Same Old

Same old, same old around the shop. Trying to get as much done in the shop as I can. A few more projects have come in, and trying to budget the time. Nothing picture worthy at the moment. Check back, hopefully I have some pictures to show you soon.

Progress Report

Well, tonight I got a few more projects completed. I finished another step-stool, this one is going to my sister-in-law and hubby for the chilluns. I also finished the cutting board, it is soaking in mineral oil right now.
As of now, the tabletop has hit a small obstacle. I took it to KM Hardwoods to get planed to final thickness....and well, their planer is 2 inches smaller than I was told it was. Now I am searching out a place with a planer at least 26" wide. I do not want to wait until school is in so I can have my old shop teacher run it for me. So, I have been calling around looking for a place that is not 100 miles away.

Phil and Sue...I will be getting to your armoire doors and shelves soon!

Having only nights and weekends to work in the shop kind of sucks, but progress is being made. My list starts to get shorter, then fortunately it fills right up again. Its a good thing, I just wish I had more time to be out there.

Ruth sanding the cutting board to a glass like smoothness.

The step-stool stained up and ready for a coat of poly tomorrow.

Cutting board soaking up the oil.

Back to the shop

I had the day off of work today, so I made some headway in the shop. The table top is all glued up, and I have another cutting board in the clamps as well.

Here is one of the leaves for the tabletop in the clamps.

Here is one half of the table top. The glue will be scraped off by Ruth tomorrow. When I get home from work we will head to Hartford to my hardwood dealer for some mill work. These panels are 26 inches wide, and luckily they have a planer and a sander that will accommodate these panels. While I am there I will be picking up some oak for a the doors that go on the wardrobe. It is a long drive for mill work, but I can make allot of trips with the 5 grand it would cost for the planer I want.

Yet another cutting board before the first glue up.


Hopefully I will have pictures of some nice pretty tabletop pieces.

100 FINDS!!

We reached our first milestone in Geocaching today...we found our 100th cache. It really is not a big number, as we have seen people online that have over 10,000 finds, but it is our first notable milestone. We chose a challenging cache that was recommended by a well known husband and wife team from our area. This cache was located in Kaukauna. We started the morning with only 84 finds, so we planned 16 plus caches so we could get to this specific one for number 100. When we pulled up to the area we noticed that where the cache was supposed to be was actually in the middle of a baseball field. Hmmmmm...we were told this was going to be a challenge, but how the hell do you hide an ammo can in the middle of a baseball field....we instantly knew this cache had to be under us! Sure enough, we did some lookind around and found a culvert concealed in a nearby woods. Well good thing we had the mag-lite with us, cuz we were going to need it. Check out the pictures!!

Here is our entrance!!

SUCCESS!!!!

260 Feet from the entrance....not as easy as it sounds, the culvert was only 5' tall, so we were crouched the whole way. Not only that, there was water flowing so we had to waddle the whole way with our feet 3 feet apart, or walk in the water on the super slippery scum bottom. If it was easy everyone would do it, and it would not be such a great cache for number 100.

Next up....# 200!!

Back at it

It felt good to be back in the shop today, I have been sick with a sinus infection since Monday. Today I got three projects started. The oak tabletop, doors for an armoire, and another cutting board. The shop always looks like a bomb went off...but just wait till all three of these projects are going full swing.

Tonight Ruth and I did 6 more geocaches in the Brandon area. We try to take some time a couple nights a week to squeak a few in, it is allot of fun, good exercise, and we see some cool sights. We hope to soon reach our first milestone of 100 finds.

Still Alive

Hey...yes I am still alive. I have been busy working my normal job, and have been spending some time in the shop. Ruth and I have been doing some GeoCaching and what not.
This week begins some serious shop time, we have some projects that need to get done, and I want to get to it. So keep checking in on the progress, hopefully I keep the updates a little more up-to-date.

Back to Work

I am one of the fortunate few who were called back to work after being let go due to the economy. I started back on Monday, so it has been a pretty busy week. I have also been spending some time in the shop working on an entertainment center. Nothing picture worthy yet, but I will be posting some pictures soon.
We have also been doing a little bit of geocaching when we have a little spare time. Just like last year my Mother and I will be doing a Mother/Son fun weekend, instead of four wheeling like last year, she has requested that we go geocaching. We will be heading up to Minocqua for a whole weekend of caching and relaxing. We are heading up the morning of Saturday the 27th, and heading home Monday afternoon. When we get home that Monday, Ruth and I head right for Miller Park for another Brewer game against the Mets.