Jesse Lane

I had a job, remove a deck and put a Flagstone patio in the same spot.  The deck was removed.  Many tons of gravel was added.  The patio was being built.  Then the customer said “my sump pump never really worked and I want the sump pump drain line to be rerouted to the downspouts drainage”.  
 I found the sump pump drain line and realized it ran uphill from the house.  It took me two hours of digging through gravel WE ADDED to uncover the old line and trench to the downspout drain line.
 I billed for 6 hours of plumbing work.
1 hour to get parts
2 hours of digging
3 hours of pipe work. Hooking up downspouts, and fixing and rerouting the sump pump drain line.

 Here’s my submission for drying and storing marshmallow root.

Here is my submission for making culinary sage leaf infused vinegar.  I used apple cider vinegar.

Here’s my submission for making rosemary infused oil. I used extra-virgin olive oil.

My sewer line backed up, so I snaked it and hit the problem between 60 and 70 feet from my clean out.
After unclogging my sewer line I added another clean out 40’ down line on the other side of my basement.  If I ever need to do it again I’ll be 40 feet closer to where I had the problem.

Here’s my submission for Sharpen a Draw Knife.

Requirements to complete:
- must be sharpened with a whetstone (or more than one)
- hone
- test before and after with cutting paper

To get certified for this BB, post three pics:

- closeup of pic of the dull edge OR pic of the dull  drawknife raggedly cutting through a piece of paper
- action pic of sharpening
- pic of the sharp drawknife having cut halfway through a piece of paper

Here’s my submission to sharpen a machete.

Requirements to complete:
- must be sharpened with a whetstone (or more than one)
- hone
- test before and after with cutting paper

To get certified for this BB, post three pics:

- closeup of pic of the dull edge OR pic of the dull machete raggedly cutting through a piece of paper
- action pic of sharpening
- pic of the sharp machete having cut halfway through a piece of paper

 I scythed over 100 sq feet around some mulberry trees and trimmed some bushes to make it easier for harvesting mulberries with tarps.

 The fan in my vehicle started flopping around one day. I did some googling and figured out that the water pump went bad. I watched some YouTube videos and ordered a new pump and installed it.

 Here are two restoration projects that I got to point the foundation this year. To point these foundations I used two parts sand to one part type S mortar. With the first project, I photo document my process to get an aged/weathered looking product.
The first project was 36 sq feet of repointing a foundation.  
 The second project was repointing the interior of a barn. All interior foundations and walls. A lot but I only documented 250 sq feet of repointing a foundation I did alone.  I normally have a crew helping.