As someone with about as much experience in the forge as anyone, I know that everything will be OK so long as I keep the fire low. Also, as a very wise and experienced farrier use to tell me; It’s… Read More »10/26/20: Lots of irons in the fire.
Friday: The neighbor’s dog went after my little boy today. We have had a few problems with the neighbor’s German Shepard already in the past when he comes over and threatens our livestock, but this time my wife and kids… Read More »10/02-04/20: The Weekend.