--- title: "Archive" url: https://marianasheppard.com/archive description: "Every entry in Sawdust and Shims grouped by month, newest first." --- # Archive Sawdust and Shims A working journal of small repairs, paint and trim, written a job at a time. Entries grouped by the month they were written, newest month first. ### November 2015 - [Cutting a clean line where wall meets ceiling](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/cutting-a-clean-line-where-wall-meets-ceiling) 8 November 2015 ### September 2015 - [What a shim actually does, and why you need more than one](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/what-a-shim-actually-does) 27 September 2015 ### August 2015 - [Reading a stud finder that keeps lying to you](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/reading-a-stud-finder-that-keeps-lying-to-you) 16 August 2015 ### June 2015 - [Patching a doorknob hole so the repair disappears](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/patching-a-doorknob-hole-so-the-repair-disappears) 21 June 2015 ### May 2015 - [Choosing a sheen before choosing a colour](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/choosing-a-sheen-before-choosing-a-colour) 3 May 2015 ### March 2015 - [Scribing a baseboard to a floor that is not flat](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/scribing-a-baseboard-to-a-floor-that-is-not-flat) 15 March 2015 ### November 2014 - [Undercutting door casing before the floor goes down](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/undercutting-door-casing-before-the-floor-goes-down) 30 November 2014 ### October 2014 - [Acclimating boards, and what happens when you skip it](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/acclimating-boards-and-what-happens-when-you-skip-it) 12 October 2014 ### August 2014 - [A small tool kit that covers most of a first year](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/a-small-tool-kit-that-covers-most-of-a-first-year) 24 August 2014 ### June 2014 - [Why the second coat looks worse than the first](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/why-the-second-coat-looks-worse-than-the-first) 8 June 2014 ### April 2014 - [Sanding between coats without sanding through](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/sanding-between-coats-without-sanding-through) 20 April 2014 ### February 2014 - [Setting a fence post that stays where you put it](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/setting-a-fence-post-that-stays-where-you-put-it) 9 February 2014 ### November 2013 - [Sharpening a chisel on sandpaper and glass](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/sharpening-a-chisel-on-sandpaper-and-glass) 17 November 2013 ### September 2013 - [Fixing a squeaking floor from above](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/fixing-a-squeaking-floor-from-above) 22 September 2013 ## About this journal Sawdust and Shims keeps a note of the small jobs as they happen: paint, plaster, trim, boards and the tools that do the work. Each entry covers one operation from start to finish, with the reasoning written down alongside the method. Everything here is written under the name of the journal itself. ## Recent entries - 8 November 2015[Cutting a clean line where wall meets ceiling](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/cutting-a-clean-line-where-wall-meets-ceiling) - 27 September 2015[What a shim actually does, and why you need more than one](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/what-a-shim-actually-does) - 16 August 2015[Reading a stud finder that keeps lying to you](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/reading-a-stud-finder-that-keeps-lying-to-you) - 21 June 2015[Patching a doorknob hole so the repair disappears](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/patching-a-doorknob-hole-so-the-repair-disappears) - 3 May 2015[Choosing a sheen before choosing a colour](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/choosing-a-sheen-before-choosing-a-colour) - 15 March 2015[Scribing a baseboard to a floor that is not flat](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/scribing-a-baseboard-to-a-floor-that-is-not-flat) - 30 November 2014[Undercutting door casing before the floor goes down](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/undercutting-door-casing-before-the-floor-goes-down) - 12 October 2014[Acclimating boards, and what happens when you skip it](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/acclimating-boards-and-what-happens-when-you-skip-it) - 24 August 2014[A small tool kit that covers most of a first year](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/a-small-tool-kit-that-covers-most-of-a-first-year) - 8 June 2014[Why the second coat looks worse than the first](https://marianasheppard.com/journal/why-the-second-coat-looks-worse-than-the-first) ## Month archive - [November 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [September 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [August 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [June 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [May 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [March 2015](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [November 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [October 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [August 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [June 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [April 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [February 2014](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [November 2013](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) - [September 2013](https://marianasheppard.com/archive) (1) ## Labels - [Paint and Finishes](https://marianasheppard.com/labels/paint-and-finishes) (4)Brushwork, sheen, sanding between coats and the things that go wrong on the second pass. - [Walls and Trim](https://marianasheppard.com/labels/walls-and-trim) (3)Plaster and board repairs, finding what is behind the surface, and fitting trim to rooms that are out of true. - [Floors](https://marianasheppard.com/labels/floors) (3)Boards, thresholds, squeaks and the preparation that decides how a floor behaves later. - [Tools and Materials](https://marianasheppard.com/labels/tools-and-materials) (3)What a tool is actually for, what a first kit needs, and keeping an edge worth using. - [Outdoors](https://marianasheppard.com/labels/outdoors) (1)Work that has to survive weather, frost and ground that moves.