farm workshop

Tips for setting up a farm workshop

Create a more efficient and safer workshop environment

Anyone who’s spent time working in a commercial mechanical shop will almost certainly have walked over to the first aid kit a few times to bandage a cut — or worse. And more than a few will have even made a trip to the emergency ward on occasion. A farm workshop is no exception. In […] Read more

The shelf is anchored by a steel frame I welded. The angles were correct and the welds were solid and reasonably attractive — depending on who you ask.

Toban Dyck: A mile wide and an inch thick

It’s not a negative trait but it’s not the same as expertise

I made a bedside shelf for Jamie. This event took place last year. I’m telling you about it — likely for the second time — because I was proud of it. It was a project that represented an attention to detail unprecedented for me. And it required patience. Also unprecedented. The conception of this project, […] Read more


The workstation, which has its own dimmable lights, outlets and a Smart TV, seemed excessive at first, but I have used it almost every day since I built it. If you Zoom with me, I’ll likely be sitting on that stool.

Toban Dyck: A wholesale rebrand of the farm workshop

I’ll quit before I get too close to the sun, but not a moment before that

I’ve made changes to my workshop, again. If you’ll recall, I spent a large chunk of time at the workshop reorganization project, which I wrote about in excruciating detail last winter. Well. It has resumed. Before I proceed, I just want to thank those of you who took the time to write to me with […] Read more