u/BingBangBeanz

Curious if anyone out there who forms lots of hoops on a mandrel has any clever thumb guard solution so the hook end of the hoop wire doesn’t dig into your thumb? And also doesn’t obstruct the wire when it wraps back around. I’ve tried a piece of leather but that doesn’t go very far and after a while the wire digs into my thumb again. 🫤

Noticed about 4 holes like this in the painted wood on the underside of backyard roof. Saw a smallish bee (2nd pic) crawl inside one of them. The bee is too small for a carpenter, unless we have some small carpenter varieties here in Sac? Also the holes are no larger than 1/4” diameter… any ideas?