Well, due to certain events of life, shop time has been at a critical low recently. But the need for shop therapy has been pretty high as well. This weekend saw a good chunk of shop time, and actual projects completed. No pics yet, mostly because I have to empty the SD card from the camera. LOML has been shooting flower pics...
Project #1 completed. Cedar 24"w x 12"d x 12"h planter box. Got the second coat of BLO on it, let it set up and then filled it with coconut mat, and potting soil. It's ready for her next batch of flowers...It looks fantastic under the bay window in the kitchen... Yeah I know post pics... Will do, just be patient...
Project #2 completed. The tool box from my pickup was rusting something fierce, and the through hole for the CB antenna was bending up really bad. So I removed all the stuff from the toolbox, and temporarily put in on the table saw (bad idea I know...) then sent the toolbox off to BIL's body shop for some reinforcement, some primer, and some paint... This weekend saw the cleaning of the table saw to get all that stuff off of it and into places of its own. Much of it belonged in the trash anyway. What do I need a 4 year old Lee Valley catalog for anyway?
Project #3 completed. This will effectively be two of the same project, but doing them one at a time due to budget. I grabbed 4 sheets of 3x4" R5 foil backed foam insulation, and went to town insulating my right side garage door. The difference in heat, and noise at this door compared to the left is considerable. I can't wait to do the other one now!
Project that wasn't really a project, but needed to happen stuff that got done. My HF 16 ga nailer had a mfg oops problem related to a missing wrist pin. Got it, and a defective 6" bar clamp swapped out. HF now only sells the plastic handled bar clamps. A pity since I REALLY like the wooden ones. But honestly, the metal in the plastic handled models does seem a bit stronger... So not really a bad thing... Oh yeah, back to the nailer. I took the opportunity to disassemble and inspect the whole thing. Everything is there, and tight... I shouldn't have a problem with this one...
Project progress that relates to the shop. I spent some time venting my frustration over recent events on the *$%# stump that is where my fence needs to be. Abusing the thing with roundup, and a splitting maul. The stump out is doing its job, albeit slowly. I am able to sink the head of the maul about halfway into the stump. I have a good amount of hardware cloth, and a couple of bags of cheap Sams club charcoal, I should be able to do the burn out of this dumb thing this up coming weekend barring any rain. Right now we are looking at a 50/50 chance... I am eager to get this stump removed as it has completely halted progress on the fence, and fencing material has taken up so much space that it has completely halted any work on the east side of my shop...
I must say, with the R30 in the roof, and at least one of the doors insulated and radiant barrier protected, my shop temps are down right pleasant. I checked temps yesterday afternoon, outside temps for me were reading 95 deg F on the dashboard thermometer on my truck, my thermometer in the shop was reading 75 deg F. I do believe the truck thermometer was high just due to it sitting still baking in the sun, but I do not believe that outside temps were below 90, so at a minimum, I have a 15 degree difference between outside, and in the shop. And that is with NO A/C, and no insulation in the exterior walls at all.
Another project that is getting dumped into my lap is a simple headboard for a queen bed. We have a roller frame and just ended up picking up a mid priced queen mattress set this weekend for our guest room. I am NOT planning on going too fancy with this. Just a twin post sort of arrangement, with kind of a box, and then bead board... The other option that LOML prefers is a simple MDF cutout that is upholstered with a floral print tuck & roll type of job. Now I did upholstery when I was in college, and I HATE IT as much as many of you hate painting... I REALLY want to avoid that possibility...
Project #1 completed. Cedar 24"w x 12"d x 12"h planter box. Got the second coat of BLO on it, let it set up and then filled it with coconut mat, and potting soil. It's ready for her next batch of flowers...It looks fantastic under the bay window in the kitchen... Yeah I know post pics... Will do, just be patient...
Project #2 completed. The tool box from my pickup was rusting something fierce, and the through hole for the CB antenna was bending up really bad. So I removed all the stuff from the toolbox, and temporarily put in on the table saw (bad idea I know...) then sent the toolbox off to BIL's body shop for some reinforcement, some primer, and some paint... This weekend saw the cleaning of the table saw to get all that stuff off of it and into places of its own. Much of it belonged in the trash anyway. What do I need a 4 year old Lee Valley catalog for anyway?
Project #3 completed. This will effectively be two of the same project, but doing them one at a time due to budget. I grabbed 4 sheets of 3x4" R5 foil backed foam insulation, and went to town insulating my right side garage door. The difference in heat, and noise at this door compared to the left is considerable. I can't wait to do the other one now!
Project that wasn't really a project, but needed to happen stuff that got done. My HF 16 ga nailer had a mfg oops problem related to a missing wrist pin. Got it, and a defective 6" bar clamp swapped out. HF now only sells the plastic handled bar clamps. A pity since I REALLY like the wooden ones. But honestly, the metal in the plastic handled models does seem a bit stronger... So not really a bad thing... Oh yeah, back to the nailer. I took the opportunity to disassemble and inspect the whole thing. Everything is there, and tight... I shouldn't have a problem with this one...
Project progress that relates to the shop. I spent some time venting my frustration over recent events on the *$%# stump that is where my fence needs to be. Abusing the thing with roundup, and a splitting maul. The stump out is doing its job, albeit slowly. I am able to sink the head of the maul about halfway into the stump. I have a good amount of hardware cloth, and a couple of bags of cheap Sams club charcoal, I should be able to do the burn out of this dumb thing this up coming weekend barring any rain. Right now we are looking at a 50/50 chance... I am eager to get this stump removed as it has completely halted progress on the fence, and fencing material has taken up so much space that it has completely halted any work on the east side of my shop...
I must say, with the R30 in the roof, and at least one of the doors insulated and radiant barrier protected, my shop temps are down right pleasant. I checked temps yesterday afternoon, outside temps for me were reading 95 deg F on the dashboard thermometer on my truck, my thermometer in the shop was reading 75 deg F. I do believe the truck thermometer was high just due to it sitting still baking in the sun, but I do not believe that outside temps were below 90, so at a minimum, I have a 15 degree difference between outside, and in the shop. And that is with NO A/C, and no insulation in the exterior walls at all.
Another project that is getting dumped into my lap is a simple headboard for a queen bed. We have a roller frame and just ended up picking up a mid priced queen mattress set this weekend for our guest room. I am NOT planning on going too fancy with this. Just a twin post sort of arrangement, with kind of a box, and then bead board... The other option that LOML prefers is a simple MDF cutout that is upholstered with a floral print tuck & roll type of job. Now I did upholstery when I was in college, and I HATE IT as much as many of you hate painting... I REALLY want to avoid that possibility...
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