MN Seeley
@mnseeley.bsky.social
🇨🇦 I wrote a couple of novels, but let’s not go making a big deal about it. Working on a third book. Loves 70s movies. Opinionated.
www.mnseeley.ca
www.mnseeley.ca
I finally made the lid. The frame has lap joints. The floating panel is 3/4” pine which I edge jointed, squared and attempted to plane large bevels around a raised centre. Since I’m allergic to power tools, this was done freehand with bench planes. Not perfect, but pretty good for a first try.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I finally made the lid. The frame has lap joints. The floating panel is 3/4” pine which I edge jointed, squared and attempted to plane large bevels around a raised centre. Since I’m allergic to power tools, this was done freehand with bench planes. Not perfect, but pretty good for a first try.
Holy hell. It’s a box with a drawer. All it needs now is a lid. I’m working on that … slowly.
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Holy hell. It’s a box with a drawer. All it needs now is a lid. I’m working on that … slowly.
I made a down-n-dirty, ugly as sin, barely workable, poor man’s plow plane. And yet, it got the job done.
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I made a down-n-dirty, ugly as sin, barely workable, poor man’s plow plane. And yet, it got the job done.
Progress is being made. Little trees are taking shape nicely. They look better than these pics show. They aren’t in the same scale as the mountain ranges, but that’s by design.
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Progress is being made. Little trees are taking shape nicely. They look better than these pics show. They aren’t in the same scale as the mountain ranges, but that’s by design.
Spurs. It’s a fun western board game. Once I get the mountains and forest terrains done my next task is to get, or 3D print, some small cattle players can round up. I’ve already printed a horse that took 11 pieces just to get the ears and skinny legs to print right. It’s only 1.25” long.
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Spurs. It’s a fun western board game. Once I get the mountains and forest terrains done my next task is to get, or 3D print, some small cattle players can round up. I’ve already printed a horse that took 11 pieces just to get the ears and skinny legs to print right. It’s only 1.25” long.
I have no idea how many times I’ve watched this great flick. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore, says the 52 year old guy to a bunch of teenagers who really weren’t listening so they removed their noise-cancelling headphones and asked, “Wha’?”
October 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I have no idea how many times I’ve watched this great flick. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore, says the 52 year old guy to a bunch of teenagers who really weren’t listening so they removed their noise-cancelling headphones and asked, “Wha’?”
Tingen and his favourite toy. It’s a plush Link (Legend of Zelda). He “hunts” it, tosses it around, and parades through the house with it before going to bed each night.
We have many stuffed toys like this for the dog, but even he knows Link is only for the cat.
We have many stuffed toys like this for the dog, but even he knows Link is only for the cat.
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Tingen and his favourite toy. It’s a plush Link (Legend of Zelda). He “hunts” it, tosses it around, and parades through the house with it before going to bed each night.
We have many stuffed toys like this for the dog, but even he knows Link is only for the cat.
We have many stuffed toys like this for the dog, but even he knows Link is only for the cat.
I’ve been sharpening saws with files, trying to get skilled at it. This old beauty dovetail saw has little teeth alternating with 45 degree angles for crosscutting. Now, it’s sharp like tiny cat claws.
Good grief. I’m boring.
Good grief. I’m boring.
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve been sharpening saws with files, trying to get skilled at it. This old beauty dovetail saw has little teeth alternating with 45 degree angles for crosscutting. Now, it’s sharp like tiny cat claws.
Good grief. I’m boring.
Good grief. I’m boring.
Progress has been made. Now, the top.
September 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Progress has been made. Now, the top.
Someone painted this mid-century dresser/sideboard. I’m going to bring it back to glory. The veneer is thicker than the paper thin kind used today, so sanding it should be okay if I’m careful. Drawers not shown because I’ve already begun scraping the paint. The good news: they didn’t prime it.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Someone painted this mid-century dresser/sideboard. I’m going to bring it back to glory. The veneer is thicker than the paper thin kind used today, so sanding it should be okay if I’m careful. Drawers not shown because I’ve already begun scraping the paint. The good news: they didn’t prime it.
You’re too kind, sir. The game gives players opportunities for gold prospecting. It came with little plastic stones, so I printed some larger rocks and painted them. Reach in the bag and hope to pull out gold. (Boba Fett for scale)
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You’re too kind, sir. The game gives players opportunities for gold prospecting. It came with little plastic stones, so I printed some larger rocks and painted them. Reach in the bag and hope to pull out gold. (Boba Fett for scale)
Thanks. This cowboy game (Spurs) is coming along. I also made ammo boxes for the different colours of cartridges you get in the game. Much better than dumping them into ziplock bags.
