Introducing Barda the Shop Dog and Open Source Tools
Introducing our new shop dog Barda, the next video coming out and useful stuff of the week ( open source tools). Read More …
Tag: Pet
Making a Fancy Dog Step – Installing Trim and Finishing
At this time my little dog, often referred to as my “Little Helper”, was patiently waiting to use her new dog steps. In the two previous posts a base carcass for the steps was built as well as the steps made of reclaimed walnut. Next part was to add some trim to the carcass, paint Read More …
Making a Fancy Dog Step – Making the Steps
A little while back I helped a friend do some work on his house, and he gave me a bunch of reclaimed wood that was given to him. I decided this would be a good opportunity to use some of that. I chose 3 not so pretty pieces of walnut for this project. The irregular Read More …
Making a Fancy Dog Step – Carcass Construction
Earlier this year my “Little Helper” (as seen in some of the photos throughout the site), a 45 lb rescued pit bull mix (mixed with cuteness and love), was having troubles jumping up on things. So I decided to make some fancy pet steps for my canine friend. This is the first of three posts Read More …
General Rise and Run Rules for Stairs
Earlier this year I built a dog step for My Helper and had to figure out maximum rise, and run dimensions when designing the stairs for her. So I thought I might as well make her steps to building code :). Here are some notes about the International Residential Code (IRC) for building stairs. All Read More …