24th January 2019
Snow was forecast so I had no intention of going out. I had plenty to work on, and rather than laying awake worrying about it I decided to get on with it.
I lifted Old Shaky into the kitchen because the first job was to make it less shaky. I had taken all the back panel sections out to give them a good clean. I remembered to number them so that they would go back in the correct order.
With the aid of a mallet and a block of wood I slid them back into place. Using a couple of sash clamps the carcass was all squared up and rigid. Next I Looked at the drawers. They hadn’t fitted very well when we brought it home, and this was the first chance I had to look at them. It seemed like they had been in a bar fight, all the side pieces had the bottom panel grooves parts broken off.
The bottom panels were random pieces of wall panelling held together with Duck tape and nailed to the drawer frame. This was why they hadn’t fitted properly. So ahead of me will be making new drawer side pieces.
Kelli risked the weather and went out for supplies, of course this also meant a visit to Goodwill, and a collection of more stuff.
I continued sanding some chairs in the basement. We have plans to turn these fairly basic pieces into some cool seating. However these are bastards to sand, even though I just have to strip the seat section, it takes for ever, so I do it when I haven’t anything better to do.
When she returned, Kelli made the most wonderful potato and leek soup, I would have happily ran out into the snow naked, but that would have turned a few heads, and also many stomachs.
Another Lifetime to go 