June 4, 20188 yr Good Monday Morning! Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead? Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks! New Members Please welcome the following members to our community. @BornToMe, @Roger Mark, @brianpoundingnails, @Brian Longshore, @Gramps for 18, @RussellOvemi To our new members, thank you for joining us! To our existing members, please click on their names above and shoot them a welcome message. MWTCA June "What's It" (It's live!) Featured Image of the Week @Dale Felice making waves again with his wonderful chainsaw carvings!
June 4, 20188 yr Was surprised Friday night when my oldest grand-daughter told me she was scheduled to take her SAT's Saturday morning in the "Emerald City." So at 7 AM with a full, large travel mug of coffee and my Yeti knock-off filled with ice water. off we went on the "yellow brick striped road." OK I thought, I'll have 4+ hours to kill, I can hit some of the flea markets etc. Dropped her off at the the test site at 7:45A and off I went to my first stop...apparently none of these places open at 8 AM or 9 AM or even 10 AM...who knew...at least there was very little traffic, but makes sense now because, well, nothing is open. Finally an open store a bit after 8 AM...Yes folks H-F opens at 8 AM here...the staff seemed glad to have someone to talk with at that time. A few other early risers showed too...no major purchases but allowed me plenty of time. Left there, and finally a couple of flea markets opened at 9ish...basically the 4+ hour time was spent driving from location to another and back...did find a few smalls in 4 hours. Anyways, daily transportation duties, a tennis banquet tonight, a couple of swim meets this week, mowing, trimming, and hopefully get my truck released from ICU before weeks end. Maybe some shop time in between.
June 4, 20188 yr Still reworking my shop bench wall. Got all the items for church stained now to do lacquer
June 5, 20188 yr Rodeo and chores over the weekend. Wife flew out this AM for training at corporate so I have a week of WOW (With Out Wife). Not sure what I will do or get done yet, hopefully some time in the shop, but we will have to see what happens. What I planned at work for this week went to crap by 6:45 AM, so I am back to improvising and adapting so I can overcome.
June 5, 20188 yr Mowed the front lawn. Took a short birch log 16"long and on the band saw and cut strips 3/4 " thick. The wood is still green and when I went to the shop today, as expected, the strips had bowed and produced a few cracks. I wondered if I would be able to use the wood for anything other than firewood. It should burn OK this coming winter. Edited June 5, 20188 yr by It Was Al B
June 5, 20188 yr Monday???? Wake me up when Tuesday gets here.... Table needs a coat of varnish....chisel needs to be sharpened....both will wait until tomorrow. Shop was closed today.
June 5, 20188 yr 12 hours ago, steven newman said: Monday???? Wake me up when Tuesday gets here.... Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...Hey, you awake? It's Tuesday already!
June 5, 20188 yr On 6/4/2018 at 6:28 AM, Stick486 said: i've heard of that firm, they do excellent work. but I went with "Shoot and Putter", similar services, just a slightly different focus....
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