Friday May 30th, 2025-What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

[Larry Buskirk]

Achoo! Allergy season here "Two Weeks From Anywhere". 

 

So, as I struggle with itchy eyes and sneezures,

 

What's on Your Weekend agenda? 

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

I'm not sure. It looks like we'll have nice weather so maybe I'll finally get caught up on the yard stuff. In the shop I'm still putzing with my American Women quarter display frames.

[Gordon]

No “shop” time for me this weekend. Today I’m cooking up some smoked chicken for a family gathering, then we’re packing up to go spend a couple weeks with our granddaughter in VA (or at least that’s the plan for now). 

[steven newman]

Have not been informed of the weekend's schedule...yet....Shop is in Maintain Mode....sharpen and put away tools....

 

Trying to figure out a plan for..

This $26 Trunk load of Live Edge Ash.....

Stay tuned...

[John Morris]

Happy Friday everyone! Stay safe in all ya do!

Afraid I'll be taking care of a sick wife for the weekend, fever and aches, time for hubby to step up and turn the tables for a bit, service will be my calling this weekend. 

Everybody stay outta trouble, be good, get in the shop, and create!

[kmealy]

This, in the theater world, is known as "tech week."    Saturday we have the last day of set construction (after 3 evenings this week, several last week and 11 Saturdays).   The shop is full and there is still a lot to be done.   Morning and most of the afternoon we do construction work.  Then load up a rental truck.

 

Sunday 9am - 9pm we move stuff into the theater (at a local high school), and start onsite assembly.   The door to the shop is only roughly 6'x7' so the pieces can't be real big.

 

Then every evening M-T, we're working there, in between actor rehearsals, lighting set up, microphone set up, costuming, rehearsing with the stage crew (high school kids).

 

Dress rehearsal Thurs evening, shows Friday and Saturday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees.

 

Then "the strike", everything gets taken apart in a few hours (after 12 weeks of build), and the parts loaded back onto the truck and taken back to the shop.

 

A busy and exhausting week.

Edited May 30 by kmealy

[lew]

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Trying to figure out a plan for..

 

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

everything gets taken apart in a few hours (after 12 weeks of build

 

@steven newman Maybe a live edge coffee table?

 

@kmealy I hope everyone appreciate what a monumental task it is for you all to create, make, setup and then teardown those sets.

[Grandpadave52]

Past week has been extremely busy and still trying to adjust to a couple new Rx's. Yesterday the weedeater led me around the property for a few hours trying to differentiate where the weeds end and the yard begins. More of the same today to be followed by mowing an extremely over grown property which likely will continue until snowfall. Church Sunday. Nothing fun planned in the shop. Donut know when I'll see my next doughnut.

[kmealy]

6 hours ago, lew said:

 

 

 

@kmealy I hope everyone appreciate what a monumental task it is for you all to create, make, setup and then teardown those sets.

I wish we would simplify the sets a bit.  This one has about 50' of 14' high walls, two side walls at 30 degree angles, with two layers, one of "wallpaper" and one of black and white stripes.  Two doors.  A 2' high platform inside, and then a 7' platform inside, the larger one with two sets of steps and a fireplace.  Then there is a 7' platform with a set of steps up, and another (13 steps) down the back and of course, handrails all around.  There is a 2 piece "roof scene" with a tilted roof, satellite dish, and a window, with faux shingles and siding all around.  A separate "attic scene with a 12' wall, one door and one hidden door.   4 mausoleums that later convert to a TSA station, then add a passenger screen and luggage screen.   A coffin in a platform with grass base and railing around.  There's two or three other sets of steps and they'll be on a wall and need to have a landing platform. A dining table repurposed from a picnic table from the last show.  A rolling couch.  A streetlight with remote power supply.  Several lamps with remote switches.  A set of covers over the orchestra pit with a trap door.  And a "sandworm" crafted from a 4x4x6 piece of styrofoam with jaws and teeth that move.  And a separate door only used for a few people to go thru at the beginning of act 2.

[Bubba]

Hopefully the ground has soaked up enough water so a neighbor and I can get back to building the fence between us. Late last Sunday he got 8 post holes dug but the holes have seen full of water all week.

[frenchwwr]

I'm going to another "FixIt Day" on Saturday, where people bring us broke stuff and we attempt to fix it. This one will be county-wide and not just our little town.
 

I'm going to be Fix'n lights.

The car is ready to go.

[lew]

My students always loved “work on” Fridays!! They would bring electronic devices to class and we would try to make them work. 

[Gerald]

Contractor got permits approved so maybe start foundation next week. I called the concrete guy for shop and he said will start Wednesday. Today worked on cutting up this pile. Still a few days left on this project. Oh yes it looks bigger in person.

 

[steven newman]

First 2 planks to head for the shop..

Plank #1

2nd plank?

 

There are 2 more in the stack about like these 2...am not a fan of Bark, even from my 2 dogs....

We'll see what is left...after that...something for a June Project?

Stay tuned...

[Zack]

Been working on fixing the front porch for the past couple weeks. Replacing posts, railings and steps. Hopefully finish it next weekend. This is the before pic.

[JWD]

I've been working at work this weekend and the one past.  Telescope is broken and it's really been a hassle to get it going again.  Down to just one problem now and it has me stumped.  I'm about to give up my title of gremlin wrangler!  Already turned in the hat because everyone seems to think I keep it full of rabbits for the emergencies

 

[JWD]

On 5/30/2025 at 7:01 PM, frenchwwr said:

I'm going to another "FixIt Day" on Saturday, where people bring us broke stuff and we attempt to fix it. This one will be county-wide and not just our little town.
 

I'm going to be Fix'n lights.

The car is ready to go.

Sounds like that old Red Green segment - If it Aint Broke, You're Not Trying!

[StaticLV2]

Been busy with work and life lately and haven’t had a lot of time to spend in the shop.  

@Masonsailor Dropped by last weekend with one of our friends and we got to teach a class on sharpening chisels on a Tormek which was fun, then I turned him loose to do the rest of them.
I have been working on developing my skills with Kumiko patterns and panels which has been a great learning experience.
If you have challenges with scraps like I do, I highly recommend giving it a shot.  Currently I need to make 2 more rectangular panels for a lantern I am working on.

Other than that, this weekend has been chores, work, and a little bit of shop time.  Forecast is for more of the same tomorrow.

[StaticLV2]

Gradually getting better at this whole Kumiko thing and learning the importance of insane levels of precision… and sharp chisels…  No, sharper than that….  Much sharper.
One and a Half panels left to finish up for a lantern I am making for my wife.  I am working on a sled design for diamond and hexagon patterns frames as well.
I can see incorporating these into larger pieces as either accent or decoration and I have been toying with blending some of the shoji designs with classic furniture styles.

 

[JWD]

That's looking really good!

I would show my girlfriend your work (she's Japanese American) but she would then want me to start doing the same!

 

Come to think of it, all one has to do is look at the floor of my shop to see that I could never do that level of work!