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Thread: Weekend Accomplishments.....

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    Weekend Accomplishments.....

    Well....I am GLAD to say that I go off call in less than 9 hours..!!!

    Another weekend has come and gone.....I didn't get much shop time this weekend due to "work" work. I have made a LOT of progress on son #2's chest-of-drawers and expect to have it finished and ready for delivery to his room by Thursday of this week. After this.....I don't want to have to build another single chest-of-drawers for a while.!!! 3 chest-of-drawers down and NO MORE to go.!!!!

    So what did YOU do this weekend?

    Best of weeks.....
    Thanks & Happy Wood Chips,
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    Built a mini-Secretary for my wife.
    Installed five new overhead cabinets in the shop.
    Mowed the grass (Yes, it is unusual to do that in January).
    Made son a fishing rod rack.
    Installed son's computer.
    Watched Football.

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    Finished the 13 mahogany picture frames that I have been tripping on for 3 months. Finished the 2 poplar columns that I had fits with masking tape. Both items get delivered Monday or Tuesday. Made 14 walnut plywood (3/4", thick, picture frame style) frames that will get cherry plywood inserts (1/4") to use as the back of a bookcase to go in the "study" project I'm working on. Cleaned the shop some. Watched some football. Wife was sick this weekend, so just laid low. Todd.

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    Got a ton done.

    Finished all the ducting for my cyclone, and cleaned up my shop.

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    If at 1st you don't succeed, go back to the lumberyard and get some more wood.

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    Jack,

    WOW!!!! Looks great!!!!! I like the new arrangement in the shop much better than the way it was before.

    Terry
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    JacK!!!!!
    Looks like I wana-be Terry Hatfield (Clean) when I grow up!! Spread just a little dirt around.

    Real nice set up.

    Tyler

    PS I wana-be like Terry and Jack. But I'm not going to grow up.
    Last edited by Tyler Howell; 01-05-2004 at 8:40 AM.

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    didn't get much done,,,packed away Christmas cleaned house cleaned the shop,,,I did get in the shop worked on the entertainment center but thats on hold right now going this Saturday to look at 51" projection TV's,,,,that means a design change,,,,,,,,,,
    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Diemer
    Finished all the ducting for my cyclone, and cleaned up my shop.
    Gads! Another graduate of the Terry Hatfield School of Shop Cleaning! (Nice shop, Jack!)
    Cheers,
    John K. Miliunas

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    Looks good Jack, your shop will be nice and clean for when the shop tour forum is ready.

    It was mostly quit for the weekend. Still 1 ˝ bottles of Jack left and a half case still in the fridge. I did end up spending a little time in the shop. I made a coat rack for the neighbor across the street. He is refinishing the whole house in red oak trim after he had oak flooring installed. This was a late Christmas present for them.
    Dick

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    Finished up the router table & cleaned up the shop on Sat. Threw in fire wood on Sunday and watched the Packer game. (Note to self: Ticker can't take the Packers anymore, keep nitro handy)
    I used to just take it from day to day, and now I just take it till noon.

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    Sadly, I didn't get much time in the shop over the weekend, although I did during last week. That time was spent milling several hundred board feet of poplar for upcoming projects and to get it on the storage rack so I can bring in the rest that is still outside on the pile. Some plugging issues with the DC system slowed down that process... The weekend was spent helping SWMBO put our dining room back in order and some other housecleaning tasks necssary since the kitchen rennovation before we can get back on a service. Other than that, I put up two new reviews on my site (FS-350 and Festool PS-300 EQ) and started some planning for a cyclone upgrade which includes moving the walls of the closet to better support the new unit and some duct work changes. Sunday night, Ali and I had a high school friend of mine over for a nice dinner and conversation. She's lived in this area for over 18 years and we only became reconnected a few years ago.
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    Granddaughter

    I got tired of watching football on Saturday, so I went out in the shop. A short time later my granddaughter came to the door and asked if she could come out in the shop. She wanted to make something. So we made a wooden enclosure for a suet feeder to dress it up a bit. My son had seen the one I made for ours and liked it.

    She helped with the sanding and drilling holes on the drill press. At age 4-1/2 most anything else is beyond her at this point.

    Then Sunday afternoon, while I was tuning up the snowblower she came out again and wanted to make something, so I used some scrap lumber I got from our contractors (they throw out 1 X 6 pine short pieces) and we made a blue bird house. Again she helped with the drilling on the drill press and holding while I nailed. Then she wanted to paint it. She chose a blue stain I had as it was for blue birds.

    We'll try to go hang it out in the back field this week.
    Lee Schierer
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    Smile

    Pulled plenty of wire for the shop and kitchen. Adding lots of drops. Upgrading most of it for my 100 year old bungalow.

    Previous owner was a “handy dandy”. He left no grounds, spliced wire with crimp-on butt joints in the conduit, and reversed polarity through out a circuit . Very scary .

    Pulled a dedicated 220 30 amp for the new cabinet saw of the near future . I’ve been following your recommendations and taking notes.

    One more day of clean up then back to work.

    Have a good week. Safety first.

    Tyler

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Bachler
    Threw in fire wood on Sunday and watched the Packer game. (Note to self: Ticker can't take the Packers anymore, keep nitro handy)
    Mark, that's TWO weeks in a row of major cardiac arrest! You're right...Don't know how much longer I can take this and, next week, promises to be more of the same against a real tough team! BTW, you got any extra Nitro tabs handy?! Go-o-o-o Pack!
    Cheers,
    John K. Miliunas

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    No comment from those of us that suffer at the hands of the Vikings

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