Been fun, although my back and knees have been aching at times.
Not bad for a first timer, I think. Hope they like it and the company installing the wheelchair ramp don't make a mess of things. They have certain norms that make the ramp absolutely ginourmous - 7m plus a platform, longer than the entire terrace.
If you are getting someone in to do some work for you check out their credentials, see if they have photos of their work and just be a bit more weary before parting with your cash as you may end up with this and your building inspector will not like you.
The doors were cabinet doors for a dresser, I broke the corners to get out the wood, and inserted plexiglass inside. The corner breaking process was ugly, but it worked for this project: I suspect just cutting the corners apart with a table saw would be cleaner. Earlier.photo here. #diy#carpentry
Update - We got stain grade wood panels at Lowes finally for the new cabinet's doors, and I got some backsplash panels in a tin design.
The tin style panels I painstakingly put dozens of holes into for air flow, rather like an old style pie safe, so the laundry basket in there won't get moldy.
We do have one problem - my son heard a loud CRACK in the night, and it turned out one of the wood panels split. Not sure how to fix that.
OK, starting to make more standardized pieces. I took a pawn experiment I liked and measured the dimensions. Now I'm recreating the pieces.
One challenge: I can't figure out the exact height of the saw blade, so I'm measuring by 1/3rd cranks on the elevation wheel. The base is 0 cranks (no cut), the neck is 5/6, 4/6, and 3/6 cranks, and the "head" is 1/6 cranks.
Lunch break, more progress building a DIY 19 inch rack, question for the IT folks out there: inset mounting rails, yay or nay, or should I mount the rails flush in front? Exactly 19 inch gap. #diy#networking#carpentry
October was an awful month for me, and November as always really sucks. Sun set at 4 pm today and it will only get darker + next week we expect severe frost.
But …
It is now only more or less 1 month until the winter solstice, Dec 22 at 4.27 am (UTC+1), and today my garden was prepared for winter.
This is what it looked like this morning … #saraswinter23/24
Today I’m cooking … “Pressylta”, typical Swedish x-mas food & the one you can buy is both expensive & less spiced. I’ve also prepared an outdoor “fridge/freezer”, lined with styrofoam on the inside - a true recycling project, the other half of an old music case for records & vinyl-player. The top half is a bench in the hallway. Strangely enough I did not have a proper size hatch to protect food from magpies, squirrels & mice. #sarasmidwintercount23 @gardening #cooking #carpentry #recykling
What I've been doing the last two weeks (whenever the weather was benign):
Building a straight terrace on completely wonky foundations. In hindsight, it might've been faster to build a new foundation, but also messier and less fun!
The old terrace had been built haphazardly and from untreated wood and rotted away in a few years until someone crashed through it.
I re-used much of the surviving parts for the frame and the handrails.
My new #woodworking#hobby is helping greatly to keep my mind off the dumpster fire chaos of each day. This Nesting Box is for #Goldfinches and is headed to a friend’s yard. I'm stoked to make these for my friends here in #Eugene - my tiny way of giving back to wild songbirds.
Fit and finish is solid to last for years, but the build is by no means high-end #carpentry. I’m not your guy to do that fine wainscoting install in your McMansion. But you CAN probably park your car on these boxes.
Tomorrow morning it’s 7 days until the autumnal equinox and I got a photo report from the paint shop. My sofa is now dissembled. I really wish I had an indoor workshop-so envious…
The bench for the hallway is finally finished and stained, remains transparent spray lacquer, but I had to take it indoors last night. Even the wood glue refused to dry. That’s how humid it’s been. Better today, but sure a few showers-and COLD🥶 #sarassummer23 @gardening#renovation#carpentry#weather
My bench for the hallway is finally in place. Just have to wait for the lacquer to dry completely before the birdseed can move into it instead of filling the stairs.
It’s been a long journey interrupted by #rainy#weather
I’m finishing off the hallway makeover by antique treatment of a few too new and too shiny brass hooks for the wall - I’ve read up on this so lighting the grill #sarassummer23 @gardening#carpentry