Rekiwi's Blog

A couple of years ago, my wife handed me a woodworking magazine. "Can you do this for our closet doors?" she asked, pointing to a beautiful frame-and-panel room screen with different, spectacular veneers in each panel. Several thoughts popped into my… more »

I feel a little sheepish. I just learned that what I thought was a pulley (a wheel with a grooved rim attached to a shaft for transmitting force to a belt) is more properly referred to as a sheave. And it's pronounced "shiv". One or more sheave… more »