Mark Makes

Short snippets condensed from the 22 videos covering March 2020-March 2021. Year 1 of developing our property so we can live on it while building our unconventional home in retirement.

Trying to bandsaw lumber in freezing temperatures, building an indoor garden planter, and fallen tree removal

Part 2 of building the vault for our tornado/storm shelter.

A driving/racing rig I built based on the Simul8r PVC rig.

An engine of my own design. Slight tear down, polish, and rebuild. It didn't run but it's shiny in the end.

More logs, firewood, stumps, and slash clean up. Also working on finish grade for the driveway.

Trying to stay busy in the last months of winter and getting ready for Spring work.

Starling broke, excavator broke and I built a tower for the Starlink dish, weather station, and external camera

Starting a project to build a Tornado shelter for our house. First step...the door

Did a bunch of clearing, burning, dirt work, and created the template/shotcrete form

Putting some cheap flooring in the storm shelter

Previous modifications to my 72 Stingray

Recent failure, troubleshooting, repair, and cleaning. When we got this unit I noted the risk of this type of solution. Three years later we experience the exact situation I identified as a risk. Things to consider if thinking of using this technology.

More building prep and spring cleaning

A video about the commonality and uniqueness military members experience and what military service means to me 30 years later.

Keeping busy, still working on the dirt transport system among other things.

Making the curved doors for the display shelves. (This is some of my first video set. I like to think I got better at it in later videos)