Creeker's Past Week's Accomplishments

[Dennis Peacock]

16 Nov 2020

Greetings,
Sorry I'm late but it's not been a normal week for me.
I got lots of things done around the house and I got some good time in the shop this past week. I didn't get accomplished that I thought I would but I did buy a new 5-string bass guitar to play.
I found out in the E.R. yesterday that I am the proud father of a 3mm kidney stone that I get to "pass". Only time will tell how painful this is going to be.

Back at the day job and it's not as fun as I had last week on vacation.

That's it for me, so what did YOU do this past week?

Best of weeks to you all.

[Lisa Starr]

Dennis, Sorry to hear about your kidney stone. It is great that you got some good time in your shop last week. My sister and brother-in-law re-build old mini-bikes, and had a "challenge" for me. One of the frames had a v-shaped frame for the seat area, but they wanted to put a flat seat on the bike. After some careful templating work, I produced a laminated seat pan for them to upholster. It was different from my normal woodworking projects and I enjoyed the learning experience. That's it for me.

[Paul F Franklin]

Oh man Dennis, kidney stones are no fun...

I pretty much finished up all my outside chores, just have another machine or two that need oil changes and winterization. And I need to replace a wheel stud on my zero turn mower that I managed to bugger up beyond repair somehow.

Shop-wise, I marked out enough stock to make one prototype desk pedestal and have started rough milling. I placed an order for more cherry and will pick that up Wednesday, weather permitting. The lumberyard I go to for cherry is in narrow winding hilly road country coupled with Amish buggies, and I don't like to go there when the snow flies, so I ordered enough stock, I think, to finish all the office furniture.

[Jim Becker]

Back to work AND a kidney stone, Dennis? That's a double 2020 insult! ('Hope you feel better soon)

Most of my shop time this last week was working on the prototyping of a bass guitar project in scrap HDU and sanding a valet box for a client. There were a few other small repairs, etc., around the house that got completed, or at least started, too. This week will be more of the same, but today was pretty much taken up by dealing with two ash trees that came down with yesterday's "very perky" wind. The highlight of that was...an actual dandelion blooming next to the fallen tree. In mid-November. What is this, spring already? LOL

[Paul F Franklin]

Jim, how's your vision? Fully recovered from your surgery?

[Jim Becker]

Jim, how's your vision? Fully recovered from your surgery?

It's moving "right" along...pardon the expression given it's the right eye. I still have a very small gas bubble visible and my vision through that eye isn't even close to what it used to be, but that expectation was set long ago by the surgeon. He indicated I'd need correction until the time comes that the likely resultant cataract gets dealt with. I see him again in December for what will likely be my final check up with him and right after the first of the year when the new FSA money is available, I'll get a new set of glasses to compensate when I'm doing long distance driving and probably something for when I'm doing close work in the shop. For reading, I'll just stick with the ten billion pairs of readers I have lying about (and in my pocket) since my left eye has been graciously doing an awesome job. The best news, however, is that the hole was successfully fixed, so despite needing some new correction, I'm no longer at risk of losing my vision.

That little bubble, however, can be maddening because it moves into "that spot" when I lower my head to do something up close. Be gone darn spot!!!!

That all said, I'd take this issue over the kidney stones that Dennis has been blessed with multiple times over! Sheesh...I hope he feels better quickly.

[Paul F Franklin]

Nice to hear a little positive news these days! Yes, Dennis sure has had some challenges lately; I too hope he feels better soon!

[Bruce Wrenn]

Dennis, sorry to hear about your renal colic. Been over a year since my last one. Once at BIL and SIL house in Baton Rouge, I passed one the size of a grain of rice. SIL, retired nurse, couldn't believe I could pass it with no pain. Next morning at TSA in New Orleans airport, I have to run to bathroom. Came back with a stone the size of a garden pea. Carried it back with us on next trip. Once had one the size of a lima bean, which doc said I couldn't pass due to size. Well I ALMOST got it passed. Had to have it blasted.

[Meryl Logue]

Good lord! It’s 3:20 in the morning and these stories of stones will give me nightmares when I finally fall back asleep.

I got some nice clamps from Woodpecker in the mail and the 6” wraparound square. Very nice tools.

But alas, using them eludes me... I have weeks of paint stripping the dining room ahead, and the windows are in my attic workshop waiting to be stripped and restored.

The only bid on stripping so far is $70/hr. At 80 hours, that’s a lot of wood and tools. 3 others have just quietly disappeared without a bid.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Good lord! It’s 3:20 in the morning and these stories of stones will give me nightmares when I finally fall back asleep.

I got some nice clamps from Woodpecker in the mail and the 6” wraparound square. Very nice tools.

But alas, using them eludes me... I have weeks of paint stripping the dining room ahead, and the windows are in my attic workshop waiting to be stripped and restored.

The only bid on stripping so far is $70/hr. At 80 hours, that’s a lot of wood and tools. 3 others have just quietly disappeared without a bid.

Citra Strip is your friend!

[Myles Moran]

Citra Strip is your friend!

I will second this product. It helped me tons when I was young and a quality finish took a few tries.