At least here in Virginia it is. Things are warming up and they are looking for good nesting sites. I am all about solutions and DIY bait. I'm dealing with several properties for clients as well as my own. Rats - in attic and in crawl space. Solution: Moth balls. Refresh monthly. They just leave. Mice - Bait: 1 c baking soda, 1/2 c cornbread mix, 1-2 T maple syrup. If inside, I put a sticky trap in a box( usually a but down amazon box), add a teaspoon of bait in the center of the sticky trap, maybe some cat kibble about edges. They come, they eat, they get stuck, they die. You pick up the entire box and toss. Then set up another. Depending on box size, use more than one sticky.... or set up multiple boxes in different locations. Ants - 1 c boric acid, 1 cup powder sugar. I upcycled some random lidded plastic packaging (lunchmeat?), drill 1/4 holes in one end, fill with bait, set near or in the middle of their trail. They carry it home and wipe out the population at it's source. I'm curious - what are your critter troubles and how are you dealing with it?

If you're on the fence about buying a 3D Printer, this post is for you. I've had a 3D printer for 3-4 years (Creality Ender 3 Pro S1). At the time it was really good. So much has changed in the years since! We got a Bambu P1S with multi-color capability and it is beyond amazing. We can't believe HOW MUCH BETTER it is. Faster, cleaner, less mess ups, more colors, everything. We didn't buy the most expensive one but not the cheapest either.

Curious if you get "spring fever" like we do....during February and March we are "done" with winter and can't wait to start planting our garden. Among our spring projects, we are planning on planting our garden, I really want to make a wood bench out of a log we cut two years ago, and I want to get our grass looking good. How about you?

Happy Friday! After watching our recent YT Short about Table Saw Safety Tips, we've had a few people say we were wrong in our explanation of how high you're supposed to set your blade above the piece you're cutting. I've definitely been wrong before and I try to admit when I am wrong but I wanted to explain in a little more detail what we showed in our video. I also added a picture with additional notes. One person said you shouldn't put your blade as high as we were showing as it should only be tall enough to just barely clear the thickness of your piece. Personally, I think that makes for a very difficult time using your table saw because: 1. It's hard to always keep your piece absolutely flat on the saw. If your blade is just barely taller than your material, sometimes you may not cut all the way through if your piece moves a little while cutting or if your piece has any sort of bow or warp to it. 2. If you didn't cut all the way through and then you have to raise your blade a little bit more to clear the bowed surface, you're just asking for trouble trying to recut your piece on the same line (I'm thinking of big or long pieces of plywood). I think there is an allowable Range for the height of your saw blade anywhere from "just enough to clear the top of the wood" to "having your cutters just barely above the wood." Any higher and your cutters start to "slam" into the wood instead of cutting it which causes a rougher cut and tear out. I have been wrong before though but this is what I've always learned. What do you think?

I tried something new as a reward for my son trying out his first Jiu Jitsu class. He asked for this print specifically. What have you tried?