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@Woodman creates wonderful useful items from small's, off-cut's and off-shoot's and the unwanted, he is truly making use of every piece of wood. Trays, just simply, Trays.

 

 

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Earlier last week I was at the tail end of covid and had spent a couple weeks doing not much of anything.  By the end of the week the rapid tests came back negative.  There was a thick layer of leaves over the whole lawn, so I spent all day Friday and half of Saturday chopping, mulching and gathering up and spreading the leaves in different areas of the yard.

And of course Saturday afternoon/evening was spent watching your Number 1 Georgia Bulldogs put a whupping on Tennessee.  That was likely Georgia's best game of the year (so far)

I have jury duty today and then maybe, just maybe, get back on a dresser build that I started a month ago...

2 minutes ago, Cal said:

just maybe, get back on a dresser build that I started a month ago...

my life story Cal

Saturday the winds were blowing so hard around us it took out a 40' section of cedar privacy fence. Snapped the 4x4 treated posts even at the ground. But Sunday was a lot nicer so I spent a fair slice of the day removing the wreckage and trying to figure out if I wanted to replace that fence....it had been on my list of "get rid of that stuff" for some time. Now it's gone and I'm not sure whether I miss it or not.

Day #4 of that chest cold....not much change....

 

Monday?   Leave it at that.....

Had a windy day Saturday.  Blew all the leaves away.  Some stuck around the house to get rid of and I'll be done early this year.  Should put the plow on the Polaris side by side while it is warm this week.  Working on Christmas gifts.

Edited November 7, 20223 yr by HandyDan

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

the unwanted

Hi John & all - Here is an example of making parquet using a discarded bit. I make the parquet and typically slice it thin for trinket tray bottoms. They double as sun-catchers. This is No. 5 of 2022, one of the better ones. Discipline not to rush it is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working the J.O.B this week.  Tomorrow is my 23 year anniversary with this outfit.  Lots of things have changed since Nov 8th 1999.  

 

Cleaned up after the plumbing adventures two weeks ago.  Cut, installed, and painted plywood access panels for the toilets and showers in both bathrooms.  One of the old ones that I replaced was a small bit of plywood with sheetrock extensions taped to it.  I was able to reuse some of the 60 yr old 1/4" plywood for one of the panels.  It was nothing like the captured saw dust that's available today.  Lumber core, hard and still flat after all that time.  

 

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Edited November 7, 20223 yr by forty_caliber

23 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

Tomorrow is my 23 year anniversary with this outfit.

Congrats! Not many folks stay at the same place for any length of time.

Busy week ahead. Still cleaning up carnage from Saturday's 12 hour wind event. Official high gust of 64 mph.

 

Tomorrow up early to hopefully catch a glimpse of the Blood Moon, Lunar Eclipse, go vote, haircut, errands, then finish the day attending oldest grandson first 6th grade basketball game.

 

Fun trip to BMV awaits, church business meeting, another basketball game, final mowing of 2022, more errands and other tasks TBD for remainder of week.

22 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Fun trip to BMV awaits,

 

 Now there's a phrase you don't hear often...or at all.

2 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 

 Now there's a phrase you don't hear often...or at all.

My experience has been a root canal with the dentist is more enjoyable and far less painful.Filling up my briefcase now with all the paperwork required except for the one piece they'll want but I failed to bring.

Ohio ain't much better.....

today's project:

 

will paint the rest red tomorrow.

21 hours ago, Woodman said:

Hi John & all - Here is an example of making parquet using a discarded bit. I make the parquet and typically slice it thin for trinket tray bottoms. They double as sun-catchers. This is No. 5 of 2022, one of the better ones. Discipline not to rush it is required.

I love this, completely awesome Woodman, it makes me look at those end cuts that come off my saw table a little differently!

 So that's what was going on. 

 

Monday didn't miss me, while doing more "Patch Panels" on Bruce's wife Kim's 02 Blazer first the angle grinder, and then the sawzall both decided to bite me creating a bloody mess. 

 

Blazer only has about 68K on it but these midwest winters sure did a number on the quarter panels, door sills, and lower front fenders.

Bruce just wants to avoid having to go through finding his SWMBO another vehicle that she would accept. Took him the better part of a year to find the 02 a few years back. She didn't care for the Honda Pilot that we ended up with. 

4 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

and then the sawzall both decided to bite me creating a bloody mess.

Ok I'll bite, how the heck did you do that! You know what, I'm used to these similar reports from you Larry, I don't even ask if you are ok anymore, I assume since you are here typing, then you at least have one finger left!

Saw tailend of lunar eclipse...kinda bummer as we had a hazy overcast. Voted this morning so campaign ads are required to end

 

It's finally official...while at the High School picked up our "free, complementary", senior, lifetime all sports events passes. The irony is just paid fall installment of property tax yesterday so "free" doesn't resonate all that much.

 

Haircut this afternoon, then basketball game at 6P. Gotta start reaping the senior lifetime "free" benefits...ya' never know when graduation might occur

 

 

all painted up.

7 hours ago, John Morris said:

Ok I'll bite, how the heck did you do that!

A proper Sawzall is a plumber's tool. Ya'z gots t'have training! Training, man!