March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post Friday St. Patricks Day Folks. Here "Two Weeks From Anywhere" I woke up officially an "Old Man" Now I get to add to the list of things you can't get out of. Death, Taxes, and now paying for Medicare. Not sure what I'll be doing this weekend, depends on how soggy the yard is I guess. So, What's on Your St. Patricks Weekend Agenda?
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post Wait a minute... is today Larry's birthday... or was it two weeks ago and we are just now getting word? Happy Birthday my friend way up there in the frozen, soggy Land 'o Cheese! Yesterday was a most beautiful day here in Middle Georgia. Spent the whole day working in the "woods". Clean up, pruning, burning debris, mulching the paths, etc. During the past week I got the side of the garage cleaned out so that I can prep for ceiling redo and wall paint, except... I uncovered evidence of old termite damage when I took the baseboard off So on today's agenda is to cut out a couple feet of sheetrock to see how extensive that damage is. I already have an "appointment" to have breakfast with my contractor friend on Monday. Whatever I find over the weekend I can take a few pics to show them and get whatever remedial actions to be taken scheduled. Outside of that, working on cabinets. Oh, and plans call for a bit of cabbage and "maybe" some green beer, it is St. Paddy's day and Larry's birthday!
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post Resting up right now for 4-1/2 hour round trip later today to PU youngest granddaughter. Her spring break starts when her last class ends today. Men's breakfast tomorrow morning. Sunday school + church Sunday. Dinner at Pastor's Sunday evening. Wife's weekend to work so I'll have a few hours with limited supervision. Weather has reverted to early January for this weekend so I guess I'll be forced to watch some March Madness too. Dirty job but someone's got to do it. Welcome to the aches and pain club @Larry Buskirk. Pretty soon you'll forget all about it...and everything else for that matter.
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post The gate install didn't go as planned. The dimensions were correct but they supplied the wrong size hardware for the mounting posts. Hurry up and wait or as my Navy Chief would say- "mill around smartly, men". Guests for Saturday evening.
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post Corned Beef is in the slow cooker right now, and I may have an extra beer tonight...with out the green color (don't have any). Otherwise this is a "hunker down and bear it" weekend weather-wise. If i get out to the shop i may piddle around a little out there.
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post 29 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Otherwise this is a "hunker down and bear it" Otherwise this is a "hunker down and beer it"
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post Checking the turning club computer set up for meeting tomorrow. Demonstrator is John Lucas and we have a dinner get together tonight. Have some surprises in store from the Azobe wood I picked up yesterday. Have started again to work on side table for the wife and maybe drawers today. Don't celebrate PAddy so will be routine.
March 17, 20233 yr Popular Post i checked the end of this rainbow last year, found no gold. taken just out our back door, looking east on late afternoon.
March 17, 20233 yr Author Popular Post 3 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Corned Beef is in the slow cooker right now, and I may have an extra beer tonight...with out the green color (don't have any). Otherwise this is a "hunker down and bear it" weekend weather-wise. If i get out to the shop i may piddle around a little out there. Just had our Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, and Carrots, Corned Beef was melt in your mouth tender, washed mine down with a cold Guinnes Extra Stout. Too windy to do anything outside today. 3 hours ago, John Morris said: Otherwise this is a "hunker down and beer it" You, and Fred are a bad influence,, but what's a traditional St. Patricks Day dinner without a Guinness or three, or,... BION I got carded when I went to the store.
March 18, 20233 yr Popular Post Happy birthday @Larry Buskirk This is going to be a good weekend, spent a relaxing Friday evening making things sharp. Saturday is going to be a shop day now that my prodigal dado stack has returned and I can get started on cutting a ridiculous number of tenons for the wife’s entry table project. Sunday I am thinking I will head out to the track for an autocross day. If all goes well, it is going to be a fun filled weekend.
