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The Journal.

Occasional notes from the workbench. No dog-birthday content, ever.

Why brass turns green, and why that is fine. Patina is the metal doing its job. A 4 minute read about copper, salt water, and the collar your dog will wear for a decade.

Three winters on the Oregon coast. We left 6 collars on a fence at the beach for 3 years. Here is what the wax did, with photos.

FROM THE BENCH The 400 lb question.

People ask why a 60 lb dog needs hardware tested to 400 lb. The answer is a video of a heeler meeting a squirrel. Momentum is not linear.

New entries land roughly monthly. The newsletter gets them first.