Every time I come up with a new project or venture the kids always chant... "Daddys Nuts, Daddys Nuts!" So, I guess we needed to have a website that would share my nutty projects and adventures with you. Stay tuned as I'll be adding projects and new things constantly.
Antenna HDTV - No Cable or Satellite
No more monthly bills for Cable or Satellite TV!
Cable TV had been bothering me for a number of years. I just didn't think that we were watching enough TV, especially any channels beyond what are being broadcast for free. Having been a customer of Cox Cable and Qwest over the last 14 years the constant raising of rates was a burr under the saddle as well. With the advent of the Digital broadcast rollover that was looming in 2009 I also discovered that true HDTV is only received over the airwaves and what is sold by the cable companies is not true high definition TV. So I set out on a mission to rid ourselves of the Cable TV yoke and go back to free TV like in my childhood. (Am I dating myself?) 
You can do it too! Below are the steps to TV independence.
The first step is to determine if you have a TV addiction.
Murphy Bed Project
Build Your Own Murphy Bed
Well, with Christmas and Thanksgiving company coming I finally got busy and built the Murphy Bed from a kit that I ordered last spring. I ordered the kit with all the mechanisms and plans from Create-a-Bed. Price was $299 and it looks like they're still selling for about the same price. They include a "cut sheet" in the instructions and it's pretty easy to head in to buy your wood and have them do the major cuts for you at Home Depot or Lowe's. The hardest thing about the kit was handling the large sheets of 3/4 Birch ply.
The first step was to build the mattress base pictured below:
Next came the cutting and staining of all the Murphy bed frame pieces: (Shown pieces of the cabinet and headboard)
