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rebeccmeisterI had some time to myself this afternoon, so my first thought was to tackle a set of garden-related projects, like planting some grapevines, sifting the compost again, and shredding some sticks.
However, starting at around 1 pm, it got very rainy.
So instead I tried to sort the mending pile and tried to work on cleaning the old glue off of the wooden chair that is currently in pieces. I didn't do any actual mending, but I did determine that a number of the items in the pile should really just get discarded for textile recycling. So at least the pile is smaller and better organized.
I did get some of the old glue off of the chair, and drilled out a number of the old dowels, but now I think I need to do some more internet searching to learn more about methods and tools for dealing with this sort of project. Specifically, there's still some dowel wood lingering inside some of the holes (I drilled them out but was conservative about hole diameters), and there's a whole lot of glue still in the grooves that are supposed to line up with the corner blocks. Plus I might want to replace some chunks of damaged wood if I can figure out how. Finicky stuff.
Then I remembered about Princess TinyBike's flat tire from yesterday, with enough actual time to spare to attempt to change it out. (Which reminds me that I should also ask the internet about proper methods for dealing with flat rear tires on Bromptons. They're slightly more complicated than other bikes because of the internally-geared hub.) While I was at it I just went ahead and put on a new rear tire. Hopefully the one major hole in the tube was all that needed patching. But it's bike repair, so I don't expect it to end anytime soon.
Apparently it's going to be rainy all week.
However, starting at around 1 pm, it got very rainy.
So instead I tried to sort the mending pile and tried to work on cleaning the old glue off of the wooden chair that is currently in pieces. I didn't do any actual mending, but I did determine that a number of the items in the pile should really just get discarded for textile recycling. So at least the pile is smaller and better organized.
I did get some of the old glue off of the chair, and drilled out a number of the old dowels, but now I think I need to do some more internet searching to learn more about methods and tools for dealing with this sort of project. Specifically, there's still some dowel wood lingering inside some of the holes (I drilled them out but was conservative about hole diameters), and there's a whole lot of glue still in the grooves that are supposed to line up with the corner blocks. Plus I might want to replace some chunks of damaged wood if I can figure out how. Finicky stuff.
Then I remembered about Princess TinyBike's flat tire from yesterday, with enough actual time to spare to attempt to change it out. (Which reminds me that I should also ask the internet about proper methods for dealing with flat rear tires on Bromptons. They're slightly more complicated than other bikes because of the internally-geared hub.) While I was at it I just went ahead and put on a new rear tire. Hopefully the one major hole in the tube was all that needed patching. But it's bike repair, so I don't expect it to end anytime soon.
Apparently it's going to be rainy all week.
