It’s Wonderful day today! I was able to completely sort out all the bits of wood under the woodworking table ( Read more... )

I thougth I might be able to figure out how to do it. Sure enough, i was. I got a board, drew on it the shape of the flyer I needed to make, cut it out on the scroll saw, measured it again, eased it into better shape with the sander, measured it, drilled for the pin ( Read more... )

I took Daniel home after his crossfit training. He was so hot the car steamed up. He ate his other half of his sub. I dropped him off at home, then went over to the Woodcarvers meeting ( Read more... )

I have cut out the wood for four wren houses! Yippee, I'm doing it ( Read more... )

i didn't do a proper job, because the holes for chisel holding have to be oblong. I did use the drill press for sanding with my little dremmel bits of sandpaper. they wouk well.

It's a lovely day outside today. I like the blue sky. The bugs are rather ferocious, but it's time to mow the grass again if it's dry enough now.

I am uploading videos in the background. I have been making a rack for the screwdrivers. It took me 33 minutes. It wouldn't have taken so long, except I used the wrong size drill bit and then sanded it many times inbetween. Plus I put it up once and found out I had to make the holes bigger ( Read more... )

I realized how bad my sunroom was, so gathered up all the sawdust, moved all the pottery tools to the drawer, put the glazes back on the little table under the counter, put the hand tools all away, tidied up the floor and threw out lots of trash ( Read more... )

Willem didn't go to work today because a big storm was forecast. I got up and wanted to work on my band box, but the glueing was such a pain. I decided I'd go get some proper clamps. They had big heavy ones, but since they were bigger than my box, I got several of them ( Read more... )

I went over to the craft store and looked at the plasticine. The kind that doesn't bake hard you get a pound for three dollars instead of just a touch of it. I got a pound of caucasian coloured ( Read more... )