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I need to make a couple of TV trays and a drink stand (my name for it) for our daughter, I did manage to dig the wood out and get most of it trimmed up over the weekend. May get the rest of the stuff done this week....or not.

Edited May 23, 20224 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

10 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

May get the rest of the stuff done this week....or not.

 

Same here, but probably not. 

 

FIFY Fred. 

Edited May 23, 20224 yr by Larry Buskirk

Waiting for Cricket to call. 

This thing didn't bother me all weekend. 

Edited May 23, 20224 yr by Larry Buskirk

Monday?   MONDAY?   

 

Have a friend's Wedding to go to, today.....will wave at Fred on the way by....

 

A TRUE Optimist gets married on a Monday.....

 

About shoots the day for anything else....Maybe tomorrow, I can start on some resaws?

45 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Waiting for Cricket to call. 

This thing didn't bother me all weekend. 

Two words- Duct Tape

Another library project...

4 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Waiting for Cricket to call. 

This thing didn't bother me all weekend. 

I'm no techie nor anything, but not sure the call will come through unless it's Jiminy Crickett.

Time to start the re-mowing project. Granddaughter will be playing the pick-up-sticks game. Some ball games this week too. Wedding Friday afternoon...small, immediate family & a few friends, very informal, with a catered meal at our church after. Looks like I'm regaining my title of FIL again. Not sure if those letters go in front or behind my name? Gotta go. Need to call the Vanderbuilt's and Post's for clarification.

Got to clean up some in shop after turning club weekend. The demo was on a Morocco bowl which is turned and embellished with Sorby Spiraling tool and then dye and liming wax. Planning my own version.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Time to start the re-mowing project.

 

 I'm still working on the last time. 

painting the town red:

 

well, just some new doors (metal to replace rotting wood ones, total of 6, this is the first pair).

 

one coat of grey primer, two coats of red, over the factory white.

Nice paint job. I don't envy you hanging that door. I'll bet it weighs a ton. 

4 hours ago, DAB said:

well, just some new doors (metal to replace rotting wood ones, total of 6, this is the first pair).

 

one coat of grey primer, two coats of red, over the factory white.

Hmmm..."I see a red door, I want to paint it black..."

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Hmmm..."I see a red door, I want to paint it black..."

My kind of music!

6 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

My kind of music!

My Father's Day gift, 2015, was a pair of tickets to THIS July 4 EVENT.  It was quite a show both on the stage and eleswhere. IMS had a spectacular fireworks celebration after. It was a "bucket list" event.

 

However, Mrs. Grandma Grandpadave and I learned we were out of touch with today's concert crowds, second hand "smoke" is harmful, getting home at 4A wasn't fun anymore, recovery time is prolonged after age 60 and perhaps some bucket list items should stay in a bucket.

 

 

17 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Hmmm..."I see a red door, I want to paint it black..."

no....we are not changing colors at this point.....  second coat of red on this AM, let them cure real nice, might hang thursday, or friday.

 

yeah, they are a bit heavy, and don't drop them!!!  gahhhh.....they took 6 weeks to arrive, special order.  about $2200 for 6.  not cheap either.

Road Trip today..Boss had errands to run...so...I snuck over the my Hardwood Supplier...and got talked out of buying Ash, this time..

Picked up some Maple, instead...we cut down 4 boards to better fit the Chevy...Boards were 3/4" x 5-3/4"  x 117", and there was a short thrown in..

Total spent, today? $17

With a good chance of having a bit of spalt to it....and a bit of live edge...

 

Let this stack sit a few days...while I figure out what to make for June's Project....

 

Fred: There is a Barn Venue north of Moulton,OH....That was where the Wedding took place.  Wedding itself was in the Loft, the Reception was don on the ground floor, catered by Olive Garden.  

I was unaware of that place, and we lived in Moulton (for those not familiar, Moulton is nothing more than a crossroads with a church, LP terminal, and what used to be a grain elevator) the first 22 years we lived in the area.  Nice wood, BTW. I'm a big fan of spalted maple.