Project Showcase

Tell us about yourself: “I’m a DIYer that enjoys the challenges of creating my own ideas.” Getting your boat in (or out of) the water shouldn’t be a strenuous process - after all, you’re there to relax, right? Olin took his manually operated boat lift and improved it by adding a few hydraulic compon...

“I’m a retired carpenter by trade and spent most of my working life as a construction superintendent. Now retired, my hobbies are woodworking projects and classic cars.” Airboats (known as “Scoots”) were flat-bottomed, propeller-driven watercraft hand-built by residents living around Georgian Bay, O...

“It was my first welding project since I retired. I bought a welder for hobby jobs - I use to weld in a job I had when I was 16/17 years old. I always enjoyed it and decided to take up some metal fabrication as a hobby when I retired.” When winter rolls around at the lakeside cabin, ice is a dock’s ...