March 18, 20233 yr There was a time, long ago....where the simple act of "Wearing The Green" would have gotten you hanged. Times have changed. Although..the best way to start a fight, would be to wear the Orange.... I might trying doing finger joints...again.. Only have two more corners to do... Great Lakes Brewing Co. "Conway's Irish Ale" for this weekend @6.3%..it do have a wee bit of a kick to it...
March 18, 20233 yr I was told that if the corner joint had 5 fingers in one direction and 5 in the other then that was a finger joint. More or less than that and it's a box joint. You're missing one finger, but apparently among woodworkers that is not uncommon and an allowable exception. To me finger joints are all the work of dovetail joints with non of the locking from one direction. Bad for drawers, but OK for boxes that just hold stuff. Such is the detritus of my bored mind. Love the warm tone of the wood you are using. That'll be a beautiful box.
March 18, 20233 yr Author 9 minutes ago, 4DThinker said: You're missing one finger, but apparently among woodworkers that is not uncommon and an allowable exception. I must be doing it wrong, I've still got all of my fingers. They've all been broken at one time or another, some more than once.
March 18, 20233 yr 33 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said: I must be doing it wrong, I've still got all of my fingers. They've all been broken at one time or another, some more than once. Naw. At every finger accident there are three possible outcomes. You can cut/nick a finger, you can break a finger, or you can lose a finger. Each is a deflection point along the timeline of a woodworker's life. You've simply been fortunate to not deflect down that lost finger timeline. That's good as that timeline is the only dead end one. Once you've lost a finger there are no more possible outcomes for that finger. I'm still threatening 8 fingers and two thumbs. A few scars. Regular scabs from the latest nicks. Never a broken finger but I do have one toe that got broken when a car hit me while I was riding my motorcycle. That toe took a direct hit. Sacrificing itself to save all the other toes. It survived but no longer is a mirror image of the same toe on the other foot.
March 18, 20233 yr Left index finger is about 1/8" shorter than the right one (tablesaw, then a Utility knife) progress, today.. All 4 corners are done...test fit for square, and for clamps Shelves will be next..stay tuned..
March 18, 20233 yr Author 2 hours ago, 4DThinker said: Naw. At every finger accident there are three possible outcomes. You can cut/nick a finger, you can break a finger, or you can lose a finger. Each is a deflection point along the timeline of a woodworker's life. You've simply been fortunate to not deflect down that lost finger timeline. That's good as that timeline is the only dead end one. Once you've lost a finger there are no more possible outcomes for that finger. I'm still threatening 8 fingers and two thumbs. A few scars. Regular scabs from the latest nicks. Never a broken finger but I do have one toe that got broken when a car hit me while I was riding my motorcycle. That toe took a direct hit. Sacrificing itself to save all the other toes. It survived but no longer is a mirror image of the same toe on the other foot. I didn't say the fingers were without their scars, I've taken my ahare of chunks out of them. Even have a permanent wedding band from when I grounded myself out while welding, took 100 Amps through my wedding band. Yowza that ring got red hot fast! Toes? Some of them are about as crooked as some of the fingers, and don't quite bend like they used to. When you've got 13EEE feet they tend to make a better target! I could go on about the other body parts that are complaining about the abuse sustained over the years, but I think I hear one (or more) of those left over from yesterday Guinness Extra Stouts calling. What the heck it's Saturday and after a quick walk through the boneyard earlier with below zero wind chills I might just need a little anti-freeze, and besides that,... Didn't feel too bad after a couple yesterday.
March 20, 20233 yr Popular Post Took a quick trip across the state from south to Lake Erie shores. Stopped in overnight at a daughter's house, then on to funeral for the eldest cousin on my dad's side (a month short of turning 83). Was a very good service and got to spend time with my two sisters that I don't see often and four remaining cousins. Then home. Sunday picked up 2 pieces of baltic birch that was my share of the 100 or so pieces that the woodworking club got from a guy, halfway across the state. Nothing planned for it, but at $40, it was both available and less than half market price these days.
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