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That what my Daughter wants built. Something to hang or stand near a wall, and hold a few towels...Ooooh, Kay.. So, hauled a plank to the shop.. No room for a 7' long plank...we have ways.. Clear down on the end...handsaw is working on removing a short piece of scrap.. Was trying to do the splits. Measure from this nice, square, defect free end..about 50" more or less...Was trying to avoid.. This Problem Child...so.. Just missed it. Since I had a more manageable plank, I could use the tablesaw..instead of.. This saw....Needed to straighten out an edge first.. Then rip the remainder into 2 equal sections.. And now I have the 2 sides for the ladder. But, a ladder needs rungs, right... There were 2 boards left over in the shop, reset the rip fence a bit narrower.. A kept out the best 5 of the mess....Now, ladder sides tow in at the top, going from 18" at the bottom, to ~13" at the top..oh joy, angled tenons. First, need an angle to set to..we have ways. . About 18" later, and the other end is laid out, as well. need to set the mitre guage to that angle ( ~12 degrees) And make 10 cuts... Then laid the shoulder cuts... Had to reset things to do the other half of these..then attempt the cheek cuts.. Mitre gauge back to 90 degrees, too.. Then over to the bench, to clean up each tenon... Olde School Ways....small hammer, and a SHARP chisel... So...all 10 tenons are now done...3 hours in the shop, everything now hurts...time to stop for today Stay tuned..
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Well, boss brought home a screen door.....32" wide. Opening was about 31-1/2" or so. Scrub jack plane to narrower the door to fit. Finally able to install the door Had to excavate a bit of the jamb, to get the handle to work Which brings up the other part of the job. Front door is 8' tall, NOT 6'8".....So, I needed to build a box-like thingy above the screen door. Called a Transom. I trimmed down a 2x4 for length to go between the sides of the door opening. Had some metal brackets.. Tried to get the thing level.....got it close enough. Then came all them trips. Up a step ladder to measure, back down the steps to the Dungeon Shop to cut some quarter round. Back up to confirm size, back down to final size it. Then, out to the back porch, where a couple drills were set up, to do pilot holes Silver one is a PowerKraft yard sale find for a $1. It ran a 3/8" forstner bit, the other ran a small bit. Take the predrilled piece up the ladder, grab another drill off the platform, and a screw, try to drive them all in a straight line. Hoping the miters are at least close Let's see, four pieces to make the outside frame, with all them trips. Cheated a bit, as I also made the inside frames at the same time, but still...lots of trips. ( me and ladders don't quite get along these days, either) Once the outside was installed, I then cut a sheet of plexiGlass to size. Installed that. Then go back and install the inner frame. Gave up on the one type of screw I was using.....wrong driver tip, so i went with Old Reliable...drywall #6. Got the inner frame done a little faster, too. Doesn't look too bad, Boss is going to paint things up. Inside? Best part? I then got to put all the toys away. Grab a block of cheese and something to wash it down with, and just sit down awhile...
