The three amigos: The lieutenant(Moi), the Captain and the Fire chief.
This is a photo of my crew and I laying on the floor fighting this fire in the kitchen.
The temperature at 1 meter above the floor was approximately 700 degrees F.
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Thursday 20 February 2014
Fire Fighter Training
Firefighting training
My number 1 passion is woodworking, but I am also actively involved
as a training officer in our local fire department. I thought some of you may
like to see what volunteer fire fighters do on weekends. Before you get the
wrong impression about all of the smiling faces, I should clarify that the
following shots are from a house that was slated for demolition and was
temporarily turned over to us for training.
The first picture is the house before we started.
In the second picture, we are conducting interior searches.
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Lee Valley Tools
Mention these words to my family and they will most likely
roll their eyes and grin. This is one of my favourite tool suppliers and is
Canadian Owned. Their specialty is hand tools and accessories, and their
Veritas line of tools is highly regarded around the world. I have personally
bought dozens of miscellaneous tools from them. Most of the tools are well made;
some of the accessories do not measure up as promoted. All of the Veritas brand
tools are of exceptional quality and beautiful to work with. If possible I
would recommend you contact someone who owns or has used the tool you are
interested in and ask them for some feedback. Here is the web address for their
catalogue.
Tuesday 4 February 2014
Making Wooden Gears
I really enjoyed this video on making wooden gears. Matthias
Wandel makes this look like 1st year woodshop and even supplies
information on how to select and layout the appropriate gears required. Even if
you are not an avid woodworker, you will be impressed by how well they function in their
chosen application.
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