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!

 

Welcome new members

To view our newest members and welcome them to our digs, please see our Members Page, you can "Sort" by join date and click on their names and be taken to their profile page where you can leave a message of welcome. Thank you for making our newest folks feel welcome.

 

Featured topic

Our Featured topic by @FrederickH, follow his topic for carving the number 5, a classic home address by hand.

 

Featured download

It's rare that a member shares a download with our community, if you would like to share a plan, a file, or even a drawing schematic, please do so at our Download department.

 

Featured video

Why is it called a Foreplane? Because you use it be"Fore" all the other planes!

 

 

Morning to ya....Monday?   Meh....have to go out shopping for a new dryer....current one has died.  

Getting toys put away from the last Project....

 

wake me up when Tuesday arrives

Wow, John. You're an early bird, today. 

Our progress on the tin can shop is going well. Aside from a few finishing details, the rehabbed workbench is complete. Work on the pallet boards for the wall is proceeding apace. Storage and, organization are just goals....dreams...for now. There will be mucho work to do in that area. After the pallet board wall is up, we can begin planning for work stations. One for the SCMS, one for routing and carving and one for a new laser....if I can sneak it in the budget. Of course the Shopsmiths will demand some space, too. As per usual, I grossly underestimated the time needed to be ready for some real woodworking. 

 

Done with the deck finish. Flowers and furniture back in place. May get to some of those bowls this week.

Finished pressure washing the house.  Finally on to some wood working projects.

Tried new plug in the chainsaw and lost that bet, so put it in the shop for repair. Now working on handles for a Fire Stix I sell. Doing 35 of those . Lots of things need doing in the yard but the 95 degree heat with index upward of 110 , not likely.

Lumber Run is done...24 bft of quarter sawn Ash ($20)..

 

New belt for the Sanding Center (yep, blew that old one out yesterday, as well as the dryer's)

 

Time for either shoptime ( on a MONDAY? ) or a NAP....

 

Wonder which it will be...

Wow, that seems like a great deal on the ash!

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Lumber Run is done...24 bft of quarter sawn Ash ($20)..

 

 

Talk about a bandit

Changed the stickers on the boards again didn't ya??

 

 

Edited July 26, 20214 yr by Gunny

Shhhh!   Happen to be good friends with the "dealer"....1 x 6 x 8' times 6 boards =?    Unable to haul 8' boards IN the Equinox LT....so, we cut them down a bit...took a while to carry 12 boards into the house, too.

7 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Shhhh!   Happen to be good friends with the "dealer"....1 x 6 x 8' times 6 boards =?    Unable to haul 8' boards IN the Equinox LT....so, we cut them down a bit...took a while to carry 12 boards into the house, too.

Hmmm. My PT Cruiser can handle those. Let the seat in back down and roll right front window down.

 

 

Or just take the truck. 

Nothing new to report.  Busy week ahead at the J.O.B....getting kind of burnt out after more than 2 decades.  3 more years and I can retire.

 

.40

An old picture of @steven newman

 

Must be a Monday....was worried the belt was too small......turns out it is about an inch too large for the Craftsman Sanding Center....6" disc/36" belt.....back to Lowes tomorrow,and get one a bit smaller...

Front wall of the house is to be painted tomorrow.  Some touch ups on the ends.  Then trim.  We decided today what colors the trim will be.  Can hardly wait.  

 

Wife has appointment with surgeon tomorrow to discuss options for ridding gall stones.  It appears she is looking forward to the surgery.  Another 3 days or more in the hospital.  Ugh!

Hope all goes well with the surgery, if needed. The pain relief is probably worth the hospital stay. 

10 hours ago, steven newman said:

  Unable to haul 8' boards IN the Equinox LT....so, we cut them down a bit...

 Hard to understand what the problem might have been...you just aren't creative enough.

11 hours ago, forty_caliber said:

3 more years and I can retire.

 Heads up, these could be the longest 3 years of your life!

 

New floor installed yesterday, she's happy, I'm happy. Murphy struck late last week, cabinets delayed, moving on.