Our House

Good evening all, been rainy & cool today & yesterday. I could not do any outside work on our new shed base so I finished up the sliding barn door for the woodshop in the basement. I even put the poster I had from The New Yankee Workshop on the outside of the door.

Matt! Bill! Glad to see ya!
Enjoying some beautiful OH spring weather but struggling with lumber storage. I’ve got the 4’x8’ cart built for the most part with the off cuts storage on the far end but… I don’t like it. Tempted to take the A frame supports down and just stack and sticker all my long boards on it and sore the shorter stuff on the bora wall racks I have just so I can move forward with moving in. Lumber is 60% of what’s left to move in! #woodhoarder

guess I better go work on some yard cleanup or get dinner going!

Head was wired for sound, this morning....0700 start..half of the session was measuring for where to stick all those wires to...actual "scan" lasted 20+ minutes....was out of there by 0900....Then to McD's for the Big Breakfast...then out to Menard's for a new 4 x 36 sanding belt, a saw file , and treats for the dogs.....THEN the Boss needed to go to the store....then I took a nice long NAP.

Got bored this evening, spent about 2 hours in the shop....result?

All 4 corners are done...

Handle was planed flat, edge jointed, cut to shape on the bandsaw, then finished with the spokeshaves...

Needed to chop 2 stopped Mortises...then try a full dry fit..

Once I had made all the cauls to shape..

Then pre-set a few clamps...

About half of the clamps....anyone want to stop by and help with the glue up?

Meanwhile.....

We be chilling out...

Waaayyyy too early this morning to try to figure out the reasoning of this one . . . . . . if it weren't for the follow up photos, I would have never guessed it. Great solution !!!!

Glue up has been achieved..

Will let this sit overnight...Then we'll see...

Waiting on second coat to dry...

A look at the inside...


Figure next time I have to haul spoons and forks to a Family Get- together...I can haul both in this...?

A windy 42 degrees outside this morning.....not very spring -like,eh?

MIGHT be able to pick up a load of Lumber for the shop, tomorrow......will take along a sharp handsaw, AND a camera....as 10' long 1 x 6s just do not fit in a Chevy Equinox very well..

Tuesday will be a very busy day.....Eye eval....then rehab for dissiness....then 40 miles each way to visit Family Doctor to find out HOW the UTI is doing, along with the Pancreatitis, and the DT2.....going to be a LONG-arsed day....

Next Project? Will be in May....after those boards get used to the Dungeon Woodshop setting...
I did get this "thing"..

All nice, clean and shiny, yesterday.....and it is now hanging up with a #10 sized bit....will take a bit of practice to get this working....Called a "Car Builder's Brace"...aka Wimble....Millers Falls No. 7312....about 1934 era..

12" swing....from the center of the top arm.

Road Trip to buy a few sticks...

14 planks...1 x 6 x 5' Ash....had to cut them down from 10' long, so that they would fit IN my car...

Even got a Cardio Workout while doing it...Yes, that is indeed me running the saw..

Almost done....Spent a whopping $30 for all the boards...

Blanks for the 2 back legs...

Will glue these up into 2 back legs...

One at a time.....

Spent most of the shoptime wrestling..

trying to get the bandsaw sitting in just the right spot to make the cuts...and NOT bang i

Last I looked..today IS a Friday!

Late night, last night...


Needed a way to clean this mess off, and NOT mess up a hand plane..

Seemed to work....then clamp both back legs together...

And let the big guy do his thing...


Need to lay out the front legs..

Using these 2 planks....and take out the pile of scraps...

IF and when it stops raining...these will be heading to the fire pit...