West Craven Band Classic 2026
The West Craven Band Classic is coming up soon — Saturday, 26 September! Stu-Boy’s Lemonade Emporium will be there, too.
Funny Backstory
“We Want Some Lemonade” For those of you who have visited our Facebook page, facebook.com/stuboyslemonade, the featured image has a humorous backstory. Not too long ago we had a family get-together. In total there were…
Ceiling Installation – Quarter Round
Epiphany After musing about the 1/2 x 1/2 angle iron, I was struck by an epiphany. Quarter round. Their is no significant weight issue. The material is there simply to hold up the edge of…
The Dog Days of Summer
The challenges of high summer August is typically a sales challenge for us. Stu-Boy’s serves only beverages — no food. Our primary sales venue is events and festivals, which are also challenging in a different…
Ceiling Installation – Lateral Supports
The Challenges Another challenge in the ceiling saga is how to support the ceiling panels laterally. The trailer is nominally 8 feet wide. The plan is to rip the 4 x 8 sheets into panels…
Ceiling Installation – Panel Joinery
How to join panels? One of the challenges to putting up a multi-panel ceiling is our trailer is how to attach them to the 1-inch ribs forming the skeleton of the trailer. Originally, I was…
Mangled Jack Screws
The Distraction This is a “don’t forget your task list” post. About three weeks ago, Stu-Boy’s Lemonade Emporium set up for street vending (Normally, we don’t do so because we serve no food). Three hours…
No Ceiling Today
Nature decided we didn’t need to put in a ceiling today!
Store News
I almost forgot. Our on-line store is almost ready: Product is all entered in the database, the only other thing to do is figure out what to use for a reliable order notification app, although…
Ceiling Installation – Part Deux
We exchanged the FRP for plywood underlayment for the ceiling panels. Preliminary planning suggests we need four panels, one about 29 3/4″ from the back wall to the first rib, a 48″ panel, and two…