January 12, 20188 yr As I sit here doing this post it is snowing here in Alabama. Schools were canceled today and it has just started snowing at 1:41 pm. I guess they were expecting a blizzard. Temps yesterday were 70 and today it is 26. I forgot to turn the heat on in the shop after yesterday so I am not working in there today. I'm still working on the shelves and the Walnut Island top along with a Cedar chest. I took a couple of weeks off from the shop after Christmas and have just started it all back. Looks like it will be a good year if the current trend continues. Depending on the heat and the temps will determine how much I do in my shop this weekend. So what is on your agenda this weekend? Post those pictures and details on the project. Share with us, you never know who you might inspire.
January 12, 20188 yr Getting the lower part of the Stepback Cupboard about done...may need to buy a plank , or two, to complete the upper unit. Have a 1/2 block viability out the window of the house. It be ugly out there... Maybe try a bit of Amber Shellac on the Ash...
January 12, 20188 yr 8 minutes ago, steven newman said: Maybe try a bit of Amber Shellac on the Ash... That should improve the visibility! John
January 12, 20188 yr preparing for a meeting monday with a lawyer, to find out if, and how, we can enforce some covenants against a neighbor. installed a mobile home on his vacant lot. covenants only allow single family homes, no mobile homes.
January 12, 20188 yr Sloughing off work today. Habitat Restore tomorrow (unless cancelled by the weather). Sunday when it gets here.
January 12, 20188 yr Popular Post Another one of those- "sure my husband can fix that" jobs. It is a pedestal type leg that broke at the knee. Someone else attempted to repair it but their repair failed.
January 12, 20188 yr Popular Post turning, turning, turning and turning, oh might do a little more turning. Pens, bottle stoppers, pepper mills, handles for pizza cutters ice cream scoops etc and a few rolling pins. In between I'll glue up some panels for a few cutting boards
January 12, 20188 yr Just got a call from the upholstery gal. The rifle case is ready. I'll have some pics tomorrow. Sunday starts a few weeks of fun building a mesquite live edge river table.
January 12, 20188 yr Popular Post Truck was released from Transmission hospital today...seems OK? 4wd-Hi worked thank goodness. Shop's closed: too cold, too snowy, too icy...weather rumor H3!! is about to freeze over again. Also picked up the Boiler gas valve today for just in case. Conference swim finals Sat. afternoon assuming weather conditions improve...all 8 schools in the conference were closed today. Oldest qualified for two individual finals and will be in two relays. Youngest missed by one place qualifying for her individual event, and will be in one relay final. Both swam personal best times in their events during prelims last night. Cabin fever and breakdown catastrophes the past couple weeks led to some pent up rust hunting while I was out today...not much out there, but I did find a 2' Stanley (Sweetheart) wood/brass folding rule. "Made in the USA"; also in red letters Warranted & Boxwood..only markings I can make out so far...it's been used hard, but hey, $4.28 with tax...
January 12, 20188 yr Popular Post 4 hours ago, John Moody said: snowing here in Alabama. 68° here... go figure... and it took most of the day to get into my head that today is Friday.. the pitfalls of being retired...
January 13, 20188 yr Plan is to finish the air line from the compressor into the shop, hang and wire the 2nd half of the lights in the shop, probably a little football and whatever else I can squeeze in. This is the first of 3 weeks in a row that the wife and I will be home with no traveling!
January 13, 20188 yr 2 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Just got a call from the upholstery gal. The rifle case is ready. I'll have some pics tomorrow. Sunday starts a few weeks of fun building a mesquite live edge river table. Gene, hope you plan to post up a bunch of PIP on that table, I would sure like to follow along... And @Grandpadave52 - glad you got your truck back. Just in time for more 4x4 weather!
January 13, 20188 yr Cal, you may have noticed I'm not much of a photographer. But, I'll do my best to get some PIPs. May be taking some of them with a phone though. Wife is taking our only actual camera on her sisters trip. She leaves on the 18th. Should be able to get some before she leaves.
January 13, 20188 yr Working on a pair of cherry bookcases. Yesterday I visited heaven on earth. A friend is administrator to an estate of a gentleman that had no family and loved to saw wood. I walked into a pair of barns that had probably 20,000 board feet of PSWO, QSWO, beech, cherry and walnut lumber. It'll all be going up at auction. There was his whole shop plus a brand new, never used $21,000 Woodmizer sawmill.
January 13, 20188 yr Temp dropped from 35 this morning when I went to barber to 27 now. Worked on replacing the wire shelf unit in my closet with a wider and taller unit to hold more stuff including shooting gear. Using left over from church pew project. Here is the beginning . This piece is 12 feet long Edited January 13, 20188 yr by Gerald
January 13, 20188 yr 11 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said: Working on a pair of cherry bookcases. Yesterday I visited heaven on earth. A friend is administrator to an estate of a gentleman that had no family and loved to saw wood. I walked into a pair of barns that had probably 20,000 board feet of PSWO, QSWO, beech, cherry and walnut lumber. It'll all be going up at auction. There was his whole shop plus a brand new, never used $21,000 Woodmizer sawmill. Heaven on earth is right. Ya gonna get some of that lumber?
January 13, 20188 yr Author 14 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: Cabin fever and breakdown catastrophes the past couple weeks led to some pent up rust hunting while I was out today...not much out there, but I did find a 2' Stanley (Sweetheart) wood/brass folding rule. "Made in the USA"; also in red letters Warranted & Boxwood..only markings I can make out so far...it's been used hard, but hey, $4.28 with tax... That is my kind of find and a very good price. Was it a four fold or a two fold? Did it have a number? Where is the picture?
January 13, 20188 yr Author 10 hours ago, Gerald said: Temp dropped from 35 this morning when I went to barber to 27 now. Worked on replacing the wire shelf unit in my closet with a wider and taller unit to hold more stuff including shooting gear. Using left over from church pew project. Here is the beginning . This piece is 12 feet long Nice project, I made a few things from some old church pews just like those. I still have one more 12' section.
January 13, 20188 yr 10 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Heaven on earth is right. Ya gonna get some of that lumber? Yup. There's a Delta Uni (late 40's model like mine) and a Walker Turner drill that I have my eye on also.
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