Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments
24 Jul 2017
Good Morning Everyone,
I spent some time in the shop this weekend, even with the heat index being around the 115º F mark, I cranked up my two 36" fans and made 2 cutting boards and turned 2 spurtles. I'll have to post pics another time as I seem to run out of both time and energy faster these days. Getting some things made to send to a long time best friend of mine in Alaska and I need to send them out this week. Progress was made. :)
The LOML and I have just finished the rework of an old chair for a buddy at work. Frame repairs were done, wood totally refinished, and the entire chair reupholstered. The final wood trim pieces go on tonight and ready for the customer to pick up later this week.
That's it for me, so what did YOU do this past weekend?
Best of weeks to you all.
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Work in Progress - new bench
Sharpened a host of tools including my turning tools and made some great progress on my new spilt top bench. Wagon vise which completes (mostly) the front half and the back half is being prep'd for glue-up.
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Removing the effects of insect stings.
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Originally Posted by
mark mcfarlane
I might be mistaken, maybe they were wasps. It was about 38 years ago. I was clearing some 'brush' out of the yard and was assaulted by them.
Unless you study these things, it is easy for the average person to confuse different insects!
Someone told me they were stung by a honey bee. They told me since I have the only hives within a few miles. When I showed them a honeybee and a yellow jacket they couldn't say which one it was. They couldn't even see the difference between them.
After you study flying insects for a while you can usually identify them from a distance. Moving a portable building the other day the driver started to load and ran back yelling there was a swarm of bees there. Since I was a beekeeper, he thought I might like to deal with them. From 10' away I could tell he had disturbed an underground yellow jacket nest and those were mixed with a bunch of wasps who, it turns out, had built a number of nest under the building (no big surprise). Fortunately, no white-faced hornets which get testy if you disturb their home. The driver wouldn't get close enough to pull the support blocks out from under the building so I had to do it!
For local reactions I highly recommend carrying one of The Extractor kits in your car. As mentioned, using one changed my typical two-day severe swelling reaction to yellowjackets to a little red spot that didn't even itch. You can get one in the camping section at every Walmart I've ever been in (hanging on a rack) or order from a variety of places, such as Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AU9PEC
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These REALLY work, I'll pay for it if it doesn't! (The quicker you use it, the better.) There are many topical remedies claiming to minimize the effects of a sting but what can possibly work better than removing the venom!!
JKJ