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    Creeker's Past Week's Accomplishments

    27 Jun 2022

    Greetings,
    I've been "out of pocket" for the past week but I did get the queen bed moved from my shop to inside my house before I took a week of vacation time. This week, my son and I will get it installed and setup in his house.
    No shop time this week due to visiting family in another state. I did do a couple of things that were woodworking related while visiting my brother-in-law and his family. I revamped/remade a wind chime that needed new wood and string to get it back in service again, I also helped the BIL replace rotting steps on his 2-story wood deck as well as replacing some boards on the deck that were rotting and needed replacing. The other thing I did was go and visit the local Woodcraft Store in Birmingham, Alabama while there and I brought home a few things from the store to make and ice cream scoop and a couple of pie servers from kits I found in the store. Lots of wood to see and touch while there but I didn't bring any home with me as the price was out of my budget for what I wanted. I priced enough wood to make a single cutting board from all exotic wood and that would have been around $900, including tax, and that was WAY out of my budget....plus, who would pay $1200 for a cutting board?

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

    Best of weeks to you all!
    Thanks & Happy Wood Chips,
    Dennis -
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    Sounds like you had a nice week, Dennis!

    My week was busy...I spent two days helping with the grading of the lot next door, being the "stick and rock" guy so that Chris could keep his butt in the track steer. It was a lot of work, but the end result is really nice and will look even better once it's seeded and the grass comes in. As part of this, I took down what was left of "our" fence on that side as it was truly well beyond its life span and that's going to allow me to do some remedial grading and fixing before the ground prep and seeder folks come along to do what they do. I have a feeling that the lot will remain unsold for awhile just because it's pricey (but well within the range of the very few other lots in the immediate area) and the need for the "right" buyer to come along. I'll be mowing it so we'll at least benefit from a "parK" next door. LOL

    Two woodworking projects were also on the bench this week. The first was a quick and dirty desk for my younger daughter who's starting to actively look for new employment that will be work from home. I had some leftover melamine from the laundry room project, so that became a work surface edged with cherry and...don't groan...hairpin legs that match another desk already in the apartment she and her SO share.

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    The second project is also for my younger daughter and her SO. They asked for a coffee table for their tiny "living room" that's actually round on one side because it's in a turret of the house their apartment is in. (Their bedroom also has a round wall for the same reason, but a different turret. LOL) Their request was very simple and they provided drawing and dimensions. Which I somewhat ignored just a little. Yes, there's a table top that's about the size they requested and yes, there's a shelf under it to store stuff. (have I mentioned their apartment is tiny?) I'm also using "material on hand" for the majority of this one, although I did need to buy a pine board for the top. It's all softwood...pine, d-fir, etc...and rather than the plain, boring rectangular request, I kind went a little mid-century on this one. I'll do a thread in Woodworking Projects after it's done, but here's a hint picture of the piece prior to the start of (lots of) sanding and finishing...finish is very dark which covers up the "variety" of material used.

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    Spent some time early in the week fitting up the filter stack on the dust collector and modifying a 14" band (drum?) clamp to fit around the filter to DC exhaust transition. Then off to TN and the AAW Symposium. Forced myself to sit through multiple demos on surface embellishments which I don't care for. New respect for leaf carvers and basket weave illusion specialists. Pretty sure I don't have the patience for leaf carving or the basket pattern coloring. And, I actually spent more money on food than new tools and no materials while at the symposium-probably by a factor of >2. Dearly beloved had no complaints.

    We got to spend a day with four of the grands. Gave the oldest two bowls and told her she could paint the the outside anyway she wanted. She is 13 and showing some artistic talent and interests.

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    Jim, I'm with you...just don't see the attraction of those hairpin legs...but they are certainly popular these days. Get off my lawn!

    I got all the baseboard and casing stock for my hallway and family room sanded, stained and varnished. I finished repairing the sheetrock in the family room, the repairs just need to be primed and then I can paint the room. I also put in a couple of new receptacles in the family room, on the walls where the cabinets we removed were located. We settled on a carpeting choice and they come to measure Friday. For once, the one we chose was not the most expensive out of the samples we brought home! At my wife's insistence, I researched and ordered a robot vacuum; anxious to give it a try but it won't be here for a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I start laying the flooring in the hallway.

    Still keeping up with FWW sketchup course and really enjoying it. The last couple of lessons were on stuff I've rarely or never done, so it's going a little slower than the previous lessons. Good stuff though.
    --I had my patience tested. I'm negative--

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul F Franklin View Post
    Jim, I'm with you...just don't see the attraction of those hairpin legs...but they are certainly popular these days. Get off my lawn!.
    They kinda disappear in those lawn photos, too. LOL

    The one thing going for hairpin legs is they are easy...except, if you make the mistake I did and inadvertently order them as bare steel. Which isn't bare as it's slathered in oily, greasy stuff that has to be cleaned off before one can prime and paint or even just clear coat. At least I was able to sit in the driveway and watch my neighbor go back and forth on a track steer while using a half a roll of paper towels with mineral spirits to clean those suckers off!
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