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks. This cowboy game (Spurs) is coming along. I also made ammo boxes for the different colours of cartridges you get in the game. Much better than dumping them into ziplock bags.
I made a railway track score counter complete with cowboy hats … that ended up looking like severed heads. Next for the cowboy board game custom work: elevated terrain sections for the game board.
September 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I made a railway track score counter complete with cowboy hats … that ended up looking like severed heads. Next for the cowboy board game custom work: elevated terrain sections for the game board.
I printed ol’ timey money for our western board game “Spurs.” It’s a little thing, but it improves the gameplay immensely. There’s nothing more fine than a fistful of dollars.
Each bill in the $1,305 lot has been cut, crumpled and pressed lovingly by yours truly.
Each bill in the $1,305 lot has been cut, crumpled and pressed lovingly by yours truly.
August 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I printed ol’ timey money for our western board game “Spurs.” It’s a little thing, but it improves the gameplay immensely. There’s nothing more fine than a fistful of dollars.
Each bill in the $1,305 lot has been cut, crumpled and pressed lovingly by yours truly.
Each bill in the $1,305 lot has been cut, crumpled and pressed lovingly by yours truly.
I doubt a better t-shirt graphic exists. IYKYK.
August 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I doubt a better t-shirt graphic exists. IYKYK.
I don’t know if I mentioned it here or not, and I’m too lazy to check, but I got my books into a local book store … and I’m actually selling. Local support came late in the game for me, but it happened.
July 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I don’t know if I mentioned it here or not, and I’m too lazy to check, but I got my books into a local book store … and I’m actually selling. Local support came late in the game for me, but it happened.
My wife wanted a short paddle. So I made her one with traditional, non-powered hand tools The red stain looks really deep only because it’s still wet and I haven’t wiped off the excess. It’s crazy humid, so the tung oil coats are taking forever to cure.
July 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My wife wanted a short paddle. So I made her one with traditional, non-powered hand tools The red stain looks really deep only because it’s still wet and I haven’t wiped off the excess. It’s crazy humid, so the tung oil coats are taking forever to cure.
It turn out reeeeeal purrrrrdy. I just need to source some antique keyhole plates for the drawers.
Before (orange, worn out varnish)
During (old varnish scraped off)
Final
Before (orange, worn out varnish)
During (old varnish scraped off)
Final
May 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It turn out reeeeeal purrrrrdy. I just need to source some antique keyhole plates for the drawers.
Before (orange, worn out varnish)
During (old varnish scraped off)
Final
Before (orange, worn out varnish)
During (old varnish scraped off)
Final
We made English floodies for the first time. They were great drizzled with maple syrup and topped with an over easy egg. Will definitely make these again.
May 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We made English floodies for the first time. They were great drizzled with maple syrup and topped with an over easy egg. Will definitely make these again.
Macon County Line (1974)
Come listen to my story about a man seein’ red, a racist county sheriff who found his wife dead in bed. And then one day he was shooting’ at two dudes, and up across the ground came a demarcation that’s no good.
Line, that is. Macon County Line.
(Insert banjo) #70sMovies
Come listen to my story about a man seein’ red, a racist county sheriff who found his wife dead in bed. And then one day he was shooting’ at two dudes, and up across the ground came a demarcation that’s no good.
Line, that is. Macon County Line.
(Insert banjo) #70sMovies
May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Macon County Line (1974)
Come listen to my story about a man seein’ red, a racist county sheriff who found his wife dead in bed. And then one day he was shooting’ at two dudes, and up across the ground came a demarcation that’s no good.
Line, that is. Macon County Line.
(Insert banjo) #70sMovies
Come listen to my story about a man seein’ red, a racist county sheriff who found his wife dead in bed. And then one day he was shooting’ at two dudes, and up across the ground came a demarcation that’s no good.
Line, that is. Macon County Line.
(Insert banjo) #70sMovies
This was very nearly going to be the cover for my second novel. I sat on this for the better part of a year while I kept writing the book. Suddenly, I knew it wasn’t what I wanted.
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This was very nearly going to be the cover for my second novel. I sat on this for the better part of a year while I kept writing the book. Suddenly, I knew it wasn’t what I wanted.
He’s tall enough to simply look out the window, yet here he is …
May 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
He’s tall enough to simply look out the window, yet here he is …
