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Thanks John.

 

Monday... phyl has an eye dr. Appt. While I'm in the shop, cutting strip light hangars, I have to remain alert for an A/C guy for an annual inspection. Then, we have to go to the bank to transfer some $$. Phyl doesn't trust doing it online. Tuesday will be better... I hope. A full day making sawdust. That'll be the first time since we left the mesa. By Thursday, we should be ready to install those hangers. More ladder work. Maybe, by the weekend, I can start on the stud walls.

Got drawer project completed.  Now to make organizers for 6 drawers.

 

 

I have never carved in my life.  This project used bandsaw, dremel, Japanese saw and a recip saw to get the chunk of wood from a piece of pecan log.  This is all from the same chunk of wood.  This was a project for my grandson.  But, it took me most of 4 days.  LOL

 

 

 

Pecan chunk.

 

 

 

The parts.

 

 

 

Helmet inside.

 

 

 

 

Battle ready.  I never want to do this again.  

Edited May 24, 20215 yr by FlGatorwood

Well, it did turn out pretty neat!

So, who's going to carve cicada bugs???3

 

i got nothing.

 

i watered the gardens this morning.....

 

(c'mon man, those are rookie numbers, you're going to have to step it up a bit if you want to stay in the big leagues....)

Working on the finish test samples for that lidded pot. A friend of our husband left her. Her A/C quit. Her brother in law took it out and got the new fan motor and capacitor. He couldn’t get the fan cage off the motor shaft so she called me. I went up and heated it with the torch, came apart easy. Put everything back together and told her it was ready to go back in. While I turned to tell her it fell off the deck handrail and hit my arm. I went to quick med and got three stitches.

14 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

I went to quick med and got three stitches.

No good deed goes unpunished! Good on you for helping, though!

Got the 40 year old wheelbarrow all sanded and painted last week . Assembled it today except the wheel. Have to get that tomorrow. 

@Gerald, very nice looking job.  It looks new.  What kind of paint - Rustoleum?  I have one to do this summer. 

 

 

Impressive ready for another 20 years hard work.

2 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

@Gerald, very nice looking job.  It looks new.  What kind of paint - Rustoleum?  I have one to do this summer. 

 

 

Yes and took more cans than I would have thought but half of them were used. The rest I got for $2.99 at Ollie's. There are lots of pitting in the bottom and some pinholes but better than paying for a new one this size.

@Gerald, ya gonna paint the wheel blue? 

Looks like it just left the showroom, Gerald!

just got done mixing concrete in our old wheelbarrow.  the one with holes around the forward bolts.  not repairable (thus the new one under the deck), but works fine for concrete work or dry stuff.  need more concrete later, didn't get enough.  and then we'll retire the old one.

15 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

@Gerald, ya gonna paint the wheel blue? 

That is a good idea, but I have had enough paint for a while

Gerald, I just wanted to note that I wax my handles every few months.  This preserves the wood and makes it feel much better.  If it is out in the weather, spar varnish may do better on the wood.  

Nice work all around fellas

 

I'm going through a phase... A couple months ago my old C'man belt sander wouldn't start up.  It's old, well used and abused, I'll look for another one - and I have, off and on but I haven't replaced it yet.

Over the weekend I was working on a project (folding deck chairs) with our daughter.  Lots of odd shaped pieces so I was using the small bandsaw, got about 1/2 done and the blade snapped.  No problem, I changed blades on the larger bandsaw and went back to work - a couple pieces cut and that blade snapped!  No big problem, we had enough pieces cut out that I could busy myself sanding pieces and parts until I go to town on Tuesday.  Well, about done with that and the big sander decides to throw a bearing.  Now we have a problem.   Sander is torn down and bearings removed, hope I can find replacements today.

 

In the meantime... I am sorta afraid to do or touch anything else for fear it may breakdown on me...