Friday October 17, 2025-What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

[Larry Buskirk]

Friday again everyone!

Things have been a bit crazy here "Two Weeks From Anywhere" 

Ever try finding parts for 65+ year old American Standard toilets that you need yesterday? 

Took a couple of days but managed to do so. 

 

Now back to trying to get the outside things done. 

 

What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Been ding some winter prep with the yard this past week. Just minor putzing around in the shop.

[Grandpadave52]

Well it took me the best part of the past three afternoons but I got all the mowing completed; dusty, dry, hard, rough ground so I went pretty slow. The best I can recollect, I hadn't mowed since the last week of August. 

 

Today, clean up and service the mower plus a few other outside things ahead of the rain/ storms forecast for the weekend. I'll probably try returning to church services this Sunday. Finally again able to sleep most all night.

[lew]

Lots of little things piling up. EWT demos tomorrow and next Saturday

[John Morris]

Friday already!

Son is visiting from AIT, graduated his UH-60 Blackhawk mechanic school and he's doing a two week layover here at home before he heads to his permanent duty station Ft Lewis Washington. Dad will be barbecuing for him and his buddies tomorrow as a welcome home sort of get together.

We picked him up from the airport last Friday, he arrived just in time for his older sisters baby shower on Saturday, so this weekend is his weekend with his buddies.

 

Proud mom with our son, orders to travel in civi's, no uniform, thus his street clothes, I always love seeing young military in their uniforms in the airports, but this time he had to come home incognito.

[John Morris]

3 minutes ago, lew said:

EWT demos tomorrow and next Saturday

Good luck Lew!!!!

[Gunny]

Got to make a box for the router table to store bits, and tools for router and router table rings.  Nothing fancy.  

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I'll probably try returning to church services this Sunday. Finally again able to sleep most all night.

Glad to hear some sense of routine is coming back to ya Gramps!

[John Morris]

Just now, Gunny said:

Got to make a box for the router table to store bits, and tools for router and router table rings.  Nothing fancy.  

Expecting updates with images Gunny! Sounds like a fun project.

[lew]

53 minutes ago, Gunny said:

Got to make a box for the router table to store bits, and tools for router and router table rings.  Nothing fancy.  

 

Well just don't do this! Or, if you do, put a cover over it!

[HARO50]

3 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I'll probably try returning to church services this Sunday. Finally again able to sleep most all night.

Good to hear you're getting back to what passes for 'normal', Gramps. And while you're in town, don't forget to pick up some donuts!

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Just now, HARO50 said:

 And while you're in town, don't forget to pick up some donuts!

 

 

Yeah...like that would ever happen.

[Grandpadave52]

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

Glad to hear some sense of routine is coming back to ya Gramps!

Thanks John. Might have overdone it a bit this week but ya' don't know unless you try, right?

15 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Good to hear you're getting back to what passes for 'normal', Gramps. And while you're in town, don't forget to pick up some donuts!

Thanks John. Still a few challenges to work out yet but getting there...Oh, Thanks for the great suggestion; not something I would normally do.

14 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 

 

Yeah...like that would ever happen.

Not sure I'm following you here...

[MrRick]

I'm going to be making a footstool soon and probably post it here since this seems to be where everyone looks at projects. Not many viewing what I post under general woodworking. 

[John Morris]

6 minutes ago, MrRick said:

I'm going to be making a footstool soon and probably post it here since this seems to be where everyone looks at projects. Not many viewing what I post under general woodworking. 

You most certainly want to post in  your own topic for your projects Rick.  

they'll get lost to the anals of history in these general Monday, Wed, and Friday topics. 

[MrRick]

John... here's what I do when posting something new..

I hit the "+"
Then I select ... create a new "topic"
Then I select "General Woodworking" on the pulldown
Then tap off screen for it to come to this ...
 "continue" and select it.

then the create a new topic begins for fill in

Is this not correct?

 

I'm I doing something wrong?

 

Rick

[John Morris]

21 minutes ago, MrRick said:

Is this not correct?

Yes this seems correct to me Rick, and all the wonderful new project topics you've created have been successful, are you experiencing any issues?

[kmealy]

Had some eye surgery Wednesday, so sawdust in the eye is out for the weekend.

 

However, my letter to the editor made it into the Wood Magazine that arrived today.

[lew]

2 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Had some eye surgery Wednesday, so sawdust in the eye is out for the weekend.

 

However, my letter to the editor made it into the Wood Magazine that arrived today.

 

Congrats!!!!

[Gerald]

Almost have the old house ready to go on market next week. Anyone want to move to Brandon.

 

Tomorrow is Woodturners meeting and Chili cookout. I will be doing a demo on turning Aluminum nose for a woodturning tool handle. Hope To get down to really getting shop up and going next week.