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Nice and robust mail box setup by @jthornton. Displaying some well done mortise and tenon joinery, looks like someone is ready to build a post and beam structure now!

 

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A fun image of a traditional schooner under construction in 1977, can you imagine all the planning and hand work that goes into these vessels?

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A fun video about "The Notebook". A maker at Thomas Moser describes his Notebook.

 

Very interesting video John.  I have kept up a daily log for maybe 30 years or so, not a diary like my grandma kept but just a note of the days weather and what I worked on.  Son James came down to spend a week with us.  We worked on a Bailey dog chair on Saturday and made templates for it.  While he was visiting friends yesterday I ran a few errands and rough cut the parts for the chair out.  At some point during the week I will let him clean the parts up with a pattern bit in the router.

Also on Saturday James got his big ol' bird lens out and took a few more bird pics - I will post a few pics up later along with an interesting (if you are into birding) story to accompany them.

 

For the week ahead it's primarily outside chores and visiting.  Lawn is greening up quickly with all this warm weather we've had.  Wednesday is a big supper planned for one of Julie's sister's birthday and I think we are headed to Atlanta Saturday AM to have lunch with our daughter and to see James off.  A busy week in front of me.

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by Cal

All of Phyl's visiting family has left. Now there will be some uninterrupted shop time.  Starting on a wormy mesquite bench for the newly remodeled master bath. Hope to get a lot done before my relatives arrive this coming weekend.  Pics of the slab later.  

Get done? 

Plans? 

Not much got done. Still trying to get back that lost hour of sleep.

The slab. Sorry. It's upside down.

26 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

The slab. Sorry. It's upside down.

 

That's OK, as long as it gets installed right side up.

1 hour ago, lew said:

Thanks. Lew.

Not much accomplished over the weekend.

 

Leaving in a bit for weekly "gruber" (gramps uber) services. Trip to Boilertown mid-week for haircut then some errands. See what the weather provides during the week. LOTS of sticks, branches and a few small limbs to gather. Grass is starting to really green up. I usually don't mow before the first or second week of April but may need to this year. Plenty of other projects to choose from...oh look a squirrel.

 IDK, I think I like it better the other way. 

3 hours ago, lew said:

Not much got done. Still trying to get back that lost hour of sleep.

Gubmint will reimburse you in November.

 

3 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Get done? 

Plans? 

Probably about time to take off the snowplow on Bruce's truck.

1 minute ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Probably about time to take off the snowplow on Bruce's truck.

 

 The Tulips might be 6" high, the Maple trees beginning to leave out, and we're not taking any chances on doing that until at least late April. 

began a 5 week project to repair some tables at church.  2 per week (maybe 3 last week), trim off damaged edges, glue on solid maple edges.

finally got the pix to upload

I am converting  a cheap stand by a slightly wider laminated waterfall top

Made a wooden cane a la Paul Sellers.  Red oak shaft and black walnut handle.  Need to pick up a rubber tip tomorrow and add a bit more finish.  The most time consuming part was changing the bit on the mortising machine, the 1/4" one did not want to come off.

  Photos to follow.

Needed a few more long clamps. 
 

48” in this case. 
 

two 24” extensions for my 60” pipe clamps. 

9 minutes ago, DAB said:

Needed a few more long clamps. 

Never can have too many clamps.