One of those days
If this is the best saw file being made today, we'd better get used to disposable hardpoint saws...
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Tidying up and small jobs
Didn’t get the jig built. But did get the lawnmower and a lot of other annoying floorspace eaters cleared out to the garden storage box, so I’ve now gone from this:
being under my feet to this:
It’s a remarkable change 😀
Mind you, while getting that done other stuff had to be moved about so for a while, this was my bench…
So not ideal. I finished breaking down almost all of the boards from friday (there’s still one 6’x6″ walnut board I haven’t cut yet) and stacking them and generally doing small bits of tidying away (like putting some mdf on the floor under the timber because that floor looks manky):
So a little crowded again, but the dremel, the bench grinder and air compressor are all going up on french cleats on the wall or elsewhere in the shed, along with those clamps; and as to the wood, well, that’s three or four projects on the go so it’s not just sitting around taking up space, it’s raw materials.… Read the rest
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Shop till you drop
It’s been one of those consumer weekends so far. Friday was the trip to the timber yard (and would have been another trip to go buy a plastic drum for dust collection, but they weren’t open); and today was a trip to B&Q to buy one of these:
Yeah, I know, it’s plastic, but it’s cheaper than you could build one for. Tomorrow the lawnmower and garden tools and a lot of this muck are going in there:
After that, I might be able to actually stand in front of the vice for rip cuts…
And then there was the testing of the mattress for the cot, for which we roped in a volunteer…
It was deemed to have passed inspection.
And lastly, I solved yesterday’s storage problem with the vigorous application of a circular saw (yeah, yeah, power tools, I’m unclean), and now I have a stack of rough-cut parts for two or three projects.… Read the rest
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