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rebeccmeisterMy FrankenTrailer with the new arm installed:
The old arm was steel and the new arm is aluminum. Some day I need to update the FrankenTrailer's fabric, but that is not a front-burner project yet.
Here isscrottie's bike with Big Mama attached, at the lumberyard:
He is parked next to racks of canoe paddles* that we were pleased to see.
There was snow on the bike path, but it was newly fallen, so it was more bumpy than slippery.
The bike route to and from the lumberyard is quite scenic. The only challenging part is climbing back up the hill at the end to get back to our house, when hauling a heavy load of wood.
Last night, I managed to get the lumber measured and cut for worm bin construction. I think I want to sand everything before assembly, so I'll get to put the new shop vac to immediate use.
Sawing this wood made it clear to me that my hand-powered miter box has developed a lot of slop when it comes to making 90-degree cuts, from use/abuse over the years. It's a plastic box, so sometimes the teeth of the miter saw come in contact with the sides of the slot and cut into them.
Also not pictured is the point where the last stages of making one of the plywood cuts with a hand saw got super precarious.
So I think I might actually wind up shopping for a (powered) compound miter saw and also a circular saw sooner rather than later. I'm anticipating that there are going to be a lot of simple wood construction projects at the boathouse this year, because we need to build a lot of storage shelves for a whole lot of supplies and equipment. Things along the lines of this oar storage rack in the shipping container that the Texas rowers had:
And storage shelves to hold plastic storage bins, and probably a new workbench.
Hand tools are fine for sporadic use, but I also need to be strategic about time and energy this year.
Have I rationalized this acquisition for myself sufficiently enough? Ha.
*This is a reference to the adventure wheresytharin was marooned on the Ashby Shoal and had to paddle back in a canoe with Bubble Man, who only had planks of tongue and groove wood available as paddles.
The old arm was steel and the new arm is aluminum. Some day I need to update the FrankenTrailer's fabric, but that is not a front-burner project yet.
Here is
scrottie's bike with Big Mama attached, at the lumberyard:He is parked next to racks of canoe paddles* that we were pleased to see.
There was snow on the bike path, but it was newly fallen, so it was more bumpy than slippery.
The bike route to and from the lumberyard is quite scenic. The only challenging part is climbing back up the hill at the end to get back to our house, when hauling a heavy load of wood.
Last night, I managed to get the lumber measured and cut for worm bin construction. I think I want to sand everything before assembly, so I'll get to put the new shop vac to immediate use.
Sawing this wood made it clear to me that my hand-powered miter box has developed a lot of slop when it comes to making 90-degree cuts, from use/abuse over the years. It's a plastic box, so sometimes the teeth of the miter saw come in contact with the sides of the slot and cut into them.
Also not pictured is the point where the last stages of making one of the plywood cuts with a hand saw got super precarious.
So I think I might actually wind up shopping for a (powered) compound miter saw and also a circular saw sooner rather than later. I'm anticipating that there are going to be a lot of simple wood construction projects at the boathouse this year, because we need to build a lot of storage shelves for a whole lot of supplies and equipment. Things along the lines of this oar storage rack in the shipping container that the Texas rowers had:
And storage shelves to hold plastic storage bins, and probably a new workbench.
Hand tools are fine for sporadic use, but I also need to be strategic about time and energy this year.
Have I rationalized this acquisition for myself sufficiently enough? Ha.
*This is a reference to the adventure where
sytharin was marooned on the Ashby Shoal and had to paddle back in a canoe with Bubble Man, who only had planks of tongue and groove wood available as paddles.
