Friday again folks! 

 

Here in the land of "Two Weeks From Anywhere" we've been enjoying a bit cooler temperatures the past few days. (It's 54° here now)

 

Looks like Sunday might get a bit warm at a forecast Humid 90° 

 

My plans for the weekend will entail working on the 100+ year old Larkin desk and trying to get the plans for the Komputator case which will set on top of it out of my head and possibly onto paper. Much easier said than done because I'm one of those Dyslexic people that visualizes things in 3D while rotating them in my head. (Could be why others think I'm dizzy.

Since the desk is pretty much being restored versus modified for the project I'll be doing a separate topic for the Victrola style Komputator case build which will set on top of the desk.

 

That's my plans for the weekend, what's yours? 

After last weekend's foray into the Van Gogh exhibit, this weekend promises to be back to what passes for normal around here. SLOWLY working at the scroll saw making golf themed clock for my sister's Christmas present. Some scroll saw artists (of which I'm definitely not one) can whip out a like project in a couple hours. I really enjoy working at that saw but it becomes a bit tedious. I'm not used to having to concentrate so hard. There's a possibility the cutting MIGHT be done by Sunday. Then, there's sanding and finishing. Good thing Christmas is a ways off. 

Customer states vehicle made loud noise and then began smoking badly.

 

Hole in block cylinder 1.

 

 

Men's breakfast tomorrow; Church Sunday. Oldest granddaughter coming home Sunday evening for a couple days. Last weekend for youngest granddaughter before she returns to campus beginning her Junior year. Summer sure has gone fast.

 

Hopefully we can get more than one day in a row without rain, rain, more rain. Then it will be PU sticks, PU sticks, more PU sticks; Mowing, mowing, more mowing; weedeating, weedeating, more weedeating.

Little JB weld, some metal mesh, good to go. 

3 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I'm not used to having to concentrate so hard.

 

 That's the problem I have trying to put those rotating 3D images in my mind onto paper. 

Hope to get last finish coats on Fire Stix and seam rippers today. Tomorrow is Woodturners meeting. Temps back into triple digits for the next week here and no rain in sight. I see a hurricane coming at Cali hope it is not near @John Morris

42 minutes ago, Gerald said:

I see a hurricane coming at Cali hope it is not near @John Morris

Hey Gerald, yep we gonna get it and get it big! But the windy part of the hurricane will not be bad by the time it gets to us, mainly a whole bunch of rain. I'm ready though, I love rain!

Outside today enjoying the lower temps and humidity. Weather turning to what @Gerald's will be later this week.

Building my new work bench.

 

Yard sales today and tomorrow...kind of skimpy, today..

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$3 saw...Disston D-8...and this is after I had to cut it down a bit..to 18".   tooth line is touching the bottom of the etch.

 

8ppi..will be a handy "tool box saw"..

 

Just a PIP..

As for the question of what is going in this box..

Just an old Dado plane..

5 hours ago, Michael Thuman said:

Building my new work bench.

 

Hey Michael (aka Former Hoosier) long time, no see...well post. Actually both; coming up on 5 years since we met at @Fred W. Hargis Jr's. Great to have you posting with us again. Hope all has been well for you and family down in St. Charles. IIRC, you were busy doing some major remodeling on your house?

 

Keep us updated on the bench progress...remember the "old rule?"...pictures or it didn't happen Good to have you back.

I've just about wrapped up the basics of my upper garage clean-up.  Bunches of "stuff" was removed.  It was more hoarders cave than man cave.  So; walls painted, ceiling stripped and re-textured, simple moulding put up, floor sealed & coated, four new electrical outlets added, new overhead door and cabinets made and installed.  I made a simple base cap thinking a gray caulk would work at the seam between the base moulding and cap - it would've if I can find some dark gray caulk.  What the local Ace had in stock was a light gray and stuck out like a sore thumb.

 

Yesterday I changed out the light switches by that doorway to the house.  It was a two gang box with a lot of stuff going on in there - a three way switch, two single pole switches and a "junction" to send power to wall outlets, all 12 ga. wires.  I changed it out for a three gang big box and had room to clean things up.  While I was adding the extra outlets I had discovered that the "junction" was a hot wire stabbed into the back of the three way switch.  That connection was loose with no way to fix as it was.  Fixed now!

 

Today I need/want to run a couple errands.  See if Lowe's or Big Orange might have any dark gray caulk and pick up a jumbo three switch outlet cover.  And maybe a sheet of plywood to tackle the need couple projects that will go in the garage.

 

 

Most excellent @Cal.

 

Is that a "new ride" I see there? 

21 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Is that a "new ride" I see there? 

 

"New in '72"...

4 minutes ago, Cal said:

 

"New in '72"...

Didn't think it was the Duster. I didn't remember it having a full black hood..course I don't remember what I had for breakfast today either...wait a minute, I haven't had breakfast yet

5 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Didn't think it was the Duster. I didn't remember it having a full black hood..course I don't remember what I had for breakfast today either...wait a minute, I haven't had breakfast yet

 

I thought you were just joking around this morning Dave!  Full black hood...

 

17 minutes ago, Cal said:

I thought you were just joking around this morning Dave!  Full black hood...

I remembered it with two wide black stripes... I'm better now though; had breakfast

finished these up today.

 

 

3 hours ago, DAB said:

finished these up today.

Very well done. Look very nice.