Posted on December 8th, 2008 by oldbaldone under Kids, The Shop.
Well, there are no big pieces left.
I have cut everything down to length and am looking at which pieces to glue up to make each of the larger pieces. It’s all easy when I run it through my head, but when you pull out the glue it all seems to come undone.
Because Nate is so interested in getting his night stand done, I decided to pick a few tasks along the way to let him take part in the build. How hard can it be to put some glue on the edge of some boards? Putting it on was easy, but keeping it on the board and not on Nate was the trick. We had glue on all the parts and I turned my back long enough to grab a clamp. Oops…….he knocked over the first board and stuck it glue side first onto his shirt.
Yes, in the last picture of Nate he is picking glue out of his belly button.
Rough glued
Rough Planed (still needs work)
After waiting a full day, I used a power planer ( thanks Todd) and belt sander to plane it down. Still needs a lot of work, but it’s starting to look like something.
More chips to come.
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by oldbaldone under Kids, The Shop.
Lisa and I have in the past few years bought some furniture. For the first few years our taste ran in the “early, mid, late, American garage sale category. It was an eclectic pile of rubbish! When we decided to get our bedroom set, we got the “Good Stuff”………. Basset! Well, they don’t make’ em like they use to. It is not bad stuff, but the use of veneer and plastic is notable. I still love it, but I’m not excited to pay good money for things I don’t see as quality.
When Elli needed “big girl” furniture for her room, I ran across a wooden girls bed that was being tossed and repaired it. With that under my belt I ventured into some overly elaborate book selves to match the girlish theme. It was fun, but a bit daunting. Having had some successes with this and a few other projects, I find myself on that doorstep again. Nate needs a nightstand and eventually a bed.
While talking shop with my grandpa and Dad, I discover that I may have access to some old mahogany. After getting a few pieces and working with them I am sure I can create from solid wood, not veneer or MDF the bedroom set I want for Nate.
The sawdust pile grows!
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by oldbaldone under Kids.
Tags: dad, gas
I’m in Fred Meyer with the kids Saturday morning standing in line……… I’d had black beans the night before……. Elli had been hiding in nearby racks waiting for me to find her…… I lost sight of her and didn’t see the racks of cloths moving.
I look right, then left, then right again. Seeing there was no one around (because i was looking for Elli), I let one go………… LOUD and LONG!
From behind me I hear a groan, then DAAAAD!! She was hiding behind me (very close) right in the line of fire! She defiantly got both barrels that time.
One of those defining Fatherhood moments.
