Good Monday Morning Patriot Woodworkers! July 21, 2025

[John Morris]

Good Monday morning!

Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks!

 

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[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Yard stuff today and tomorrow, then we get a heat wave building back in that will drive me indoors (sortof). Starting Wed., the next 5 weekdays are all tied up with several medical appointments. One will be a 90 mile one-way drive.

[lew]

Waiting to be told my weekly assignments...

[Grandpadave52]

Hoping for drying conditions starting today after several consecutive days of rain. Assuming so it'll be the beginning of mow-a-thon and any other outside work I can get done ahead of the outdoor barbecue forecasted later this week. Mrs. took the week off so I need to find things to keep me busy and out of harms way.

[kmealy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

 

[frenchwwr]

@Grandpadave52 send it our way, the lawn is brown and nothing expected until the end of the week!

We have to repair the Canoe Trailer for a 3 day family paddle in the Adirondacks at the end of his stay.

We have more Beer Boxes to build.

Sunday we have another 'Fixit Day' 

And there's Gold in the brook

[lew]

13 minutes ago, kmealy said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

 

 

Glued to the television that day!

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, lew said:

 

Glued to the television that day!

Hey that's the MTV guy

[frenchwwr]

In my post above I left out the part that my city boy grandson is here for 2 weeks

[steven newman]

Sharpening day, today..2 plane irons to get done..

[Grandpadave52]

5 hours ago, lew said:

 

Glued to the television that day!

I was in Brockton, MA with my Aunt, Uncle, and Grandmother visiting my cousin and his wife. My cousin was stationed in the Navy there. His wife's parents and her sister were also visiting. We too were glued to the TV that night (morning) when Armstrong stepped onto the moon and delivered his now famous message.

Edited July 22 by Grandpadave52

[Gerald]

Doing more dirt work . Picking up brick to go in the wash on the creek. Sheet rock delivered today and it starts going up tomorrow. 

 

 

[DAB]

so my friend and architect, Bob, calls out of the blue last week, he's wrapping up a house build, and needs some shade covers for door/window, so he can get the place certified as "low energy" (i don't know the exact cert.).

 

sends me a drawing of the shade structure he has in mind, 2 of them, identical, out of marine grade plywood (1/2" as it turned out).  i study the drawing, and when he drops off the plywood, we discuss his design.  i make a few suggestions, and we finalize the details.  4 feet wide, 3 feet deep, sloped at 5 degrees for drainage, painted flat black (i have paint in hand, yay!).

 

get to work on them today, almost all done, just need to add the banding to the edges tomorrow and then paint (2 coats all sides).

 

the short leg will get bolted to the side of the house with long lag bolts, i'll drill holes later for them.

 

the 2x2 was cut from a scrap pressure treated 2x4.  all glued and screwed together.  it may fall off the house, but it's not coming apart.  #0 biscuits to hold the edge trim on, about every 6 inches 

[lew]

40 minutes ago, DAB said:

so my friend and architect, Bob, calls out of the blue last week, he's wrapping up a house build, and needs some shade covers for door/window, so he can get the place certified as "low energy" (i don't know the exact cert.).

 

sends me a drawing of the shade structure he has in mind, 2 of them, identical, out of marine grade plywood (1/2" as it turned out).  i study the drawing, and when he drops off the plywood, we discuss his design.  i make a few suggestions, and we finalize the details.  4 feet wide, 3 feet deep, sloped at 5 degrees for drainage, painted flat black (i have paint in hand, yay!).

 

get to work on them today, almost all done, just need to add the banding to the edges tomorrow and then paint (2 coats all sides).

 

the short leg will get bolted to the side of the house with long lag bolts, i'll drill holes later for them.

 

the 2x2 was cut from a scrap pressure treated 2x4.  all glued and screwed together.  it may fall off the house, but it's not coming apart.  #0 biscuits to hold the edge trim on, about every 6 inches 

Nice!

[Grandpadave52]

On 7/21/2025 at 4:52 PM, frenchwwr said:

@Grandpadave52 send it our way, the lawn is brown and nothing expected until the end of the week!

I wish I could have reallocated some Kevin. Of course, the accompanied heat, humidity and dew points would have been added at no extra charge.

Edited July 23 by Grandpadave52

[DAB]

i want to paint them black......