I sent my 1 ton lathe packing last week to its new home. It was fun getting it on the trailer! Note the once mine MM16 in the background. Package deal..
I sent my 1 ton lathe packing last week to its new home. It was fun getting it on the trailer! Note the once mine MM16 in the background. Package deal..
I made a rough & ready mallet for whacking my froe and pegs and whatever else sits still long enough.
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This is Mulberry from some cut-offs on hand
Rod I believe what you paid for that wide oak is grand theft.beautiful haul I’m so jealous.
Spent several hours changing plugs and wires on my 94 Ford Areostar. Wouldn't wish the job on my worst enemy, but had to be done. Ordered a new set of tires for same van. Fed EX ground left them on neighbor's front porch. Just happened to find them before rain set in, and moved them to the dry. Took oldest sister to her 69th high school class reunion. She can't drive right now, so this meant a couple round trips to get her and take her back home. Total driving about 275 miles. Spent a lot of time cleaning up storm debris. We had hurricane force winds on Thursday morning, taking down a dead tree and breaking a lot of branches. Family celebrated Easter Sunday. We had FIVE GENERATIONS at the table. Not many ever get to do that. Cooked hot dogs for garden club Azalea sale on Saturday
After many weeks of struggle to restore power at the rural property that I inherited from my mother/grandparents, I've stripped the insulation from the large wire salvaged in the deal.
The "Stripmeister" gizmo worked well & I now have 200lbs of copper to take to the scrap yard.
A client had his e-mountain bike stolen from his garage, so I have been building a dedicated bike storage shed to secure the new one. I rarely buy much lumber these days & on this project only bought some cedar shingles ($$) with everything else pretty much gotten for free including the door, trim, and roofing.
I took some video of the sidewall shingling, & will do a bit more. I'm quite good at it and use a number of techniques that I've never seen on Youtube or elsewhere. I've been working on this property since the late '80s including lots of sidewall, some over 35 years old. Pictured done in 2006.
On Friday I spent three hours dismantling a very large shelving assembly, & ended up with 12 full sheets good as new plywood, and 9 sheets worth of 12" rips and some 2x4s. Already sold $100 worth.
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I completed my first ever breadboard edges on one of the 3 pieces of the tabletop for the dining table I am building. The first one was a real learning experience! I mean a REAL learning experience! The next two went a lot better!
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....