March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post 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 to our community, @PastorJohn, @Josh woodworking, @mattblast, please click on their names and leave a message of welcome on their profile page. And to our new members, welcome to your new community folks! Featured Topic Our Featured topic by @4DThinker has also been added to "Our Picks", this is a page for content that has stood out and been chosen for a special place in our community, and for a limited time showing on our Home Page for the world to see. Featured Link Our featured links are website links added by staff and members, add your favorite links today at "Links Directory" Featured download Featured Image Kestrel Tool owner and maker Gregg Blomberg produces hand tools in the Pacific Northwest Native American style. His company and work has been featured in literature, videos and by interviews with woodworking greats such as Roy Underhill. Visit Kestrel Tool A Kestrel Adze, image below:
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post Last week, as predicted, we had four days of rain - about 3.5". It cleared off Friday and we had a beautiful weekend. I worked on the back deck and got one section (of two) nearly complete in addition to spending most of Saturday afternoon mowing the lawn. Not much grass, but a lot of weeds... A busy week this week. I should finish up the section of the deck and begin framing up the second larger section today. Tuesday I begin PT for deteriorated discs in my lower back. I am almost "normal" now from a pre-holiday case of sciatica. I guess because of those discs and my hobbling around for two months everything just got out of wack. Hopefully the PT will get me back to where I can put in a good days work. Wednesday is a dental appointment. Rain is scheduled on and off most of the week. Thursday is an appointment to get the a/c checked out in the wife's car. Friday I am picking up SWMBO and we are headed to FLA for the weekend. So, it looks like whatever I get done today is what I get done this week...
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post Two absolutely gorgeous weekend days. Not a cloud in the sky! Still a little too early to do any type of yard work, here, but did walk down to check out the garden. The garlic, I planted in the fall, is poking it's head up thru the protective mulch and so is are the chives. Even my rosemary plant survived the winter. Played a little with a hollow vessel. It had broken free of the chuck when the wood around the recess split. Figured how to recreate a mounting and continued hollowing it. If successful, it will be the largest hollow vessel I've turned.
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post Our home went on the market 3/1. Today at noon, we have our first prospective buyer walk through. Hope they like what they see and, make an offer we can't refuse. We have a place picked out in the foothills north of Tucson. On the north side of the Catalinas. About 30 miles from Tucson proper. A working horse training facility. We don't have...or want... horses but, the home is just what we want and.....there's a huge shop on the property!! It's VERY rural, which suits us to a T. It's like just moving our present home from N. AZ to a place 250 miles south. Wish us luck.
March 9, 20206 yr Yesterday was the pick day of the weekend we got up to a SUNNY, & windy 63° for the first time since last October. Today we might make it to the mid 50's but the will last most of the day. So much for outside work.
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post Like @Cal we had a beautiful weekend. Got the myrtle tree trimmed. My son was home from school so we got it all cut down to small pieces for burning. After I had to get a new chain for the saw.
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post GREAT weather outside! Might get close to 70 again today......beyond that.....it IS a Monday, after all....
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post Had a good weekend finishing up 3 days demo at the MS AG Museum. Today cloudy so rain expected tomorrow and in for cast for next 5 or 6 days. SO going to try to get some of the three logs in the yard cut into turning blanks. Then start on a decorated plate for woodturners meeting.
March 9, 20206 yr Went and got new plates for the Jeep and a new "Compliant" drivers license. Was third in line, had all the correct ID needed, still took an hour for processing. What an ordeal, saw a few turned away after me that didn't have all they needed. Have to drive with the old license until the new one comes in the mail. Errand day for what is left of my day.
March 9, 20206 yr I get to go through that in May, this year.....maybe they will have all the kinks ironed out? Doubt it.....
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post 53 minutes ago, steven newman said: I get to go through that in May, this year.....maybe they will have all the kinks ironed out? Doubt it..... They require a DNA sample, fecal sample and a semen sample. So bring a diaper.
March 9, 20206 yr Popular Post WOW!! We think our place is sold! The buyers have the required down and, it seems all we need is for him to obtain financing. According the the agent who showed it, that shouldnt be a problem. as soon as it looks like a go, we're off to scout out that horse farm place. BTW, that big shop has A/C and heat.
March 10, 20206 yr Popular Post 2 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: BTW, that big shop has A/C and heat. "Gene's Man Cave"
March 10, 20206 yr Great stuff Gene, here's hoping it all falls into place. My weekend was spent quietly. Buried my Nana on 28th Feb, flew back from NZ to Aus the following Monday, and SWMBO and I both seems to have gotten bugs. Self-isolating, not because we think it's the current hot-topic in viruses but because anyone would not look kindly on us being out and spreading it. Hope to get in the garage soon to finish the buffet. Doors, top and legs to complete.
March 10, 20206 yr 16 minutes ago, 1fizgig said: My weekend was spent quietly. Buried my Nana on 28th Feb, Sorry to hear about this.
March 10, 20206 yr Popular Post 2 hours ago, Gene Howe said: BTW, that big shop has A/C and heat. Heat in AZ? You're not going to Falstaff are you? Errr, I meant Flagstaff. Edited March 10, 20206 yr by Al B
March 10, 20206 yr 47 minutes ago, 1fizgig said: Great stuff Gene, here's hoping it all falls into place. My weekend was spent quietly. Buried my Nana on 28th Feb, @1fizgig, so very sad for your loss. That is a tough one. Great that you are looking forward to finishing that buffet. @Gene Howe, please don't forget your team after you get into your kingdom. Got the newel finials completed. Have a couple of nicks to putty. Will finish sand tomorrow and deliver. They are this design. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WOOD-FINIAL-UNFINISHED-FOR-NEWEL-POST-FINIAL-OR-CAP-15/222795112811?hash=item33df9fa16b:g:IFMAAOSwqbxaC2rv but you can be sure I won't get that price for them. I may get $10 each and I'll be very happy. Edited March 10, 20206 yr by FlGatorwood
March 10, 20206 yr Popular Post @Gene Howe You just cooked up this move to get A/C in the shop , Huh? That is one fast sale going on there .
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